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I tried this about 20 minutes ago. And nothing really changed, apart from my eyes. I usually have light blue with a hint of grey eyes, but they changed to full grey, and the line round your iris (which is usually black) got thicker the more I looked. In the pupil I saw something similar to V from V for Vendetta.

I struggled to break away from the stare. It was scary (I kept expecting something to appear in the reflection like a demon) but was oddly relaxing. Like I could've stayed there all day.

Though not to be vain, but I see what people mean when they say I have lovely eyes. :lol:

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Ok, so the other night we were having some really good storms out here with frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes. I was having trouble sleeping so I got up and went to the restroom. The way my restroom is laid out is there is a large mirror on the right hand side as you walk in and a large window on the left hand side. I saw the mirror and thought about this post and with the strobing lightning strikes would add a really good effect. So I stood in front of the mirror, arms crossed for a while and stared. I didn't see anything at first but I noticed that after each lightning strike I was becoming more and more pastier in color and I couldn't see my eyes after awhile. Here's the weird part though: after each lightning strike, of course, it would become dark (I didn't have the lights on, the lightning strikes were the only light). I could still see like a bluish outline of me as my eyes would get used to the darkness. One time as I was getting tired standing there, I unfolded my arms and then scratched my shoulder. I could've sworn that my arms didn't follow in my reflection as I did. It freaked me out so much I didn't sleep at all and I shut the door to the restroom.

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My mom has this weird obsession with mirrors, every wall on the main floor of our house is covered with them. :wacko: You can't go anywhere with out seeing your self in one, or getting a warped effect when the mirrors reflect objects through each other. :no: Overall the main floor of my house is really creepy, i have seen a lot of weird things in the mirrors and it creeps me out to go down there at night.

And to make things worse she decided it would be a good thing to hang even more mirrors on the top floor (where our rooms are) AND in the basement.... :(

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Oh gosh, I wouldn't be able to handle that, mirrors everywhere! I can't even look anywhere near a mirror when it's dark. If I have to use the bathroom at night, I keep my head down and my eyes firmly averted away from any sort of reflective surface! Even during the day, i'm a bit weird about looking into them - I'm such a wuss :yes:

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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* <img src="http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/no.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":no:" border="0" alt="no.gif" />

I have a very big fear of mirrors.

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I just did this but it was out of curiosity. And my eyes started to detach, the whole bathroom started to melt (including mouth, nose,) besides my eyes. I wasn't scared, but really interested. (I'm 13 by the way) and this was a very spiritual experience for me. :alien:

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QUOTE(stickman_sam @ Jun 4 2006, 04:32 AM) 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.

This sounds like the most reasonable assumption of why these people are experiencing this when they look into a mirrior for a long period of time.

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staring means concentration, if u concentrate in any subject soon or later you get fair result.

not only staring, even using an object with your full concentration repeatedly gains energy.

you just saving your overflow energy. we can't say that as stealing... may be saving

because energy always exist here, its up to us to take or don't care.

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When i stare too long into a mirror i allways have a wierd feeling, like

im falling into my eyes, cant describe it any other way.

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I use to do this so often I don't like looking at myself at all. I've never had any moving colours or melting effects, just this sudden sensation like I wasn't always this person or a "how did I get here" kind of feeling. Never really had any feelings on reincarnation or anything like that so it always seems bizarre.

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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. dontgetit.gif

I tried it but my mirror broke before it even reaches 5 minutes. :innocent:

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I was staring at my eyes in a mirror for quite some time. I was focusing on controlling the dilation of my pupils.

No luck, and I just got tired.

Noticed nothing out of the ordinary.

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It's called the Troxler effect, basically your brain is hardwired to ignore things that are constant because if we had to remember to breathe and to blink manually life would suck like hell, so are brain relies on your subconcious to do this. When you look constantly in the mirror, looking at your face, your face has no center point to constantly to look at so your ignorant brain starts to delete parts of your face (At least that's how it looks like) This also is why the "Bloody Mary" Legend seems very scary to some people.

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Meh. I feel a strange sense of profane vanity whenever I stare at myself in the mirror so I wouldn't even bother doing this. Probably wouldn't have the patience anyway haha.

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i used to enjoy this while on acid or mushrooms. it can be quite horrifying to see yourself so warped and twisted. ive never tried this sober but on hallucinagenics its quite grotesque. i usually have a goblin-ish face with overly round eyes and my teeth appear to be further appart and sharper. ughhhh yuck

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The only inclination I get from staring at myself for too long in the mirror is this sudden urge to make out with myself. ;D To be honest though, I only use mirrors to put on make up, never really concentrated on myself, I'll try it later.

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i dont i ever try this lol mirrors are portals lol.

It is used for divination. But mirrors as a medium has ill repute.

It is called scrying. In fact, some (not me) believe you will see past lives you had lived.

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<!--quoteo(post=1217177:date=Jun 4 2006, 04:32 AM:name=stickman_sam)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(stickman_sam @ Jun 4 2006, 04:32 AM) 1217177[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->

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...

<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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.

Overlapping images hey? Yeah well it is both sexy and scary at the same time...beautiful and hideous simultaneously!

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I tried it but my mirror broke before it even reaches 5 minutes. :innocent:

WhaAat? The mirror couldn't handle it? Or was it you that couldn't stand the sight? LOL

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Meh. I feel a strange sense of profane vanity whenever I stare at myself in the mirror so I wouldn't even bother doing this. Probably wouldn't have the patience anyway haha.

Makes sense since we try so hard to find ourselves but we never will completely... We are one big mystery aka illusion to ourselves, it would be a waste to seek concrete facts to an illusion that is basically groundless. To think we have found hard and fast grounds for who we are would be vain I agree!

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