Beating the Pandemic Waiting Game
Blades, R. (2021). Beating the Pandemic Waiting Game. Healthy Debate, https://healthydebate.ca/2021/03/topic/pandemic-waiting-game/
“Waiting at a red light can feel like an eternity. Anticipating the signal warps reality, turning one minute into two. That event on the horizon bends the time around it – like a rock barricading a stream.
The brain’s perception of time is fluid. It is distorted by subjective experience; it flies by when you are having fun and crawls by when you are waiting for something – like the end of a pandemic. Persistent anxiety can make it drag even more. But the brain can be tricked into thinking time is moving faster.”