Has anyone experienced this?

[trendsetter37]

Background:


So the past couple of months I've experienced an unintentional zoom when I close my eyes. It's only happened three times but each time it has caused me to open my eyes because it felt like I was going to collide with whatever appeared in my minds eye. The first time it happened I was relaxing in the bed and preparing to fall asleep.

The first time it happened I had a birds-eye view of some dirt field. Initially I was just watching the dirt and then I began to zoom in really fast. It goes all the way to the molecular level, or so it seems and then I open my eyes because it literally feels like i'm about to collide. The seconds time this happened was with a brick wall. Again I close my eyes for a second an image of a brick wall appears. Everything is normal and I'm just observing the pattern of the brick, then it starts to happen again I zoom in really fast to the point where the atoms of the wall no longer appear solid and I can see in between them. I open my eyes in fright because again I feel like i am about to run into it.

The most recent time this happened was lastnight. I will paste my journal entry:

I closed my eyes and saw a hollow dome looking structure that only consisted of geometric looking straight lines, triangles, and polygons. In a way it resembled a maze shaped like a dome, similar to how i imagine a brain would look in real-time. It started bulging outwards towards me and opened up at the center. A hole appeared at the apex of the dome and subsequently the entire 3 dimensional structure started to dissolve. Seeing the bulge and lines expanding and breaking apart made my skin crawl. I also had chills. Even the next day every time i thought about it the same sensation engulfed my body. It’s interesting that just thinking about it induces the same physiological effect. Almost as if my body and brain were more connected because of that visual somehow causing them to respond faster physiologically to what the brain/ mind is pondering. Hmm

The feeling can be uncomfortable but i am still very fascinated by what it was/is. I also don’t believe i was close to sleep, as i wasn’t even laying down for the night just relaxing and breathing. When the initial physical sensations started manifesting i immediately opened my eyes. The structure was no longer in my minds eye but the physical sensation took about a minute to completely subside. Interesting.

I am not squeamish and have figured out that the only time my skin crawls is when I'm looking at something that has a unique pattern with many little facets that I cannot readily identify. One example of this happening is when I saw a picture of an dog that was struck by a porcupine in the face. The amount of quills and swelling of his face I guess made is what triggure the sensation of my skin crawling. This is the only other time my skin has felt like this other than the ocurrence of lastnights incident.

I'm not particularly attached to these experiences but am curious in my self-observation of what or why I respond in this manner.

edit: my skin crawls just re-reading my post

edit2: some google searches prompted me to think it could be psychological but the repeatability of just thinking about it points me in the direction of maybe visual-tactile synaesthesia, except for me small intricate patterns is what triggers it not color. Again it hasn't happened often so I don't know what to make of it.

 

[trendsetter37]

I guess I should also add that I've been feeling emotions in my tongue the past month or so as well. It's weird to say the least. If I hear a sudden sound or I jump because of something I will feel the sensation of "butterflys" in my tongue. I don't even know how I could talk to anyone about this so I thought I'd come here for feedback.

The tongue thing could simply be adrenaline that I haven't noticed before.

 

[angelburst29]

Hi Trendsetter, I maybe out in left field with this suggestion but the description you describe of the zooming sensation with an internal visual, along with outer sensations affecting the skin/tongue ......
sounds very close to reports that began to surface in the news, when the new electrical "Smart Meter's" were introduced.

For a period of time, there were all sorts of complaints, after their installation. Some homeowners were never given notification nor aware their meters had been switched to the new Smart Meters. Puzzling ill health, problems with sleeping, along with strange sensations were reported. Through a process of elimination, many individuals narrowed down their sudden ill health and symptoms to timing of the new installation. When the meters were removed and switched back to the old standard one, health symptoms diminished. Several communities got together to ban them, after several lawsuits were filed. After that, there seems to be a media black-out on the subject.

Some individuals are also strongly affected by Cell Tower's, if they're in close proximity to their residence.
In some cases, the assembly is located on top of a tall building. In a city near me, a cell tower assembly is erected on top of a Senior High Rise (of all places?)

You're environment may be affecting you? Check around an see if anything new has been added?

