Thread: Familiar Scenes Ive Never Seen?

The same happens to me regarding Oahu (Hawaii). I know roughly what kind of environment it has, and a few landmarks and places, but I don't know advanced layouts, yet I always know how to get to places. Perhaps it's my willpower to go to a particular detination that changes the environment accordingly, meaning that I can't possibly get lost, as I bulid the route around me

But its not real places, its dream scenes impossible in waking life, but I know I've been there before where other places I accept them as new and unfamiliar

Usually this feeling is just the dream creating the illusion that you've already been in that place or you may already seen that place in others dream too, this happens to me a lot, mainly with places of my childhood dreams.

I was under the impression deja vus were a product of your brain slowing down, so that you see something before your mind 'sees' it a split second later (rather than 'seeing' it seemingly instantaneously). Perhaps this has something to do with it? You're mind is, in a sense, seeing it twice in a very very very short period of time, making the first instance feel like a memory? Just an idea.

Originally Posted by moSh

I was under the impression deja vus were a product of your brain slowing down, so that you see something before your mind 'sees' it a split second later (rather than 'seeing' it seemingly instantaneously). Perhaps this has something to do with it? You're mind is, in a sense, seeing it twice in a very very very short period of time, making the first instance feel like a memory? Just an idea.

On a slight tangent, I would just like to ask: Why do I get Deja Vus at random moments throughout the day, despite my knowing that I have NEVER experienced the scenario prior to that point in time?....
Could it be that I have had Lucid dreams without really remembering, until a certain action similar to my dreams contents occurs, thus forcing me to feel like I've done it before?

I think the same explanation applies (though as I said, I'm not entirely sure if it's correct), your brain simply slows fractionally at these random points in the day, causing you to see something slightly before (or slightly more before) your brain consciously perceives it. I think it's unlikely you would have a dream significantly similar to a random series of events, with all the complexities of your thoughts, behaviour, the environment, the behaviour of others, etc. to warrant your brain thinking it had lived this moment before.

As anecdotal 'proof', I hadn't had any deja vus for months and months, until I started work at my last job, which was 12 hour shifts (half being night shifts), plus a 3 hour round commute, meaning I got a maximum of 6 hours sleep each night, and no 'free time'. During the few weeks I worked there, I started having deja vus again quite often, leading me to put it down to my tiredness causing my brain to slow marginally at random points during the day.

Interesting conclusion.... thanks for your input

You've probably just dreamed the exact same scenery before. I've had a few of those dreams where everything is the exact same. Not by trying, they just happen naturally.

Deja Vu means a change has been made to the matrix and the agents are....no wait, thats the movie. Seriously I think it is a normal trick your brain employs to insert a feeling of reality through false memories and a sense of time passage to your dream. But this is personal analysis of my dreams and not a scientific proven answer.

I have a similar recurring dream. In the dream I know it to be Sydney, Australia - but at the same time it looks nothing like Sydney. I know the streets and for some reason I always go to a certain pub that doesn't really exist and have a beer. I dream of that in both lucid and non-lucid dreams too.
It's always fascinated me how the mind can create such detail.

I have never seen this type of dream so i can't know much about it.

Yes, this has happened to me before. My theory is that bits and pieces of things you see in the real world are all mixed up into the dream. So everything seems familiar but the place is new.

This happens to me often and I always wake up feeling happy as if it's a place I like to visit, but haven't been able to go there recently. I think they are just dreams scenes that you have had long ago and your brain is re-using them.