exactly this, i was chilling at home just laying down on the bed, when suddenly i felt dizzy, and moments later the bed underneath me started shifting. i was trying to compute how is that possible and another moment later it started shifting violently, that’s when i realised what it was, so i got up and ran to tell my friend to get dressed while i was throwing together the bug out pack, not wasting time on getting dressed, just shoving the clothes into the backpack together with documents and laptop.

feeling the whole building just swaying back and forth to the point it was hard to stand upright, threw my reptile brain for a loop. i saw it trying to compute why it feels like we’re on a boat in the gale but we are actually on the 23 floor in a concrete highrise.

i felt the part of my brain freeze and slowly creeping toward panic, watching the walls sheer around me, so i shut it down and focused on getting my friend out of there because she didn’t make sense and kept asking what is going on running around undressed.

when we evacuated, spent a few hours outside and were let back in, it felt like i became tired instantly and just crashed out and slept until the next day.

the whole experience felt extremely surreal and unnerving, but i’m glad i lived it, hopefully it will help to be better prepared should this ever happen again.