 

[MoonGlow]

Have you looked into vertigo?

This is sort of mind-blowing, if you've ever experienced anything like it:
http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2010/nov/29/vertigo/

 

[trendsetter37]

Hi Trendsetter, I maybe out in left field with this suggestion but the description you describe of the zooming sensation with an internal visual, along with outer sensations affecting the skin/tongue ......
sounds very close to reports that began to surface in the news, when the new electrical "Smart Meter's" were introduced.

For a period of time, there were all sorts of complaints, after their installation. Some homeowners were never given notification nor aware their meters had been switched to the new Smart Meters. Puzzling ill health, problems with sleeping, along with strange sensations were reported. Through a process of elimination, many individuals narrowed down their sudden ill health and symptoms to timing of the new installation. When the meters were removed and switched back to the old standard one, health symptoms diminished. Several communities got together to ban them, after several lawsuits were filed. After that, there seems to be a media black-out on the subject.

Some individuals are also strongly affected by Cell Tower's, if they're in close proximity to their residence.
In some cases, the assembly is located on top of a tall building. In a city near me, a cell tower assembly is erected on top of a Senior High Rise (of all places?)

You're environment may be affecting you? Check around an see if anything new has been added?

i'm glad you brought that up. I've been experiencing tinnitus recently as well. When i meditate at home and am able to calm my mind it appears like clock work. With that being said i decided to check the meters at my complex.



Are these the droids we're looking for?



These are associated with the building adjacent to mine. They look pretty new and have a digital readout.

So then I go to my building...



Turns out mine is the ONLY ONE with the digital readout. which i'm assuming is a smart meter. Now that could just be that they decided to go ahead and update mine because we have the biggest unit on that side of the building. hmmm. And the lower one on the right I think reads the entire building's energy drain.

A closer look at mine



i'll have to do some research on the nomenclature used but i did notice 9/08 at the bottom which could be an implementation date. Furthermore, if they are emmiting HP Radio signals (not sure what HP stands for) couldn't that yield some electrophonic phenomenon where one could possibly hear it. Similar to a comet tail. After doing some reading on electrophonics some mentioned that hair could be a transducer for radio waves. Well my hair is the longest it's ever been in my life at this point (decided to dread). So that could also be one clue if that is a correct supposition.

One other thing is that sometimes the tinnitus happens at very curious times. Often right before someone says something seemingly esoteric that only means anything to me, and again sometimes i turn around to find someone looking at me when it happens. Not often though. And after reading Keel's "The Mothman Prophecies" I know that jumping to conclusions is not recommended because false feedback loops are a possibility. Especially if you think you have some special ability. On the other side of the coin Dr. Colin Rice's book "Human Energy Fields" displays evidence and data (using EEG electrodes) that we emit EM radiation from our stares or gazes and thus maybe that is why we can feel being watched.

The most recent time this occurred was with my daughter. I got a really strong tinnitus episode (in my left ear, which is mostly where it happens) and noticed that she was staring at me with a really zoned out aloof expression on her face. Nobody was home upstairs; i literally was able to observe her doing this for maybe 5 or 6 seconds which felt like a really long time until she snapped out of it. Since the smart meters are supposedly able to communicate wirelessly I wonder if that signal (HP Radio?) affects people differently. Like in my daughters case it causes her to zone out where as i perk up to try and understand what is going on around me. Note that her diet is NOT all paleo. Her school constantly gives them sugar and processed snacks. So maybe this could be a clue as to how diet could possibly affect how one experiences EM radiation. I think I will start documenting when the tinnitus occurs to see if i can pick up on a pattern. i.e. do they check it once a month or weekly. And at what time of the day does this occur.

I will definitely look into this smart meter business

 

[LQB]

Yes, the symptoms of sensitivity to RF from cell signals, smart meters, etc are varied and individual but the most common seem to be tinnitus, headaches, and lack of restorative sleep (not necessarily in that order).

If those digital meters in your pics have transmitters, then there should be some FCC (or equivalent) approval statement - I don't see it even though it does say "Radio". You might call the power provider and ask.

