Deja vu

[billydkid]

One of the cooler experiences most of us have had is deja vu. I have it rarely anymore. When I was younger it happened quite a bit. My knee jerk reaction to it is always to think it's a good omen - I guess out of fear that it could be a bad omen. There are several theories about what is occurring when we experience deja vu. Of course, it's more fun to think of it as sort of a premonition. This is an experience I once had when I was in my early twenties: I walked into a room and there was a woman I knew sitting there in nice coat with a fur collar. I suddenly got a strong experience of deja vu. The strange thing was the sense of deja vu seemed to extend forward in time. In the deja vu, so to speak, I was supposed to compliment this woman on her coat. Instead I consciously decided not to do that. Now, I don't kid myself that the experience is anything other than a trick of the mind, but, still, I have always vaguely felt that I might have broken something or changed my fate by disobeying my deja vu. Do you guys have any interesting deja vu experiences?

[rustytunes]

Deja vu is my favourite Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young album.

[Big Al]

Hang on - I think I've had this feeling of deja vu before! :eek:

[Gord_in_Toronto]

Didn't I read this thread last week?

[Orangutan]

Funny you should mention it. I had one in a meeting yesterday. I don't like the feeling of Deja vu, and try to stop it by saying "Oh! Deja vu!", sometimes that doesn't work and the feeling can last a few seconds.

A far weirder mental sensation can come over me when I am around an old object, (cases I can remember are An old stone bridge, an old photograph and strangely looking at the roots of a tree that had been blown over, the root knot was huge!) any way, if I am around something like that I sometimes get a weird mental pulling sensation as I try to think about the time that has elapsed. I mentioned this to my mother once and she said "Really? I get that too, I call it time warp!" So I don't know if it has a genetic root or we are both just weired. I imagine that the strange pulling/falling feeling might be akin to the start of a seizure as there seems to be the inability to control it and it has a strange 'coming to a boil' quality to it, followed by a sudden 'snapping out' of the sensation. Sorry for the weird descriptions but it's hard to describe a mental feeling!

[Cuddles]

Of course there's also reja vu (as coined by Terry Pratchett) - the overwhelming feeling that you are going to be in the same situation in the future.

What I find weird about deja vu is that at the time it seems I am remembering something, but then when I think about it I realise that I can only remember having remembered it, and I probably didn't remember having remembered it until after if had happened. Sometimes I make my head hurt.

[pchams]

I usually get more of the Steve Martin type, 'vuja de';
That feeling that this has never happened before. ;)

[I less than three logic]

I usually get more of the Steve Martin type, 'vuja de';
That feeling that this has never happened before. ;)
Was that Steve Martin or George Carlin? I thought it was a Carlin bit, but perhaps he borrowed it. Maybe its just really old, and the first person I happened to here it from was Carlin? :D