(September 14, 2009 at 9:09 am)leo-rcc Wrote: Not in all situations. I think that that is a much to broad explanation. Sometimes things really have happened before on a different day that are similar. But the brain doesn't always keep all the details so you get a feeling of having done something before or having been somewhere before.
Yes, sorry I forgot to mention that DD talked about that first, and also the fact of part of your brain seeing something before the other part (which is another theory). But then he also noted what I said above: that often the brain just makes a 'mistake'.
Sorry for being vague - I think I made a blunder in temporarily thinking that the brain making a 'mistake' covered all of these possibilities since it's broader. Obviously it doesn't, I didn't think, I should have went into more detail.
You're quite right. And to reiterate to be clear - DD indeed did mention the other possibilities for Deja Vu first. I just forgot to mention that.
@ Rhizo. I swear my highly increased regularity of lucid dreams is due to my highly increased scepticism. In the dream I think (obviously), and it it's not believable now I tend to think "Oh, I'm dreaming" and then it becomes lucid (I think). And sometimes I remember thinking in dreams (like last night actually) "Hmm, that's odd" and it's only just about believable, it's not quite out of place enough to become lucid in some cases.
That could all be bullshit. It does seem that way though - and I definitely have had more lucid dreams since I've been more skeptical, whether a coincidence or not.
The majority of my dreams are lucid now I think. I have very many lucid dreams - it's awesome. (Most of the time I just don't remember my dreams, whether I believed them or not).
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