Current Events > I had a bizarre experience watching TROS (and during an eerily apropos scene)

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So, I went to see TROS on Christmas Eve. At a certain point, I began to feel very odd. It was similar to the detached feeling you may get when you smoke marijuana (mind you, I had none; I smoke very rarely) but it felt like I was going to pass out, as well. I had eaten that day so I didn't have low blood sugar or anything like that. I'm a fit guy; 31 years old, no high blood pressure or anything like that.

As bizarre as it sounds, I started getting scared because it almost gave me the impression of death. Like, it felt like everything was slowly shutting down (in a permanent way). I thought to myself if it gets much worse I would tap my stepdad's shoulder and tell him we have to go to the hospital. It felt that serious. I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself, and after a minute or two it finally went away.

Now, the really weird thing is that all this was happening during the scene where Rey kills Kylo and then Leia uses her life force energy to keep Kylo alive. Was I experiencing a strangely profound empathic connection with the scene? It freaked me out.

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