Deja Vu

[oasis]

DéjÃ* vu (pronounced /ˈdeɪʒɑː ˈvuː/ (help·info); French /deʒa vy/ (help·info) "already seen"; also called paramnesia, from Greek παρα para, "near" + μνήμη mnēmē, "memory") is the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously (an individual feels as though an event has already happened or has repeated itself). The term was coined by a French psychic researcher, Émile Boirac (1851–1917) in his book L'Avenir des sciences psychiques (The Future of Psychic Sciences), which expanded upon an essay he wrote while an undergraduate. The experience of déjÃ* vu is usually accompanied by a compelling sense of familiarity, and also a sense of "eeriness", "strangeness", or "weirdness". The "previous" experience is most frequently attributed to a dream, although in some cases there is a firm sense that the experience "genuinely happened" in the past.

The experience of déjÃ* vu seems to be very common; in formal studies 70% of people report having experienced it at least once. References to the experience of déjÃ* vu are also found in literature of the past, indicating it is not a new phenomenon. It has been extremely difficult to invoke the déjÃ* vu experience in laboratory settings, therefore making it a subject of few empirical studies. Recently, researchers have found ways to recreate this sensation using hypnosis.[1]


i have this crap atleast once a month alot of times every week it just seems that every darn thing i have already done

[Tails]

same here.. its annoying for me as well.

[Stupid Flanders]

it seems to happen to me when i least expect it. and its completely random stuff. and i can't remember if i've been there before or not (if it's a place i recognize). i think most people say that deja vu happens because you dream something similar and that dream is somewhere in your brain "unconsciously". then when you come across a similar situation, that dream is "remembered". that's one theory.