Drifting It's when the memories come back, that's when it happens. It's like the whole world moves slow but your heart's beating fast. It only takes an instant, but all the feelings come back, every nerve, every fibre of your body screaming to be released. You feel drunk, numbness prickling at your fingertips, spreading slowly towards your heart, which eventually slows until even the air feels thick; like you're underwater but everyone else is breathing. All at once, you finally understand because you've had this feeling before. You know what it means to be drowning.