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Have you ever stared at yourself in the mirror for a long time, fixing your eyes on your own without moving, let's say for about 5 to 10 straight minutes? I did this years ago. After a while I started to look very weird and had to look away, probably had something to do with the after-image created from looking for so long super-imposed on my face. Kinda felt like I was tripping or something, never had the guts to try it again. I don't think it's anything paranormal but it sure is strange. Give it a try sometime if you're in the mood and let me know if you get the effect. Maybe it's just me.
I've tried it before. Really weird. I slept with the covers over my head that night.
I hate mirrors,especially in the dark; i have a bathroom right next to my room and it's a big mirror right in front of the sink and at night when i get up to walk downstairs and can't even look in the mirror; it's just something about looking into the mirror in the dark that's
* shrugs*
* shrugs*
I did once. scared the hell out of myself. I saw some weird things in the mirrors. Now I don't really like mirrors 
That sounds interesting!
I shall try it...Does it have to be in the dark?
I shall try it...Does it have to be in the dark?
What happens exactly?
Looking your own image in mirror.. is good way to practice for more concentration and vision..
QUOTE(Piracy Is The Game @ May 29 2006, 10:05 AM) [snapback]1209391[/snapback]
That sounds interesting!
I shall try it...Does it have to be in the dark?
No it doesn't have to be in the dark, actually the more light the better. The trick is to remain perfectly still, only about a foot and a half away from the mirror and just look right into your own eyes. If your is experience is like mine you'll notice that after about five minutes your face seems to change color and have a "melting" effect. After a while you'll just have to look away, it gets too weird!
I usually get incredibly frightened looking into my own eyes.It's like realising you exist!
QUOTE(Darklight_1248 @ May 17 2006, 11:19 PM) [snapback]1194079[/snapback]
There's a legend around where i live and it goes something like this. One night in the 1930's a man took an axe and murdered his wife and two daughters and then hung himself on a tree, now the legend says if you go on the street where the man's family house was (it's torn down now) people have said if you drive past where the house stood; your car will stop and they say that you will have to crank-up you engine four times before your car starts again; they say you have to crank-up the car four times because four people died that night. Some people have claimed that they could hear the screams of the wife and daughters and they said they also heard some chopping noise as well. So that's one legend around my area that i thought i'll share.
Yeah me too I did it for so long that I started looking weird and I even screamed.
I have done that before lots of times, but far away, I don't think I want to be close to see what I see from a few feet away. I don't have to do it for long, I start looking weird and I feel kinda lightheaded too, and one of my eyes changes and moves on it own(not me but the mirror me), then I stop.
yes i did but i didnt recognize myself!
This spritual leader used to see mirror contuinously in her childhood.. she got in spritual my seeing her own image in mirror.
http://www.amma.org/humanitarian-activitie...date-dec18.html
http://www.amma.org/humanitarian-activitie...date-dec18.html
I heard somewhere that if you stare to your own eyes in a mirror for a long time, you lose a lot of energy. The mirror eyes steal energy from you
QUOTE(justejust @ May 30 2006, 07:16 PM) [snapback]1210811[/snapback]
I heard somewhere that if you stare to your own eyes in a mirror for a long time, you lose a lot of energy. The mirror eyes steal energy from you
This is a simple experiment... let me try that.. and i will let you know..
Heh heh, if I was a superstitious sort.. I'd ask if you saw a color unlike any other color.. than I'd tell you all the mirror folk are coming! Umm, yesh, but I know... very wierd how that is... its alot like if you clench your eyelids shut long enough you start to see shapes.
QUOTE(WereScrib @ May 31 2006, 11:44 PM) [snapback]1213119[/snapback]
Heh heh, if I was a superstitious sort.. I'd ask if you saw a color unlike any other color.. than I'd tell you all the mirror folk are coming! Umm, yesh, but I know... very wierd how that is... its alot like if you clench your eyelids shut long enough you start to see shapes.
