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Sometimes I feel like my perception of time in the absence of a clock, or another person, is blurred. But I don't just mean 'loosing track of time' but literally like time has skipped or been drawn out even when I'm not doing anything.
Examples - sometimes I feel like I've been in the shower for so long, but it's only been 15 mins, or another is my partner will go to for a wee, which should take about 2 mins, right? To me, it literally feels like he went out of the living room door, turned around and came back in. Most of the time i ask if he went to make sure and he always has.

I was wondering if anyone here has problems with time? like, is it maybe a AS thing, or just me being weird thing...

But also i have this reoccurring feeling, more like a fear really, that 'I'm running out of time'. I don't know where it comes from, or what it means, but it's literally that phrase that comes into my mind like someones saying it, but it has no trigger, it just happens - admittedly more so when i'm not doing anything but sometimes i'll be chatting away about all different things and it just comes to me and it scares me...

time seems to be an increasing problem for me... is it just me?

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This may help.

If I pursue one of my favorite interests it seems like time goes faster: its like I only spent a little bit of time but its already evening. On the other hand, if it is something I don't like, such as standing in line in grocery store, then it seems like a very long time has passed while in reality it has only been few minutes.

I don't think it is an aspie thing though. I mean a lot of NT-s can relate to that. There are even expressions such as "time goes fast", "time goes slow", "three long hours" and so forth.

But it's not just when i'm doing things i like or dislike - like, waiting for my partner to get back from the bathroom, sat on the couch with the tv off or computer paused isn't exactly fun, and there are times when i'm playing on the computer and it feels like i've been playing for hours, like i've got so much done and it's been a few mins, it's weird.

and my eye balls usually feel funny when stuff like that happens, like strained.

Recommended solution: keep a timepiece on you at all times. Be it a watch or a pocket watch or even if you must keep a clock on you, just have something accurate to gauge time for you. Maybe stare at a wall clock for fifteen or so minutes a day to get a feel for time.

I'm unsure on the perception of time or how it relates to aspies. I can tell you my sense of time is sometimes fast but mostly slow....

I went on a drug called Stratera once, and my first day on it the day dragged on, and on. I was awake/my perception of time was altered in some way where I was more conscious of each second. So there might be some correlation between mood and time passage, or perhaps autistic traits and time passage.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVYpCdY4Y_0[/youtube]
"what time is it?

I liked that

Okay one example I can think of when time slows down because of something I LIKE is when I am travelling. Here is a classic example. Suppose there is a cave and it takes about 10 minutes to get from one side to the other. When you go in one direction it might feel a lot longer than when you are going back. And that is because when you go first time you are "learning" something, so your brain changes more which makes it feel like lots of time passes. When you are going back you are not learning anything since you already know what to expect, hence it is quicker.

But with cave example it is not aspie thing either. After all MY DAD was the one who pointed it out to me, and he has not been diagnosed with Asperger (although he has some aspie traits).

I guess when you do something enjoyable that you are familiar with, time speeds up; if you do something you are not familiar with, such as traveling, it slows down. At least thats what happens in my case. But then again, taking shower would firmly fall into "familiar" category, so it is quite surprising you say time slows down in the shower; for me it speeds up when I take a shower.