10 Powerful Psychological Forces That Warp Your Perception Of Time (P)

How your heartbeat, emotions and surroundings are controlling your sense of time in ways you never imagined.

Time can crawl, race, or even stand still — from life’s everyday moments to extraordinary experiences, our perception of time is shaped by subtle psychological forces we rarely notice.

What feels like objective reality is really a highly subjective, surprisingly malleable experience.

Here are 10 ways that factors including your environment, thoughts, emotions, age and physical body can all conspire to warp your sense of time.

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Author: Dr Jeremy Dean

Psychologist, Jeremy Dean, PhD is the founder and author of PsyBlog. He holds a doctorate in psychology from University College London and two other advanced degrees in psychology. He has been writing about scientific research on PsyBlog since 2004.