De Javu

[Admin]

Originally Posted by Dictionary.com of "De Javu"

1. Psychology. The illusion of having already experienced something actually being experienced for the first time.
2. a) An impression of having seen or experienced something before: Old-timers watched the stock-market crash with a distinct sense of déjà vu.
b) Dull familiarity; monotony: the déjà vu of the tabloid headlines.

Do you experience de javu on a common, occasional, or a seldom basis?
I get de javu occasionally and I had it twice this morning (first time having it twice on one day).

[zoedragon]

I would say I experience it on an occasional basis. I'll be doing some random thing and I'll stop suddenly with the feeling that I've done this before. Not just performing the same action on some prior occasion, but actually lived this moment already. Very weird feeling.

There are many hypotheses about this phenomenon, all of which are fairly fascinating. Some believe that you often dream about your future, and deja vu is you remembering parts of the dream. Others think it's some kind of reincarnation flashback. Interesting stuff.

[CSS_overseer]

Would you say that having to retake a course counts?

[Ketcham82]

I have a good photographic memory. I tend to remember things when I see them. For example, when I go drop off a friend to his/her house in some random neighborhood in east LA, I would be capable of remembering how to get there (without directions or maps) by just remembering what the streets look like. It's the same thing whenever I have a dream. Usually I have dreams but often can't remember what they were about or what was in them. It's only when I see the scenario all over again that I remember the dream and get to experience it again in real life.

It's odd but there must be some explanation.

[zoedragon]

I forget what that statistic is (I don't have photographic memory unfortunately) but supposedly a huge percentage of the brain is not used to its fullest potential. You've probably seen various movies where they find some way to tap into that potential and unleash some sort of psychic abilities. Maybe when we're not in full control (like when we're asleep) the brain does stuff like that. Maybe we do dream of the future.

Which is weird because the dreams I remember are quite bizarre. If they were pieces of my future then I would have been in a couple of Star Trek episodes, been breathing underwater a couple times, and flown at least once or twice like Superman. We could have watched as my sister drove by on her bed while picking up rocks along the way.

[Steven]

Originally Posted by zoedragon

I forget what that statistic is (I don't have photographic memory unfortunately) but supposedly a huge percentage of the brain is not used to its fullest potential. You've probably seen various movies where they find some way to tap into that potential and unleash some sort of psychic abilities. Maybe when we're not in full control (like when we're asleep) the brain does stuff like that. Maybe we do dream of the future.

Doubtful. If that were possible it would be already evolutionarily selected for. Just because your whole brain is lit up with activity doesn't mean that you are very smart at that point. Different parts of the brain could be very specific in what they are capable of. To determine what would happen in the future, you would need to keep track of many variables. I don't think that the brain is that capable.

Originally Posted by zoedragon

Which is weird because the dreams I remember are quite bizarre. If they were pieces of my future then I would have been in a couple of Star Trek episodes, been breathing underwater a couple times, and flown at least once or twice like Superman. We could have watched as my sister drove by on her bed while picking up rocks along the way.

To me dreams seem like random permutations of what I have been thinking of during the day. The randomness could account for the broken up fasion in which dreams are put together. Thinking while awake is sometimes like that when a goal is not in mind.

[Steven]

Originally Posted by Ketcham82

I have a good photographic memory. I tend to remember things when I see them. For example, when I go drop off a friend to his/her house in some random neighborhood in east LA, I would be capable of remembering how to get there (without directions or maps) by just remembering what the streets look like. It's the same thing whenever I have a dream. Usually I have dreams but often can't remember what they were about or what was in them. It's only when I see the scenario all over again that I remember the dream and get to experience it again in real life.

It's odd but there must be some explanation.

How helpful is this when taking exams? I would imagine that you have no use for formula sheets during physics exams.

[lost-and-found]

I usually get de ja vu with dreams, like during that dream I'll think: I've dreamt this before, but also with real life experiences.

[Postergirl7]

I have that weird female-sixth sense or women's intuition thing going on. I occassionally predict the future without knowing it (I woke up 90 seconds before the Northridge Earthquake hit and scrambled for more "protection", then the earthquake hit). Dejavu is a constant occurance for me.

[zoedragon]

That's cool! I don't think I have any kind of intuition. I'm a bit clueless for a girl. During an earthquake I'll be laying in bed for several seconds thinking, "This is an earthquake, right?"

[A-ANGELS]

Originally Posted by KayCee

Do you experience de javu on a common, occasional, or a seldom basis?
I get de javu occasionally and I had it twice this morning (first time having it twice on one day).

It happens occasionally. It's really weird.

[that-one-guy]

I get them very often. All throughout highschool till now.