Waiting Room Time Warp

Metaphorical Narrative

The clock ticks.
Every second swells into minutes.
Mind scripts worst outcomes.
Body freezes, restless, trapped in time that won’t move.

Core Insight

Humans everywhere know the waiting-room stretch. Uncertainty inflates time and magnifies dread.

Proof Snapshot: Experiments show uncertain waits feel longer and harsher than certain ones, even when the duration is identical. The brain mistakes “no information” for threat.

The break is this: uncertainty is not outcome. The signal is noise until evidence arrives.

Identity Line: I wait as Observer. No prophecy holds power here.

Saturday Experiment

Next time waiting stretches, breathe once, narrate: “This is signal, not outcome.”
Keep eyes on one object for 30 seconds.

Sunday Reflection

Where else this week did they mistake uncertainty for fate?
What changed when they named it signal, not prophecy?
What identity strengthens when waiting no longer hijacks them?