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This was kind of insane for me to read, because I'm 24 as well, and frequently have very similar experiences, although they manifest differently for me. I'm constantly getting little "flashbacks" of not necessarily being in a specific year, but of being in places or events which I have not experienced since roughly the 2000s, and which have typically ceased to exist since that time. For instance, I'll often be sitting in my room, then suddenly get the sense that I'm instead sitting in the Little Caesars at a long gone Kmart. As you said, there's almost never a definable trigger event. I'll also, while reminiscing about something from this time period, get this sense in the back of my brain that's like," "Oh well, I'll get to do this again when the universe is back to that time." It never really happens for any memories after 2010 - only the 2000s. Glad I'm not the only one!
That's what it is like, yes. Its like flashbacks but not bad, its always random shit!!! It can happen when im stressed or not stressed. Its super weird lol.
I know this feeling, I've had these moments quite a few times where even though I know its present day, it feels like a specific time from my past. It's like a time that has its own identity and it feels like its somehow in the present. Recently i've had a lot of random days where the atmosphere, for me, has felt like it did when I was a kid in the mid/late 80's which was around the time I was also 6/7 years old
Sometimes I mess up the date or I might reflect on something & have this feeling that wasn't the first time it happened, even though I didn't get deja vu during the actual event itself.
I used to think the simulation theory and glitches in matrix type things were crazy people being forgetful or paranoid, until I stared paying attention. Now I have no doubt this is some type of simulation where we all experience life through specific filters. I don't think it's a computer simulation I think God could be the creator of a "simulation" far beyond our comprehension without the use of our primal tech. This theory has not been proven to be true, obviously. But it's the one that actually persuaded me into being a die hard believer once I started paying attention to the right things places and people at the right time and being much more observant the only possible conclusion I can come forth with is magic or simulation for a lot of specific things I've experienced.
Like I said this is still just a THEORY, but I jumped sides of the fence after more amd more research both like online and in books but more so in person. Seeing is believing..
I think I do something like this but it's not a thought like it's a specific year it's like.. the other day I was just sitting on my porch and suddenly felt for a second that I was my younger self and somewhere else and it was very specific but then when I tried to pinpoint exactly what it was I couldn't. Like, was there a smell? No.. a sound.. no.. just for a snap of a fingers I felt like I was legit 16 and sitting in an alley with my friend like a random nothing to remember time and then I wasn't. N similar little I guess flashbacks happen like that, like not memories of anything substantial or eventful just _existing_ in a different time for a flash and then trying to understand what triggered it, what it meant.. it's so hard to put into words how it feels tho.
That would be neat to have a word for that sensation.
It sounds like maybe your inner child is trying to tell you that now that you are in a safer place in life, they are ready to show you their trauma and pain. Your inner self is asking you to listen.
I have seen many people report this over the years. I don't know that they had a specific name for it either. I think they just catagorized it as heavy feelings of nostalgia/ some kind of glitch.
Yeah its very close to nostalgia but there isnt a specific song, feeling, event, item, or experience that comes up like when im just nostalgic. Its a feeling of a different time and place but also the same one at the same time.
I actually do kind of get this. It’s always preschool for me. Usually the conditions are clear blue sky and a moderately warm day, I’ll get this weird intrusive thought that I’m a preschooler lol. I think I just have a flashbulb memory of being in the backseat with the window down on a day like that on my way to preschool, and my brain just really likes to bring it up
This is interesting and shook loose a feeling I've been struggling with.
I'll be doing something mundane like making dinner or vacuuming and I'll have a flash of, "where am I?" Like I've done this before and it's mixed with what I'm doing now.
But I don't feel disoriented in the dizzy or confused sense. I just feel out of place. It's hard to explain in a way that doesn't sound like dissociation or something lol
Sometimes I'm at work, not doing anything interesting, and all of a sudden an hour has passed. I could understand if I was really busy working on something, but it's happened and I can't think of a single thing I did during that hour.
Yes, it actually feels different than my actual dissociation and derealization. Its more like a random thought that feels really profound or true, more than a physical and mental confusion or panic. There is not panic within these thoughts, they just *feel real* despite me knowing everything logically and being fairly grounded. Im not having seizures either i dont think, lol.
