The pandemic gave us an even greater sense of this relativity as disruptions to our normal routines and the stress associated with the COVID-19 years messed with our sense of time. The years felt like they passed by much more slowly when we were children, and by middle age, they feel like they pass in the blink of an eye. This relativity exists in every passing moment, but it also exists in the bigger picture as well. We measure it with steady, unchanging beats, but how it feels changes constantly.
And yet the ticking of seconds as they go by doesn't change tempo. Time also drags when you're doing drudgery work and feels like it stands still in moments of significance. 'Time flies when you're having fun' is a saying for a reason. Time perception is relative-and kids perceive it differently Here are a few theories about what creates the freight train phenomenon.