XD Thats what I do, and thats true. ^^ I'm afraid of mirrors, but, I feel very curious to try this though. ^^
i tried for about 5 mins.. Nothing happened.
I think its because your eyes start getting dried out from focusing for so long, and as your eyelids have to keep making them wet again it starts to get more and more blurry.
I think its because your eyes start getting dried out from focusing for so long, and as your eyelids have to keep making them wet again it starts to get more and more blurry.
Its very interesting!
I'll have to try even if i scared mirrors!
I'll have to try even if i scared mirrors!
I tried that before, and I get freaked out by MY OWN eyes!
They just look scary...
Also, my eyes are strange..because everytime I try to focus on something, it turns double. So yeh, it might be my eyes playing tricks on me...
They just look scary...
Also, my eyes are strange..because everytime I try to focus on something, it turns double. So yeh, it might be my eyes playing tricks on me...
QUOTE(stickman_sam @ Jun 4 2006, 04:32 AM) [snapback]1217177[/snapback]
I tried that before, and I get freaked out by MY OWN eyes!
They just look scary...
Also, my eyes are strange..because everytime I try to focus on something, it turns double. So yeh, it might be my eyes playing tricks on me...
that's because your eyes aren't both looking at the same thing. So they send your brain two different pictures, which get overlapped.
Normally both eyes focus on one exact point, and they both send a picture that overlaps, and has a little extra on the edges.
Like if you hold your finger up a foot from your eye it will double because you arent focusing at that depth, so your eyes see it in 2 different ways. then if you focus at your finger, the background will double.
so....i tried it and nothing special happend!
My eyes just get tired!
My eyes just get tired!
hahha funny how many people are AFRAID OF THEMSELFS, lolplus everyone keeps admiting that they look WIERD in a mirrorr, well i am very hot in reall life and in my mirrors and i love them 
i would stare in my own eyes for 5-10 minutes but i am afraid i might fall in love all over again 
i would stare in my own eyes for 5-10 minutes but i am afraid i might fall in love all over again
One wierd thing to try is to go into a room where you can make it completely dark, have the light on and stare into a mirror for about 10 seconds, and then without looking away turn the light off for about 10 seconds, then flick the light on and off as fast as you can and everything around you will glow for a couple of seconds. 
QUOTE(Bosanchero @ Jun 4 2006, 01:54 PM) [snapback]1217537[/snapback]
hahha funny how many people are AFRAID OF THEMSELFS, lolplus everyone keeps admiting that they look WIERD in a mirrorr, well i am very hot in reall life and in my mirrors and i love them
i would stare in my own eyes for 5-10 minutes but i am afraid i might fall in love all over again Vain much?
QUOTE(sora_1 @ Jun 4 2006, 01:48 PM) [snapback]1217529[/snapback]
so....i tried it and nothing special happend!
My eyes just get tired!
I guess it doesn't work for everyone
Maybe it's like those stupid "mind's eye" 3d posters that were popular a few years ago. Some people saw it right away, others never did
QUOTE(Raptor X7 @ Jun 4 2006, 09:58 AM) [snapback]1217539[/snapback]
One wierd thing to try is to go into a room where you can make it completely dark, have the light on and stare into a mirror for about 10 seconds, and then without looking away turn the light off for about 10 seconds, then flick the light on and off as fast as you can and everything around you will glow for a couple of seconds.
are u serious i wana try that
Im not necessarily speaking about this topic, but in urban legends general, has anyone looked through all this and saw all the bull that people come up with. Lmao I dont mean people from the UM forums but articles that people have found and quotes and stuff. 
SO many dumb people these days
SO many dumb people these days
QUOTE(Raptor X7 @ Jun 4 2006, 01:58 PM) [snapback]1217539[/snapback]
One wierd thing to try is to go into a room where you can make it completely dark, have the light on and stare into a mirror for about 10 seconds, and then without looking away turn the light off for about 10 seconds, then flick the light on and off as fast as you can and everything around you will glow for a couple of seconds.
