If the thread title was as confusing as I think it was, let me explain.
First off, I'll start by saying I'm a big guy. Six two, two hundred pounds. Big arms, Travolta jaw, deep voice, all that jazz. I generally have my shit together, and I'm not exaggerating when I say I rarely, if ever, get spooked by anyone or anything. Except for these goddamn attacks.
Once or twice a year, and NOT regularly (sometimes it's once every two years) I'm doing something completely mundane and I suddenly get what I'll describe as an 'attack' of Deja Vu.
Big deal, happens to almost everyone at some point.
Now, here's the weird part. Not only does every action I take feel like I've been there before, having the exact same conversation or seeing, hearing and doing the exact same things, but there's also something else - Something I can't describe because it's not fully conscious, something like flashes of a half-remembered nightmare, and I feel a strange sense of deep, consuming horror that worsens the harder I try to remember what exactly the flashes of memory are. After about sixty seconds or so the nausea and dizziness passes, along with the sensation of fear - And the flashes of memory.
If you want a description many of you will be familiar with, (And it'll probably make you laugh, too) [url=http://youtu.be/lORT_5hUaFY]it's sort of like the indistinct flashes of vision Commander Shepard of the first Mass Effect game has when he finds the Prothean beacon[/url]. There are fragments of sound, smell and sight that blur through my mind's eye, too jumbled and indistinct to make sense.
I suffered one such incident minutes before writing this, and the last time before that was in 2010, when talking to my girlfriend. I stood there for about a minute, fighting the urge to double over. I must've had my face twisted into a snarl, staring wide-eyed into space, because she definitely noticed. When I explained what happened, she said it sounded like a panic attack. I responded with. "I don't [I]get[/I] panic attacks."
Is this what Deja Vu is like for everyone?
If not, has anyone reading this actually experienced something similar? What could it mean?
maybe you are just scared of women
uh is there any proof that you don't get panic attacks other than you saying you dont?
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;39115359]uh is there any proof that you don't get panic attacks other than you saying you dont?[/QUOTE]
No, not really. But does that sound like a panic attack to you?
It's possible. I'm not a expert, but that is most definitely not deja vu caused.
I get the weird Deja Vu too sometimes and when it happens I almost collapse, thing is I sometimes get weird glimpses of things during the day and days or even years later I'll get the Deja Vu and remember the exact moment that I saw it however long ago it was. Makes me feel really dizzy and sick, maybe see a doctor?
I had a couple of deja-vu in the past but they were followed by peacefulness. The ones you experience are not deja-vu, or afaik not of the same kind I had. They might be indeed real panic attacks and you might want to find the source.
You're most likely having a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_lobe_epilepsy#Symptoms"]temporal lobe epilepsy[/URL] (or specifically, simple partial seizure). Have you also done any psychedelic drugs in the past, and which ones?
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I usually get a brief episode of De Ja Vu while heavily smoking weed and drinking at parties. Everything feels absolutely surreal.
I wouldn't say that's a panic attack purely because you didn't highlight any increase in breathing, which is one of the definitive symptoms.
[QUOTE=Starpluck;39117453]You're most likely having a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_lobe_epilepsy#Symptoms"]temporal lobe epilepsy[/URL] (or specifically, simple partial seizure). Have you also done any psychedelic drugs in the past, and which ones?
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I usually get a brief episode of De Ja Vu while heavily smoking weed and drinking at parties. Everything feels absolutely surreal.[/QUOTE]
I used to suffer from febrile seizures when I had fevers as a child. And I had many of those. I was on a drug designed to suppress them until the age of 9. Do you think this could be some remnant?
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