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Why Do Psychedelics Distort Time?

Five minutes can feel like an hour. Here is the neuroscience behind it.

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Five minutes can feel like an hour. Here is the neuroscience behind it.

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Why can five minutes feel like an entire hour on psychedelics? They alter brain systems controlling your attention, memory, and future prediction. So single seconds can stretch endlessly, while long stretches vanish completely. Psychedelics do not change time itself. They change your brain's perception of it.