My Thoughts About Deja Vu

I agree mostly with Indigo1717, with a few exceptions and additions. My exception is, your Déjà Vu moments seem more powerful than typical Déjà Vu. It may be possible you are astrally projecting in your sleep and forgetting. I'm not saying Indigo1717's statements are wrong by any means, but that there is another possibility. Also my addition is you may also be experiencing premonitions and precognition. Also I try to keep a balanced perspective, and look at both supernatural and scientific explanations for occurrences, so I would also at least consider ALL's statement. If you have anymore questions feel free to email me at hecatesmagicspell [at] yahoo.com
~Sincerely, Hecate

Hi Abby,

This happened to me as well. Around grade four and five, I would get intense feelings of deja vu that came out of nowhere, where I would think, hear, or experience something and feel like I heard it or knew it was going to happen before it actually happened. This experience would be followed by a feeling of dissociation and intense nausea, but no vomiting. I would always have to run to the bathroom It was over after a few minutes. It was very unsettling and at the time, and I believed I was psychic. But I questioned why other psychics didn't need to go through this experience when they had intuitive experiences.

With research, I was surprised to discover that it was actually a form of epilepsy that occurs in the temporal lobe. The temporal lobe epilepsy is associated with memories, emotions, hallucinations, and other experiences that are actually 'auras' prior to the seizure. What makes your symptoms particularly indicative of epilepsy is the 'staring' at the poster - this is called an absence seizure. Google 'epilepsy and deja vu', 'temporal lobe epilepsy', and 'absence seizures' and you will find more information about the signs and symptoms, the types of seizures, treatments, and areas of the brain that are affected.

I never spoke about my symptoms with a doctor, and being in the States, your healthcare system is different. For me, they went away over time. It is crucial that you look after your health - get an appropriate amount of sleep every night (about 6 cycles of 1.5 hour intervals - 7.5 hours a night, and give yourself an additional 15 minutes to fall asleep). Stress can also play a role, so things like meditation and progressive muscle relaxation can help. If you find that symptoms are getting worse, you can speak with your doctor about having a CT Scan or MRI. I recommend checking out more information on reputable epilepsy sites and speaking with trusted members of your family about the next steps.

All the best!

Dear Singingsmile03
First your answers in different order:
*Why is it called Deja vu? It is a French expression that means "already seen" used by psychologists and others to describe 3 types of sensations: seen, felling and visited.
*And who gave it that name? As far as wikipidia this was quoted by Charles Dickens in David Copperfield
*Will we ever be able to control it? No
*Why does this happen? Basically you have 2 types, one is psychological, produce by your brain, the other one is spiritual
*What makes this happen? Psychological is just your imagination! Spiritual occurs when your spirit, during your sleep, goes far from your body (but still linked to it) and you visit some place, see things etc. When you come back and pass by the same place you retrieve the memory from you previous visit.
More details you can find on The Spirits' Book and The Mediuns' Book both by Allan Kardec
Http://www.ssbaltimore.org/PDF/Spirits.pdf
Http://www.ssbaltimore.org/PDF/Mediums.pdf
Good study!

Thanks indigo1717 I just wanted to let you know that I do have weird feelings before it happens. Also I wanted you to know that the things that I have seen before have been about nothing important. If you know how the Deja vu I caused please let me know I would appreciate it.

Hi Smile03, similar things happened to me when I was younger, they do to a lot of us, Deja vu is the literal French translation for "already seen", some believe its your brain giving you an illusion that you've been or seen something before, some believe your witnessing the future events that haven't happened yet, however you don't know its the future event until it actually happens, there isn't a way of proving or disproving either. It depends on what you believe.

Why, how? Nobody knows, there will be a lot of crazy suggestions thrown about but in truth no one knows. However no-one ever asks if the deja-vu is manipulating us?, if you think about it, most deja-vu's are pointless, yet its led us to look for answers and we've ended up on this forum, something that would not have happened otherwise.

Can you control it?, unlikely, if you could manipulate the future then its not the future, can you increase the frequency of deja vu?, maybe, it seems to happen more often when peoples minds are clear albeit still randomly.

Now if you ever get a gut feeling that's somethings going to happen, this is a different story and can be controlled or manipulated, at least in my experience.