Earlier this evening a wave of black depression and unhappiness suddenly hit me for no reason. I just had this bad feeling like something bad was possibly going to happen. A few hours after this I heard bagpipes playing. They sounded quite faint but very real, so much so that I opened my window to listen and see if the sound was coming from outside which to no surprise wasn't. I have read that some people have had premonitions or warnings before bad events happen and thought about how much it'll freak me out if I wake up tomorrow to find that someone I know has died or something. Has anyone had any experience of this or does anyone have any interesting comments to add (other than that I should be locked up).

Well, looking at your photo, I would hate to think of what you would consider bad! That, to me, would already qualify in the bad event category.

Still, it could be pretty much anything. A flash of depression, something you ate, an anxiety attack...there's a number of explanations that can happen, without past or future occurence, and have as symptoms depression and unhappiness. If something clinical such as this did happen, it would be no wonder that any stimulus with a history of bad news, such as bag pipes, would be construed negatively.

I'm afraid, due to the little data available, this is nothing more than a guess. My personal experience has been that there are immeasurably more people with 'bad feelings' that flash by without forewarning any disaster than those who are actual premonitions.

Phew! Nobody is dead! Maybe just an attack of anxiety or something. Wait a minute...maybe I'm dead. I don't have a head after all! Does that qualify?

Well, I am very glad to hear that no one is dead, your pic is a little freaky, but it is an attention getter. I actually do believe in preminitions, I think most experience them at one point or another, however, we as humans can not understand these all the time. Not saying that every feeling is a preminition, but I do my best to listen to what my body is trying to tell me.