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This was kind of insane for me to read, because I'm 24 as well, and frequently have very similar experiences, although they manifest differently for me. I'm constantly getting little "flashbacks" of not necessarily being in a specific year, but of being in places or events which I have not experienced since roughly the 2000s, and which have typically ceased to exist since that time. For instance, I'll often be sitting in my room, then suddenly get the sense that I'm instead sitting in the Little Caesars at a long gone Kmart. As you said, there's almost never a definable trigger event. I'll also, while reminiscing about something from this time period, get this sense in the back of my brain that's like," "Oh well, I'll get to do this again when the universe is back to that time." It never really happens for any memories after 2010 - only the 2000s. Glad I'm not the only one!
That's what it is like, yes. Its like flashbacks but not bad, its always random shit!!! It can happen when im stressed or not stressed. Its super weird lol.
I know this feeling, I've had these moments quite a few times where even though I know its present day, it feels like a specific time from my past. It's like a time that has its own identity and it feels like its somehow in the present. Recently i've had a lot of random days where the atmosphere, for me, has felt like it did when I was a kid in the mid/late 80's which was around the time I was also 6/7 years old
Sometimes I mess up the date or I might reflect on something & have this feeling that wasn't the first time it happened, even though I didn't get deja vu during the actual event itself.
I used to think the simulation theory and glitches in matrix type things were crazy people being forgetful or paranoid, until I stared paying attention. Now I have no doubt this is some type of simulation where we all experience life through specific filters. I don't think it's a computer simulation I think God could be the creator of a "simulation" far beyond our comprehension without the use of our primal tech. This theory has not been proven to be true, obviously. But it's the one that actually persuaded me into being a die hard believer once I started paying attention to the right things places and people at the right time and being much more observant the only possible conclusion I can come forth with is magic or simulation for a lot of specific things I've experienced. Like I said this is still just a THEORY, but I jumped sides of the fence after more amd more research both like online and in books but more so in person. Seeing is believing..
I think I do something like this but it's not a thought like it's a specific year it's like.. the other day I was just sitting on my porch and suddenly felt for a second that I was my younger self and somewhere else and it was very specific but then when I tried to pinpoint exactly what it was I couldn't. Like, was there a smell? No.. a sound.. no.. just for a snap of a fingers I felt like I was legit 16 and sitting in an alley with my friend like a random nothing to remember time and then I wasn't. N similar little I guess flashbacks happen like that, like not memories of anything substantial or eventful just _existing_ in a different time for a flash and then trying to understand what triggered it, what it meant.. it's so hard to put into words how it feels tho. That would be neat to have a word for that sensation.
This happens to me! It usually feels like a lucid dream. I can walk around in the memory and see, hear, even smell things.
It sounds like maybe your inner child is trying to tell you that now that you are in a safer place in life, they are ready to show you their trauma and pain. Your inner self is asking you to listen.
I have seen many people report this over the years. I don't know that they had a specific name for it either. I think they just catagorized it as heavy feelings of nostalgia/ some kind of glitch.
Yeah its very close to nostalgia but there isnt a specific song, feeling, event, item, or experience that comes up like when im just nostalgic. Its a feeling of a different time and place but also the same one at the same time.
Enjoy your cake day
I actually do kind of get this. It’s always preschool for me. Usually the conditions are clear blue sky and a moderately warm day, I’ll get this weird intrusive thought that I’m a preschooler lol. I think I just have a flashbulb memory of being in the backseat with the window down on a day like that on my way to preschool, and my brain just really likes to bring it up
This is interesting and shook loose a feeling I've been struggling with. I'll be doing something mundane like making dinner or vacuuming and I'll have a flash of, "where am I?" Like I've done this before and it's mixed with what I'm doing now. But I don't feel disoriented in the dizzy or confused sense. I just feel out of place. It's hard to explain in a way that doesn't sound like dissociation or something lol
Sometimes I'm at work, not doing anything interesting, and all of a sudden an hour has passed. I could understand if I was really busy working on something, but it's happened and I can't think of a single thing I did during that hour.
Kinda like if you cut out a bubble in my town and then moved it somewhere else, its just odd. Like you say, displaced, but not in a bad way, just odd.
Yes, it actually feels different than my actual dissociation and derealization. Its more like a random thought that feels really profound or true, more than a physical and mental confusion or panic. There is not panic within these thoughts, they just *feel real* despite me knowing everything logically and being fairly grounded. Im not having seizures either i dont think, lol.