I think its a bit difficult to do this,and offcurse scary
i ve done that a few times, and get a weird feeling. it could be that someone, myself, is staring at me. i don t like being stared at. heh.
my mum was quite superstitious when i was growing up. she would always tell me old European legands and belifes. one of them was about mirrors and how people use to belive that a mirror housed a revers world on the other side of it.
there was also something about if a person died in a home, all the mirrors had to be covered so as the soul would not be traped in it.
there was also something about mirrors in the dark.. i don t remember that one though.
my mum was quite superstitious when i was growing up. she would always tell me old European legands and belifes. one of them was about mirrors and how people use to belive that a mirror housed a revers world on the other side of it.
there was also something about if a person died in a home, all the mirrors had to be covered so as the soul would not be traped in it.
there was also something about mirrors in the dark.. i don t remember that one though.
I do it around once a week. It's pretty cool, but I've never done it for 5 minutes.
This is hard to gage. I look so F-ed up before I spend my twenty minutes in front of the mirror doing my hair and makeup that it is really hard to gage at what point I actually look the worse, before I start staring in the mirror or after I start going cross eyed from trying to get my eyeliner right.
Everytime I do it, I fall in love......
im scared off mirrors. i think it's because one time i was looking at myself standing still abnd i moved without moving. i started bscreaming at the mirror and hitting it and then said stop blocking 
. it pisses me off. i also hate when you see yourself in a broken mirror it's really scary. it looks like your eyes are moving and trying to suck you in and grab you.
. it pisses me off. i also hate when you see yourself in a broken mirror it's really scary. it looks like your eyes are moving and trying to suck you in and grab you.
QUOTE(The Predator @ Jul 21 2006, 10:37 PM) [snapback]1279085[/snapback]
it looks like your eyes are moving and trying to suck you in and grab you.
I think that's just you.
Never tried this before, but now I will
Don't you also think it is very scary when you see two mirrors facing each other? It really freaks me out, because the mirrors keep reflecting themselves over and over
Don't you also think it is very scary when you see two mirrors facing each other? It really freaks me out, because the mirrors keep reflecting themselves over and over
Thanks a lot, guys. I'm going to get no sleep tonight. One wall in my bedroom is covered by a freaking mirror. Kidding, I love you guys. I love anything that scares me. 
But really...I won't be sleeping tonight.
I hate that when you stare at a picture of someone long enough, it starts to move. It gets blurry first, at least for me, then the person's mouth starts to move like they're talking.
Kidding, I love you guys. I love anything that scares me. But really...I won't be sleeping tonight.I hate that when you stare at a picture of someone long enough, it starts to move. It gets blurry first, at least for me, then the person's mouth starts to move like they're talking.
I heard if you do this too long you will go blind.
Oh wait, that's the other thing you do in the bathroom never mind
Oh wait, that's the other thing you do in the bathroom never mind
QUOTE(the_scorpion @ Jul 22 2006, 06:50 PM) [snapback]1279649[/snapback]
Don't you also think it is very scary when you see two mirrors facing each other? It really freaks me out, because the mirrors keep reflecting themselves over and over
Yeah, I used to do that as a kid and try to see as far as I could into it. Got kinda scared that I was going to get sucked in to an infinite tunnel. I have stared at myself in the mirror for long periods of time before, and it does get a little weird. It's like I'm waiting for my reflection to speak, or move in a way that I'm not moving...but it never does. Also I've heard that during Victorian times, they would hold seances in 'mirror rooms', which were rooms that were surrounded with mirrors: all the walls, the ceiling and the floor. It's supposed to concentrate, or trap spirits, or something.
QUOTE(antigravity @ May 29 2006, 02:48 PM) [snapback]1209085[/snapback]
Have you ever stared at yourself in the mirror for a long time, fixing your eyes on your own without moving, let's say for about 5 to 10 straight minutes? I did this years ago. After a while I started to look very weird and had to look away, probably had something to do with the after-image created from looking for so long super-imposed on my face. Kinda felt like I was tripping or something, never had the guts to try it again. I don't think it's anything paranormal but it sure is strange. Give it a try sometime if you're in the mood and let me know if you get the effect. Maybe it's just me.
