Something weird just happened
And it happens relatively frequently, I just have no idea what it is.
Sometimes in the mornings, soon after I wake up, I start remembering things that never happened, and get a really uncomfortable feeling. The memories are really familiar to me at the time, but once the uncomfortable feeling stops, I can't remember them anymore. Though I do remember today's better than most. Something about some not very good looking guy I was quite familiar with, and a campfire. Trust me, that's more than I usually remember.
It can be set off by anything. Today it was glancing down at my eraser, and once it was looking at the pattern of tiles in the bathroom. I can usually feel it coming on, because I usually get a snippet or two of the uncomfortable a little while before it happens.
I'm hoping it's really a manifestation of psychic powers, but it's more likely something to do with some mental illness, probably anxiety. Does anybody know what I'm talking about? Nobody I've asked knows what I'm talking about, and I really want to know what's going on.
Sometimes in the mornings, soon after I wake up, I start remembering things that never happened, and get a really uncomfortable feeling. The memories are really familiar to me at the time, but once the uncomfortable feeling stops, I can't remember them anymore. Though I do remember today's better than most. Something about some not very good looking guy I was quite familiar with, and a campfire. Trust me, that's more than I usually remember.
It can be set off by anything. Today it was glancing down at my eraser, and once it was looking at the pattern of tiles in the bathroom. I can usually feel it coming on, because I usually get a snippet or two of the uncomfortable a little while before it happens.
I'm hoping it's really a manifestation of psychic powers, but it's more likely something to do with some mental illness, probably anxiety. Does anybody know what I'm talking about? Nobody I've asked knows what I'm talking about, and I really want to know what's going on.
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that's just my guess as I end up dreaming the future every night. usually the next day, but sometimes when I really remember it it takes two days. Sometimes it's very weird and inexplicable until you know the context.
Has any of it ever managed to happen to you? or do you really not remember the things at all?
Just sayin'.
I've never dreamed about this guy but now I probably will. THANKS.
I wouldn't worry too much. It could well be caused by stress either apparent or more subtle to you. If you start to not now what is real and not, or start feeling melancholic I would go and see your doctor. If it affecting your life both social or professional I would definitely go and seek medical advice.
Hopefully you get over it soon though. Though with any form of suspected mental illness diagnosis is not a science.
I don't think it's ever happened, but I really can't remember afterwards. The memories do seem to recur, though.
I'm faceblind and autistic (bad eye contact means less looking at faces), so even if I have, I wouldn't know.
It's been happening for ten years, so I probably won't get over it any time soon. I'm really more curious than concerned by now. You're probably right about the stress.
If you had one, you'd know. It feels like you're dying or a heart attack or something.
I'm not too sure what the "weird" thing is. To me it seems that you're just remembering dreams. The unpleasant feeling could be due to not being able to quite remember them, only bits and feelings, which would annoy you. (It always annoys me when I'm trying to remember something and it escapes me). Or maybe the dreams are about unpleasant things and the information is meant to be sorted away in your brain but you still remember bits, which is unpleasant until you forget it.
I don't really see anything too worrisome in what you're saying but I can see how it could get annoying. You can start writing the bits you remember down if you want, I mean if it helps.
To expand, keep a dream journal. If Avistew's right about it being dream recall, the mystery will be resolved in a matter of days at most.
Thanks for all the replies.
It's perfectly logical. Telltale wrote the character of Sybil from S&M, who was a psychoanalyst for awhile. In writing the character, the writers may have researched psychology. Ergo, Telltale is the place to go.
I've dreamed about that jackass, all right! He tried to kill me! Next time I see him, I'm gonna kick his butt! Twice!
Well anyway, every time I play this game and hear that music it just gives me a weird feeling of the bad kind of deja vu. I have no idea why, and my friend said I was crazy when I told her.
A few years later, while playing with sound turned on, it happened again and this time I got a flashback to when I was four years old in Spain and my grandma and I walked past a scary-looking old renaissance-looking jail at night (with gargoyles and everything!!) and she told me of how her grandpa was in this jail and it was supposedly awful. That was the extent of my memory but it was freaky because I had never remembered that until that time, and I was all "oh yeah that did happen." Maybe it was some kind of trauma I suffered and suppressed? Because I honestly couldn't remember anything else about it. AND WHY DID THE MUSIC TRIGGER IT?
Long story short, it's weird as hell and I try not to share this story with anyone but really close friends. Anyway, have fun knowing!!!
Thanks for the link! I, er... am not good with remembering music, apparently.
It's a déjà vu kinda thing, although guess that would be déjà entendu. Anyways, the brain sorts things in its own way. You know how sometimes you hear something, and you remember something completely unrelated (as far as you can tell)? That's what happened. For some reasons there was an association between that music and that memory. That's what déjà-vu really is about.
I have a question, though. Now that you actually remember the memory that was making you uncomfortable/freaking you out, do you find it easier to play with the music on?
Also didn't know about that kind of deja vu, thanks for sharing!
Does anybody else thing this man is creepy...I'd hate to see him in my dreams!
It's not uncommon for the brain to create seemingly random associations, especially between audio and visuals. I believe most people have visual or emotional associations and reactions to a lot of music and sound, and you just happen to have a negative emotional association to that piece of music.
It's interesting that, with you, these memories seem to be activated by looking at something random though. The closest thing I've heard of like this is when people have cured amnesia or a mental block by showing someone an object or place that's been connected to their lost memory. It's weird if the things that set off these memories aren't in any way connected to them (... or maybe they are!). Maybe these objects that cause the memories do have a connection that's hidden in your subconscious, for example if the memories are about past dreams then perhaps the objects played a significant part in the dream too. Maybe you even had these real life objects on your mind when you actually had the dreams. This is assuming that the memories are connected to dreams; they might not be.
Something else weird I experienced once was remembering a place my Nan used to visit when she was very young. Or more to the point, had recurring dreams about and then seeing photographs and video footage of the place. It was insane how familiar it felt, and I've never been there myself, and like I said I had the dreams before seeing the pictures. The only explanation I could come up with was that I'd inherited my Nan's memory. I doubt that's what happened, it's probably just a freaky coincidence, but for all I know maybe it is possible to do that. So I don't know if there's any chance some of your "fake memories" are actually based on a relative's real memory. Again, this is probably unlikely, but it's a thought.
Psychology really interests me, though I'm no expert. I hope you find this information useful!
Once I was lying down relaxing and I remembered driving along a road somewhere and passing a weird motel thing. I was racking my brain trying to think of where I remembered it from, and then I realised it was a dream I had ages ago (it felt like a dream I had years ago, although there's no way of telling - it could have been a dream from the previous night for all we know). I relaxed and let the memory go its course and it eventually unfolded into loads of different elements of the dream that I can still vaguely remember. I remember driving into the car park of this little motel and then being inside it... I can remember the scenery pretty vividly...
Man, it still feels really weird to remember it. It's like a mix between nostalgia and confusion.
Given that it seems you don't like them, try mixing up what you do when the experience happens - walking, talking, turning on the TV, closing your eyes. See what you can do to cut their length down, or "turn them off" altogether. Another massively understated and underappreciated contributer to basically everything in life is your diet, and how much water you drink. Have a think about different eating habits and see if that changes anything.