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deja vu aura

Fri, 05/23/2008 - 20:21
Can someone tell me again what a deja vu aura is like.  Are you remembering the seizure as if it was a familiar event or do you just get a familiar feeling without really knowing what it is about and you just can't put your finger on it.  I've gotten these but it's hard to describe it that good.

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Re: deja vu aura

Submitted by krissy16 on Sat, 2008-05-24 - 17:30

That's kinda funny.  I think our brains are wired that way.  I can think of some kind of food and my mouth will start tasting it right away.  If it's something sour my mouth will start to hurt.  I've always had a really active imagination and probably an overactive brain as well.  I know I drive my parents nuts sometimes.  I'm always questioning things and coming up with new ideas for things.  From what I've read this can be typical of people with epilepsy.  I had to paint a portrait once for art class.  I took a couple glances at a person's face I saw in a book and then painted the entire thing in less than an hour.  My teacher asked me if I got someone else to paint it for me so it must have looked pretty good.  I can also pick up a person's accent and start talking like them without making a mistake.  I also come up with answers to questions on the tv show Jeopardy.  They are things I probably shouldn't know but my brain just comes up with the answer without me even trying.  I don't know if this has anything to do with epilepsy and its kind of on the weird side but many times I get preminitions of events.  I'll know when someone is going to call our house and it's somebody that hasn't called in a long time.  I got a preminition right before my cat died unexpectedly and one time I bought a raffle ticket and I knew without a doubt my number would be called and it was.  That happened when I was 9.  This was probably more information than people wanted to know about me.  I guess this can have its upsides once in a while.  

That's kinda funny.  I think our brains are wired that way.  I can think of some kind of food and my mouth will start tasting it right away.  If it's something sour my mouth will start to hurt.  I've always had a really active imagination and probably an overactive brain as well.  I know I drive my parents nuts sometimes.  I'm always questioning things and coming up with new ideas for things.  From what I've read this can be typical of people with epilepsy.  I had to paint a portrait once for art class.  I took a couple glances at a person's face I saw in a book and then painted the entire thing in less than an hour.  My teacher asked me if I got someone else to paint it for me so it must have looked pretty good.  I can also pick up a person's accent and start talking like them without making a mistake.  I also come up with answers to questions on the tv show Jeopardy.  They are things I probably shouldn't know but my brain just comes up with the answer without me even trying.  I don't know if this has anything to do with epilepsy and its kind of on the weird side but many times I get preminitions of events.  I'll know when someone is going to call our house and it's somebody that hasn't called in a long time.  I got a preminition right before my cat died unexpectedly and one time I bought a raffle ticket and I knew without a doubt my number would be called and it was.  That happened when I was 9.  This was probably more information than people wanted to know about me.  I guess this can have its upsides once in a while.  

Re: deja vu aura

Submitted by ROCKNROLL on Wed, 2008-06-04 - 01:22

I THINK YOU ARE A VERY INTELLIGENT AND ARTICTIC PERSON! I COME UP WITH WORDS THAT I DON'T EVER REMEMBER SAYING OR THINKING, I WRITE THEM AND THEN HAVE TO LOOK UP WHAT THEY MEAN!

I WROTE A BLOG ON THIS SITE LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEJA VU WITH EPI, AND BEING INTUITIVE. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE THE SAME THING TO ME. I AM LIKE YOU. I KNOW WHO IS CALLING, I KNOW A  WHOLE LOT OF THINGS BEFORE THEY EVER HAPPEN AND HAVE SINCE I WAS A KID. WHEN I WAS A KID, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY IMAGINATION, BUT FOUND OUT YEARS LATER IT WAS NOT MY IMAGINATION AT ALL! MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO CLOSELY CONNECTED, I JUST THINK OF HER, AND SHE WILL ASK ME 'WHAT'.  I KNEW WHEN MY NEPHEW HAD PASSED AWAY, AND OTHERS IN MY FAMILY. WHEN I WOULD GET THE CALL, I WOULD SAY, 'I KNOW'. MY FAMILY THINKS I AM A BIT WEIRD, BUT OH WELL! SUCH IS LIFE. I COULD GO ON FOREVER WITH WHAT I KNOW AND HAVE SEEN.  THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH E. I TURNED WHAT I KNEW INTO THE SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF WHAT EXACTLY I COULD DO AND THE RESULTS WERE AMAZING AND WONDERFUL! YOU SHOULD TRY IT! YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK I AM WEIRD, BUT I THINK IT IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND THAT SCARES THEM.  

I USE ALL CAPS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY.........JAN

I THINK YOU ARE A VERY INTELLIGENT AND ARTICTIC PERSON! I COME UP WITH WORDS THAT I DON'T EVER REMEMBER SAYING OR THINKING, I WRITE THEM AND THEN HAVE TO LOOK UP WHAT THEY MEAN!

I WROTE A BLOG ON THIS SITE LAST NIGHT, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEJA VU WITH EPI, AND BEING INTUITIVE. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE THE SAME THING TO ME. I AM LIKE YOU. I KNOW WHO IS CALLING, I KNOW A  WHOLE LOT OF THINGS BEFORE THEY EVER HAPPEN AND HAVE SINCE I WAS A KID. WHEN I WAS A KID, I THOUGHT IT WAS MY IMAGINATION, BUT FOUND OUT YEARS LATER IT WAS NOT MY IMAGINATION AT ALL! MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO CLOSELY CONNECTED, I JUST THINK OF HER, AND SHE WILL ASK ME 'WHAT'.  I KNEW WHEN MY NEPHEW HAD PASSED AWAY, AND OTHERS IN MY FAMILY. WHEN I WOULD GET THE CALL, I WOULD SAY, 'I KNOW'. MY FAMILY THINKS I AM A BIT WEIRD, BUT OH WELL! SUCH IS LIFE. I COULD GO ON FOREVER WITH WHAT I KNOW AND HAVE SEEN.  THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH E. I TURNED WHAT I KNEW INTO THE SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF WHAT EXACTLY I COULD DO AND THE RESULTS WERE AMAZING AND WONDERFUL! YOU SHOULD TRY IT! YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK I AM WEIRD, BUT I THINK IT IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AND THAT SCARES THEM.  

I USE ALL CAPS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY.........JAN

Re: deja vu aura

Submitted by campingdogs on Fri, 2013-05-24 - 19:09
I've-gone-crazy-Sue Thanks Jan for using the caps. I am one of thos visually impaired folks!

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