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Terrifying time loop: The man trapped in constant deja vu BBC news 24 January 2015
Scientists believe the extraordinary case of a 23-year-old British man with "constant deja vu" may have been triggered by anxiety. It is the first time such a link has been made. But what is deja vu - and do we really know what causes it?
Most of us know the feeling - the fleeting sensation that you have been somewhere or done something before, when common sense tells you that is not possible.
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BrandonD » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:25 am wrote:My gf told me this weekend about deja vus she's been getting lately. She says that she gets this sort of "vision" that whatever is happening at that moment has already happened many many times, accompanied by a rather sinking feeling that nothing can be changed.
'Groundhog Day' student trapped in bizarre déjà vu time loop for 8 years
A 23-year-old British man has become the victim one of the strangest cases of déjà vu ever recorded in medical history
By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor10:21AM GMT 20 Jan 2015
A student was forced to drop out of university after a bizarre case of chronic déjà vu left him unable to lead a normal life.
The 23-year-old even stopped watching TV, listening to the radio, or reading newspapers or magazines because he believed he had seen it all before.
He told doctors that he was "trapped in a time loop" and said he felt as if he was reliving the past moment by moment.
Details of the case have been revealed in a report published by the Journal of Medical Case Reports. Doctors are baffled because the man does not suffer from any of the neurological conditions usually seen in people who normally suffer frequently from déjà vu - which is French for "already seen".
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It is thought that panic attacks may have triggered the phenomenon. The condition may also have been exacerbated by LSD.
Report author Dr Christine Wells, a psychology expert from Sheffield Hallam University, said it could be the first case of a person experiencing persistent déjà vu stemming from anxiety.
Although most people experience occasional feelings of déjà vu, more frequent and intense forms are usually only seen in people who have seizures in the temporal lobe, a condition called temporal lobe epilepsy. However brain scans showed no sign of seizures or neurological conditons. The man also underwent a series of psychological tests to check his memory which failed to show any major issues either. The student, who has not been named, first complained of symptoms of déjà vu early 2007, shortly after starting university. He had a history of feeling anxious, particularly a fear of germs, which led him to wash his hands very frequently and to shower two to three times per day. But his anxiety worsened when he began university. Anxiety and low mood led him to take a break from his studies, and he then began experiencing déjà vu.
The early episodes sometimes lasted only for minutes, but other attacks could be extremely prolonged, the case study reveals. For example, while on holiday in a destination that he had previously visited he reported feeling as though he had become 'trapped in a time loop'. He reported finding these experiences very frightening. He returned to university in 2007 and he described the déjà vu episodes as becoming more intense.
In 2008, he was referred to specialists for neurological examination. Tests for epilepsy were normal and he was treated with a range of medications. He was assessed again in 2010, by which time his persistent déjà vu caused him to avoid watching television and listening to the radio, as well as reading papers and magazines, as he felt he had already "encountered the content before". "Rather than simply the unsettling feelings of familiarity which are normally associated with déjà vu, our subject complained that it felt like he was actually retrieving previous experiences from memory, not just finding them familiar," said Dr Wells.
Nordic » Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:35 am wrote:I get those and they can go on for long periods of time (for Deja Vu's anyway), like minutes and minutes.
I've also had them where I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I have dreamed what is happening. Like I remember the dream quite clearly and I know what is going to happen next, and after that, etc.
Freaky as shit.
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