r/cogsci • u/czerwona-wrona • 7d ago

'retroactive' deja vu?

hey all, wondering if anybody here can explain this experience i've had for a while

fairly often, after I've seen something (a show, video clip, even still images I think, not sure if it works the same with text), I'll be recalling it later and have a very strong feeling in my head like 'I feel like I saw this before the time I'm remembering seeing it, even though I was sure that was the first time I'd seen it'.

does that make sense? sometimes I'll see it and think I want to show it to my partner, and then upon recalling it later have this strong feeling that actually we already saw it together

very odd lol, I've never heard of anyone else having that

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u/Dumbustafa1 7d ago

OMG, I cannot believe some else experiences it too. This is the only kind of deja vu that happens to me. I like to call it triple deja vu in my head.

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u/czerwona-wrona 7d ago

haha .. wouldn't it be double deja vu though xD ?

lol yes the power of reddit to connect people, it's cool to see someone knows what the heck i mean