How to buy more time, for free.

Times change - apparently - but how come time itself changes ... what’s all that about? Sometimes a moment feels like an age, sometimes whole days and weeks fly by ... and then suddenly you feel like you’ve been somewhere forever.

Neuroscientists have started to understand a bit more about our perceptions of time, how our lives really can flash before us, how the units of time processed by our brains slow down when we are 'in the zone’, how our memories work so that something an age ago can seem like yesterday. 

Recent studies have concluded that a few things contribute to a feeling of having more time.  One is attention.  When we focus our awareness on anything in the present moment, we become more aware of time - we seem to have more of it.  This is a good thing, provided we can find something more interesting to do than watch than a kettle boiling ...  ​Another thing which seems to buy us time is experiencing new things - one reason why Summers seem endless when we are young.

It also appears that our perceptions of time depend very much on the chemicals produced in our minds and bodies.  Dopamine and noradrenaline in particular seem to expand our perceptions of time - which is great because they are also responsible for feelings of pleasure, focus and memory.  All together, this sounds like a good combination!

In the process of hypnotherapy it's common for  people to experience more control in their lives, more focus, more energy, and also more time.  These are good things and we can learn to get more of them.  If you want to find out more please get in touch.

In the meantime click here to find out more about time perception. It's very engrossing - in fact, time may even fly while you're reading it.

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