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Have you ever genuinely believed you died?

I read a recent story of this girl whose mom told her about a tower that was outside their house. One day, the girl saw a firework come from the tower and it faded out with the smoke. When she looked again, the tower was gone. She asked her mom about it but her mom denied there had ever been a tower there and didn’t remember their conversations about it.

There were theories that the tower burnt down and she died in the fire, but was sent to a parallel universe where there was no tower and the fire never happened.

I’m just wondering if anyone else has any stories like this, as this is very fascinating to me.

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u/lhxlhzlgzlhzlhz — 10 days ago
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Alternate Universe

Does anyone ever feel like their partner has been replaced or from another universe? I know I’m going to get naysayers but really and truly? He also doesn’t remember vivid moments that has happened? He also looks slightly different.

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u/Current-Set8220 — 12 days ago

I looked everywhere and there it was

I’ve had several cases where I’ll look for something and swear I looked in xyz place but can’t find it. Then someone finds it in xyz place and gets frustrated that I “didn’t look there.” It wasn’t there when I looked but it’s there when someone else does.

For example, I was looking for my kid’s stuffed animal in her room. I looked everywhere including the obvious, in her drawers. I told her I couldn’t find it. Then my dad came over, pulled out her drawers, and there it was. I swear I looked there and it wasn’t there when I looked!! Anyone else had similar experiences?

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u/Own_Audience_7168 — 9 days ago

Department of Psychology, McGill University: Participants needed for research on reality-shifting experiences (anonymous online survey)

Hi everyone! My name is Sophia Chong, and I’m a research assistant at the Neurophilosophy Lab at McGill University in Montreal, Canada (PI: Dr. Ian Gold, Dr. Elizaveta Solomonova). We are conducting a study titled "Psychological determinants of a novel online behaviour: reality shifting" for my undergraduate thesis. This study has been approved by the McGill Research Ethics Board (REB# 26-04-079).  

Reality shifting has become hugely popular online, but there's almost no research on it, and we want to help change that without pathologizing the practice or the people who engage in it. We're hoping to better understand who shifts, why, and what it's like.  

Who can participate:  

  • You're 18 years or older  
  • You're fluent in English  
  • You have experience with or engage in the practice of reality shifting

  

What's involved:  

  • An online survey (about 20 minutes) about your shifting experiences and some individual difference questionnaires  
  • At the end, you can optionally provide contact information for a follow-up interview (~45 minutes, over video call) to share more about your experience in your own words

  

Participation is voluntary, your responses are anonymous, and there's no compensation for taking part. You can stop at any time.  

SURVEY LINK: https://surveys.mcgill.ca/ls3/257287?lang=en  

If you have any questions about the study, feel free to comment below or reach out to us directly at realityshiftingstudy@outlook.com. Thanks so much for considering it!  

u/realityshiftingstudy — 11 days ago