Do you think people can get frozen in time? If someone does drugs or has some sort a brain damage, can they be stuck mentally repeating the same moment over and over?

For Sure!

For the record, you don't have to be a drug abuser to have this happen to oneself.

There's various traumatic events, brain disease, and senility with old age that can set-in, too.

Aye, Estelle and her constant moaning about how she hates us guys!! Ha ha ha

Aye, Messy Tim is stuck in a loop!

He remembers something, has drink, forgets for a while, remembers again, has another drink, forgets for a while, remembers again, (Damn It!) has another drink, falls down, forgets for a while again, wakes-up and remembers, has another drink, and is now cured.

Thank God For Scottish, Self Medication!

Messi, is quite sober Sheik, as I have my company to run and I have to drive to Dundee tomorrow, to price up a job!

Those were included when I said or brain damage of some sort.

If they get stuck and are able to come back, would that be what a flash back is?

What happens if they get stuck in loop and never come back?

Well, in Tim's case he's not stuck in the past, but at least he's looking forward to the future.

As for what Totage is talking about... This qualifies as total insanity!

(More Liquor Needed)

My friends older brother took acid way back in the early 90's and never came out of the trip. Good guy before, but now his head is totally fried! Pure waste of a life!

I know a woman who was given a hit of L.S.D. back in the late 60s and she has never recovered either.

She's just a little older than myself, and she's still a Groovy Flake.

I've heard of such incidents with acid, LSD, and like drugs. I've always wondered if one could truly get stuck like that. Yes, it is certainly a form of insanity, though if you think about it any brain/mental issue is a form of insanity, as insanity is simply not being sane (of sound mind).

I've experienced it myself, during anxiety/panic attacks and bad highs/trips. I came out of it once the attack or high subsided. I can't say that my mind has returned 100% back to normal after the incidents, especially the drug induced ones. I believe my drug use has certainly progressed my depression and anxiety to a point where it's resistant to medical therapy.

Sometimes I will get anxiety to a point where I feel like I will get stuck in a loop, and this of course increases my anxiety. I try to focus on things outside of my mind when this happens, but if anyone else experiences anything like this and has found a way to manage it healthy, I would appreciate you sharing.


I'm glad to hear that others have heard or experienced this and know that this is a real thing, as it's difficult for me to talk about it. I fear that people will not understand it, but if it's a real thing, I will talk to my doctors about it.

I apperciate everyones feedback it has been very helpful

Dear Totage,

I strongly recommend You get help.

Going Cold Turkey (Quitting All At Once) may not be a good thing for You in particular.

You're going to need professional help, from a clinic of some sort.

time is relative... everyone's time is a bit different, depending on the perception..

lol, that happens more than i like to admit..

I'm clean and sober now. I've been to rehab and am currently in ongoing treatment.

My threads tend to unravel quickly so just because you're not on topic doesn't mean you're in the wrong thread, maybe just a different strand. lol

Take Care, Totage.

Holy crap man. Anxiety is an agony you can totally deal with - life doesn't have to suck like that. In case nobody else said it please see your doctors.

Yeah YOU can deal with anxiety maybe, but not everyone can.

It's funny how people tend to dismiss mental disorders, but have no problem acknowledging physical disorders.

We can all agree that one without legs would have a challenging time winning a foot race, but some people think you can just think happy thoughts to beat depression or meditate your way out of anxiety. Maybe so for some people, for others, not so much.

I can agree with what moe said about everyones perception of time being different, based on my own experiences and from what my doctors have told me about anxiety and panic attacks. They said the average attack lasts around seven minutes or so, but when you're having one, it feels like a lot longer, which is true from what I've experienced.

I don't pretend to safely say I know what 'Anxieties' Totage has endured, but I'm sad to say his choice of self-medicating wasn't the best choice.

Hopefully, he'll follow thru on a different course of action.