Similar to a game of The Sims the characters actions are chosen in advance.
A string of actions were your last action effects the next one and were actions are cancelled out and changed.
Your next action is to prepare a meal. You walk to the kitchen to start preparing the meal when you open the fridge and notice you don't have any food. The action is now cancelled and replaced with "Go to the store to buy food".
Thanks Nancy. Some of the symptoms are similar to states caused by epilepsy., but i'm not sure if they are seizures or not. It's not like he stops and his eyes roll back. According to him it only lasts around 5-20 seconds. And seems pretty normal to observers. I guess the best way he could explain it was that someone just controls him completely for a few seconds. And to him it feels like a snap of fingers. He goes to brush his teeth, looking in the mirror he lifts up the tooth brush SNAP he is no longer facing the mirror. He then resumes brushing of teeth facing back at the mirror.
Well he wasn't "Checking in" with me. I was just talking to him and taking notes.
I'll ask him how he sleeps when i talk to him next time i'll also mention the possibility of trying a Smartwatch.
To note i have had people tell me it's a Fugue state. I don't think so mainly because Fugue state usually lasts anywhere from a hour to a day. Maybe this might be a short Fugue state but i doubt it.
Not enough karma to post anywhere else so i guess i'll post this here. This is from a few days ago.
I'm currently a psychology undergrad and i was talking to a fellow student who had some odd symptoms.
I took out my notepad and jotted a few things down. "I don't necessarily lose consciousness, but when i'm going about my day, i suddenly find myself in a different place to what i had intended on going. Sort of like going into a sleep walking state during the day then snapping out of it a few moments later. For example if i'm walking somewhere like the kitchen, my brain seemingly shuts off and... (read more)