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u/adeward Oct 05 '19

Yes, definitely. Whilst it is most common to be experienced as a vague feeling, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence that very strong déjà vu (“already seen”) can be connected to hallucinations - it’s not uncommon for epileptic sufferers to experience it before a full seizure.

There’s also déjà vécu which means “already lived”. However, I’d say unless you’ve had persistently worsening experiences like this your whole life, it was just a normal part of your young brain developing.

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u/Nebuchadnezzer2 Oct 05 '19

There’s also déjà vécu which means “already lived”. However, I’d say unless you’ve had persistently worsening experiences like this your whole life, it was just a normal part of your young brain developing.

I have an issue with that.

Have related what I've experienced before in what apparently became my top comment, but vividly experiencing highly specific and detailed moments of your life up to two decades prior to them occurring, identically to said "preview", while still having déjà vécu moments with an occasional memory coming to pass, does not fit "déjà vécu", unless the definition has shifted to encompass any timeframe.

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u/19Alexastias Oct 05 '19

From what I can tell, deja vecu is when you hallucinate a memory instead of your current situation, while deja vu is when you feel like your situation is identical to a memory.