Where is your living space relative to these meters on your building and the adjacent building?

There is more discussion of smart meters in the EMF Exposure thread in the Diet/Health section.

 

[trendsetter37]

Yes, the symptoms of sensitivity to RF from cell signals, smart meters, etc are varied and individual but the most common seem to be tinnitus, headaches, and lack of restorative sleep (not necessarily in that order).

If those digital meters in your pics have transmitters, then there should be some FCC (or equivalent) approval statement - I don't see it even though it does say "Radio". You might call the power provider and ask.

Where is your living space relative to these meters on your building and the adjacent building?

There is more discussion of smart meters in the EMF Exposure thread in the Diet/Health section.

Ok I will definitely look into that. I zoomed into the photo and there is an FCC ID at the very top. (the "1s" could be I's and vice versa) FCC ID: SK9C1A-3 IC: 854G-C1A3. I think all things that transmit EM or radio signals specifically require this FCC ID right? I think so according to this site: _http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Documents/bulletins/oet63/oet63rev.pdf

 

[trendsetter37]

Ah. second post down...

Here in Pinellas County in FL they replaced all the meters with digital ones that can send their current reading via RF to a power company guy creeping down the street to collect the months totals. No more going into peoples back yards to manually read the meters. So unfortunately this hack wont work as theres no spinning disc in the things. Just a 7seg LCD display. But it does bring up the idea of making a device that can read the Rf signal and display it in the house. Which brings up another idea of weather its possible to create a spoof signal that the meter maid could pick up with false numbers rather than the actual meter. Maybe ill do some research…

For people like me that cant use this hack theres a device out there called The Energy Detective that does the same thing with tons of more features. The thing is really a nicely engineered device, I got one just because I was so impressed by it. It uses amp clamps between the main breaker and the meter and some sort of X10 device to communicate to a base display unit inside the house to display KWH usage and other stats. But it is rather expensive, at $140 i think.

So they apparently are sending more seemingly superfluous and probably harmful EM radiation into the wild. Just what we need

 

[aaronfransen]

I've always attributed my tinnitus to high blood pressure, but this has got me thinking! I know I have a smart meter because the meter reader doesn't even come onto the property...he reads the neighbours, then lifts his reader over the fence and aims it at ours to get his reading.

My my my what a bonafide wifi extra high world :)

 

[mcb]

Yes, the symptoms of sensitivity to RF from cell signals, smart meters, etc are varied and individual but the most common seem to be tinnitus, headaches, and lack of restorative sleep (not necessarily in that order).

If those digital meters in your pics have transmitters, then there should be some FCC (or equivalent) approval statement - I don't see it even though it does say "Radio". You might call the power provider and ask.

Where is your living space relative to these meters on your building and the adjacent building?

There is more discussion of smart meters in the EMF Exposure thread in the Diet/Health section.

If you zoom in on the photo, the second line of text below the bar code at the top is an FCC ID. Also there is the notation "HP Radio" down below. I think these are smart meters.

 

[LQB]

Yes, the symptoms of sensitivity to RF from cell signals, smart meters, etc are varied and individual but the most common seem to be tinnitus, headaches, and lack of restorative sleep (not necessarily in that order).

If those digital meters in your pics have transmitters, then there should be some FCC (or equivalent) approval statement - I don't see it even though it does say "Radio". You might call the power provider and ask.

Where is your living space relative to these meters on your building and the adjacent building?

There is more discussion of smart meters in the EMF Exposure thread in the Diet/Health section.

Ok I will definitely look into that. I zoomed into the photo and there is an FCC ID at the very top. (the "1s" could be I's and vice versa) FCC ID: SK9C1A-3 IC: 854G-C1A3. I think all things that transmit EM or radio signals specifically require this FCC ID right? I think so according to this site: _http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Documents/bulletins/oet63/oet63rev.pdf

Like Megan said - looks like smart meter transmitters. How exposed are your living quarters to both the back and front of these meters?

 

[angelburst29]

Hi Trendsetter, great detective work! Not only do you have a Smart Meter but you're surrounded by other units in close proximity.

