Yes, I agree that most people do experience some kind of deja vu, but probably don't even realise it, don't recognise it or just ignore it.
Many moons ago, I was about to set off in the car from my home with my fiance. I lived along a narrow lane and, for some reason, that day I just did not want to go out. I had no idea at all why, but strongly felt it would be a bad thing to do. Half way along this lane, at a corner, we literally came face to face with another car cutting the corner. My fiance's car was a write-off and I ended up with a dent in my shin where my leg had somehow flown upwards and connected with the underside of the dashboard. Luckily we were wearing seatbelts at the time or it would have been a lot more serious. The 2 females in the other car were OK but their car also was badly damaged. It's funny (if that's the right word) that, when the accident was happening, I was seeing it all in slow motion, but wasn't aware of any sound or any feeling. It was only afterwards I realised that my leg was injured as I felt nothing at the time it happened.
Since then I've often been aware of nagging feelings about something I, or someone else, was about to do, but they are never defined enough for me to be able to make proper judgements about the situations. It's only afterwards that I find myself saying 'I bl**dy knew it!' These feelings are quite strong but, at the same time, are somewhat vague in what they're trying to tell me, so I'm left wondering if I'm just imagining it and therefore should dismiss it, or whether there is more to it, but I don't know how to react. It's extremely frustrating that I can't make out what I'm being 'told' so that I can see more clearly what I'm supposed to do or not do (if that makes sense
).
Glenda, that's very unsettling for you. I wonder why it's only newspapers that have that effect. If that 'gift' was able to be expanded, it's the sort of thing the police would probably be very interested in for help with their sudden death operations.
Did anyone else read the story of
Oscar the cat who can predict deaths in the nursing home where he lives?