I have tried this.Not sure who was looking back at me after awhile.Another version of me? Very unsettleing after awhile. Showed my sister and a freind and they both had thier own experiences.My sis thought she was an old man and my friend didnt want to discuss what he saw. Neither wanted to pursue it any further. Interesting but left me feeling a bit too "open". I dont mess with it any more myself.
QUOTE(Celticwanderer @ Jul 25 2006, 08:40 PM) [snapback]1282963[/snapback]
I dont mess with it any more myself.
I appreciate everyone's honest response to my question/experiment, I think Celticwanderer summed it best with the above quote. I think it's something you try once, see what you see, then you realize that you just don't need to go there anymore.
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I usually get incredibly frightened looking into my own eyes.It's like realising you exist!
It's cool you said that, because when I stare in the mirror at my own eyes for a long time I get creeped out becuase I start to feel like maybe I DONT exist! Idont know why but I feel like maybe I'm not real, and my reflection is part of my imagination.
QUOTE(Darklight_1248 @ May 29 2006, 04:34 AM) [snapback]1209147[/snapback]
it's just something about looking into the mirror in the dark that's * shrugs*
Totally agree there Darklight, mirrors in the dark are freaky.
I haven't tried this staring at myself exercise, will tryit and report back...
QUOTE(antigravity @ May 29 2006, 10:48 AM) [snapback]1209655[/snapback]
No it doesn't have to be in the dark, actually the more light the better. The trick is to remain perfectly still, only about a foot and a half away from the mirror and just look right into your own eyes. If your is experience is like mine you'll notice that after about five minutes your face seems to change color and have a "melting" effect. After a while you'll just have to look away, it gets too weird!
One question, how bored were you to think staring at yourself was a good idea anyhow?
Eh, I tried it, I hated mirrors from the start though, like looking into a parallel reality. Freakin freaky.
do any of you realize what mirrors actually are? it's just one way glass that's reflecting light. i tried it though, it's kinda freaky. i think it's just my eyes drying out and my brain getting bored. it happens when my dad's yelling at me and i have to stare at him for a long time.
yeah I've done it once and won't do it again! haha! Scared me! 
And I can't figure out why either. ? Maybe it was the self-realization thing?
And I can't figure out why either. ? Maybe it was the self-realization thing?
Something I learned in a little book my sister had from the 60's:
If you're angry or sad, look in a mirror and say the word "ha" 100 times.
It's worked pretty good for me when I'm in a sour mood.
But then thinking about that in context of this thread... I wonder if I tried the OP first, and then tried the "ha" thing... if my mirror image would be nefariously laughing at me.
If you're angry or sad, look in a mirror and say the word "ha" 100 times.
It's worked pretty good for me when I'm in a sour mood.
But then thinking about that in context of this thread... I wonder if I tried the OP first, and then tried the "ha" thing... if my mirror image would be nefariously laughing at me.
QUOTE(Celumnaz @ Aug 3 2006, 02:48 PM) [snapback]1293938[/snapback]
Something I learned in a little book my sister had from the 60's:
If you're angry or sad, look in a mirror and say the word "ha" 100 times.
It's worked pretty good for me when I'm in a sour mood.
But then thinking about that in context of this thread... I wonder if I tried the OP first, and then tried the "ha" thing... if my mirror image would be nefariously laughing at me.
It would laugh at you alright. Not nefariously tho. It would realise how stupid its counterpart looks and wouldnt be able to contain itself.
QUOTE(Arbiter22 @ Aug 1 2006, 07:19 PM) [snapback]1291146[/snapback]
One question, how bored were you to think staring at yourself was a good idea anyhow?
Eh, I tried it, I hated mirrors from the start though, like looking into a parallel reality. Freakin freaky.
Yeah, I guess I must have been bored. But I want to say I was really drunk, it was so long ago that I did it. I remember it was late and my eyes were really blood-shot.
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