The reason time *feels slow* in these catastrophes, AFAIK is that memory formation kicks into high gear during it
Your brain isn't somehow over locking itself, you just remember everything about the event in detail, so it feels like it in retrospect
Your brain isn't somehow over locking itself, you just remember everything about the event in detail, so it feels like it in retrospect
The subconscious knowledge of this is why we've internalized and re-expressed the "judgement upon death" notion across many religions.