What are Deja vus?

[KP]

quote:Originally posted by Athios

I was wondering about KP's response. Did you actually get that deja vu feeling when that happened?

Yeah, just like all my previous de ja vus, but I was a bit more aware of what was going on.

quote:More importantly, since you do remember where and when it happened before, does that then actually count as a deja vu experience? What I'm getting at is, perhap there has been stuff happening (and maybe we've even heard about them), that could clearly explain and demonstrate what's going on during a deja vu. But maybe it's just that we don't recognize these events as being a deja vu experience?  []

I think it might be a case of awareness during the phase and how much insight you put into each experience.  It was exactly the same as my past de ja vu experiences.  The only difference was the observation which followed, which I then related to the past.  But that was a conscious thing.

[Athios]

This is the first time I'm posting on this board (I think), so I'd just like to say hi to everyone! []

Anyway, about 2 weeks ago, I was talking with some friends of mine, and we got into the topic of deja vus, including stuff like how they felt, how often we got it, and what exactly they were.
Of course, we didn't arrive at any conclusion on that last point. And since they're not really into metaphysics stuff (they thought I'm totally weird when I told them I was trying for OBEs, hahaha), we didn't talk much about it.
So later I thought, what better place to talk about it than here? []

Sooooo.........does anyone have any speculations or insights as to the nature of deja vus?
How often do you guys experience them? How do they feel like?