Not sure or qualified to respond - to what additional adverse effects would be caused by your Smart Meter mixed - amoung the older meters located on the same platform? Usually, the Electric Co. changes all the meters in one location, for their convenience. Their lack of performance, may be an opportunity on your part, as a bonified excuse to get the Electric Company, to switch your unit back to the old style (to conform with the other units in your building)?

Discovery of the Smart Meter is one step to your advantage, in addressing the problems affecting you. Also relevent, is LQB's question, "Where is your living space relative to these meters on your building and the adjacent building?' Location matters in addressing a counter-measure.

Considering you live in a complex with another or several apartment buildings near your location, check for Cell Phone Towers and especially WiFi installations. All add to the flux of microwaves. You may be living in a high density area of concentration.

Scribd has some good information on Smart Meters and measures to help counteract the effects.
http://www.scribd.com/search?query=smart+meters+ill+effects

And here: for health impacts on wire technology and electromagnetic fields.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12721445/Health-Impacts-of-Wireless-Technology-and-Electromagnetic-Fields

 

[trendsetter37]

Well...Here is the deal. The picture associated with my meter only shows 1/2 of the total number of meters. There are an equal number of meters on the other side to service the other half of my building. They are all smart meters apparently. So really if they are being slack they have at least already switched out all of the other ones in my building on the other side.

Living Arrangement

The buildings are shaped like doughnuts. Square shaped doughnuts to be exact. They consist of a two separate ring of apartments on the outer and inner edges with the meters only being located on the exterior walls. Well I'm on the inner ring so I guess i'm somewhat shielded relatively speaking. BUT all of this prompted me to check wifi signals.

It is currently 0530 in the morning hear and everyone is asleep in our complex mostly excluding me. I assumed people turned their wifi off at night but quick look at the wifi signals and my computer can connect to 34 different wifi signals! I'm literally swimming in emf right now :(.

I'm gonna read through those two links that were posted but this is a bit disconcerting.

Edit: Also to combat the wifi problem I usually don't use wifi but just connect (through usb cable) my phone to the computer to access the internet. I know it's still a phone and they produce emf by themselves as well but I guess it might help that I don't add my own broadcasted wifi to the veritable smorgasbord of emf located here.....(Pipe Breath)

 

[LQB]

It is currently 0530 in the morning hear and everyone is asleep in our complex mostly excluding me. I assumed people turned their wifi off at night but quick look at the wifi signals and my computer can connect to 34 different wifi signals! I'm literally swimming in emf right now :(.

Between wifi, cell phones, and smart meters, your high frequency RF environment sounds very bad. One thing that most folks don't think about when using a cell phone in a building is that the phone is likely operating near max transmit power to overcome the partial blockage of the building. This aggravates the RF environment in the building. When you only have 1 or 2 bars for the link, you know your phone is transmitting near max power to maintain the link.

If you can't move to a quieter environment, then you might look into the conducting fabrics for making a drape over sleeping areas - these metallized fabrics work very well at these RF frequencies. You will need to extend the fabric below the bed. This will give you a quiet RF environment for sleep.

 

[mcb]

It is currently 0530 in the morning hear and everyone is asleep in our complex mostly excluding me. I assumed people turned their wifi off at night but quick look at the wifi signals and my computer can connect to 34 different wifi signals! I'm literally swimming in emf right now :(.

Between wifi, cell phones, and smart meters, your high frequency RF environment sounds very bad. One thing that most folks don't think about when using a cell phone in a building is that the phone is likely operating near max transmit power to overcome the partial blockage of the building. This aggravates the RF environment in the building. When you only have 1 or 2 bars for the link, you know your phone is transmitting near max power to maintain the link.

If you can't move to a quieter environment, then you might look into the conducting fabrics for making a drape over sleeping areas - these metallized fabrics work very well at these RF frequencies. You will need to extend the fabric below the bed. This will give you a quiet RF environment for sleep.

Well at least all those smart meters don't have to work too hard to talk to each other.

I do hope this complex is all-electric (they usually are). Wouldn't want to have a bunch of gas smart meters on top of everything else.