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Intense dejavu episode

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flowngo · 02/10/2023 21:26

Posting for traffic as spooked -

Have spoken to my best friend who's a GP but also posting to see if anyone has experienced similar.

This eve was waiting for my boyfriend to ring me to catch up about some future plans, we had been together with my child earlier this eve, low key dinner and chill time, no alcohol etc.
around 2030 I thought I will just go up to bed (out of character for me at 2030) and he can wake me up to chat later on. As I thought this, I had a phone call from him, except it was like a pocket dial as he sounded a little far away but he was saying things like "...stripper pole and don't give me any bullshit about not drinking, I know you drank in Barcelona" - of course I was immediately thinking is he ok, has he been drinking, who is he talking to, what's going on. I hung up and immediately texted to say call me asap, and googled intense deja vu to see what on earth was happening. The words were consistent with something we would have a bit of a row about a good while back.

He rang me and said he hadn't realised he had pocket dialled me, and was confused about the narrative I had heard.
Of course I was completely spooked by this, my friend said to contact the GP tomorrow morning, I know that Neuro won't see me overnight at ED so unless I have any symptoms of an upcoming seizure I'm not sure what to do!

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Nanaof1 · 03/10/2023 04:53

ironcurtains · 02/10/2023 22:45

Is your work medic related? DH is in medicine (neurology related in fact) and while sometimes weirdly chill, sometimes verges into "medicalised" paranoia, also due to family history of brain tumour.

He's called the paramedics at 2am before and they immediately rush into action because he theoretically has all the terminology and stats for what would look alarming on paper but really, sometimes you just have to write things off as weird.

Apparently auditory hallucination are common. US based stats say up to 30% of people have had one and UK based stats say 1 in 10 people. Maybe just stress/tiredness/your mum's condition weighing on you/random happening.

I always thought that if you truly have an auditory hallucination, you don't know you had one and believe it happened, though it didn't.
Like:
ring ring-ring-ring
Hello?
Hi, there. This is the lottery commission and we are calling to let you know that you have won 2M pounds/euros/dollars. Congratulations and we will be in touch with more information in 48 hours
OMG! I won 2M! OMG!

Later, when they don't call back, you check and find you never got a call from the lottery or anyone else at that time.

That's what was explained to us when we learned about them. (Well, they also used SoS as an example but he was already off the rails).

Is this true? This was years ago and have things changed?

McIntire · 03/10/2023 04:54

@flowngo I practice what I’m going to say to people out loud when alone, and talk to myself loads.

I have been known to rehash what I’ve said, especially if I feel the original argument or conversation didn’t quite go as I hoped or planned.

I think he was doing this and butt dialled you.
The old issue between you may be resolved in your mind but I think it’s still playing on his.

Trust yourself and what you heard.

passiveaggressivenonsense · 03/10/2023 04:57

He did actually dial you. The most logical explanation is he was talking to someone else about a similar incident that he'd talked to you about. If he's having an affair or talking to an ex it's likely that the same issues/ arguments would come up.

McIntire · 03/10/2023 04:58

Also, it appears that ‘a very, very long time ago’ was actually just months. Possibly earlier this year?

greenhydrangea · 03/10/2023 05:12

McIntire · 03/10/2023 04:58

Also, it appears that ‘a very, very long time ago’ was actually just months. Possibly earlier this year?

Yes, 4 or 5 months is apparently long, long ago.

NutsandPuffs · 03/10/2023 05:22

OP I haven’t RTFT, it’s very long! So I do apologize if this has already been suggested/mentioned but… do you generally feel ok? Eg. Any headache, dizziness, weakness, upset stomach, vomiting? The reason I ask is that auditory hallucinations can occur with carbon monoxide poisoning… any risk of this in your living space? Hopefully not but just wanted to mention it just in cases!

Bingbangboo64 · 03/10/2023 05:44

This is a stupidest thread.. why is your boyfriend encouraging you to drink,is he 15?

This conversation you think you had or not,its not a neurologist you need to see but a psychiatrist.

Bingbangboo64 · 03/10/2023 05:46

As someone suggested, check your/his phone call logs. It sounds like he was telling someone about a conversation he had has in the past with you, a bizarre topic what is hsi obsession with getting you to drink alcohol?

Ozarkz · 03/10/2023 05:58

Why did you call it Deja vu when it’s nothing like Deja vu?

Anyway … one time, at band camp, I was asleep in bed and had a dream that DH was pacing up and down saying the dog had escaped and that I needed to wake up and sort it out. He was at work. I woke up thinking “what a weird dream” … went downstairs, dog had jumped out of kitchen window and had ran off. Found him a few hours later. Turns out DH was pacing up and down at work worrying that he’d left the kitchen window open and that the dog was likely to jump out of it. This was before the days of mobile phones so he couldn’t contact me to tell me.

THAT was weird … still not Deja vu though

ButWhyy · 03/10/2023 06:00

Stupid thread, “something that would have happened a long time ago” turns out to be just a few months ago and it’s not bloody Deja vu 🙄

Sausage1989 · 03/10/2023 06:07

Op. He OBVIOUSLY was talking to someone else and he's having a very similar conversation with them that he used to have with you during your early days together.... as in he is seeing someone else and being controlling with them in regards to not wanting them to drink, or whatever. It's not deja vu. Deja vu doesn't even work like that. It's a strange feeling on unease like you've been there before. He is gaslighting you and I am very worried about your mental health for you to straight away think that you need to seek help from a doctor!!! Christ. I don't even know what to suggest but PLEASE listen to everyone on this forum.

Sausage1989 · 03/10/2023 06:16

..or he was ranting to himself about you, or ranting to someone else about you.

Ostryga · 03/10/2023 06:27

Auditory hallucinations are quite common during focal aware seizures. These are also called ‘auras’.

Did you have any other symptoms at the time? I know you’ve described de ja vu but it’s quite an intense feeling that this has happened before, or ‘it’s going to happen’. There’s often a rising feeling in your stomach (like you’re going down a fast rollercoaster) and an intense feeling or fear or joy.

I have very vivid auditory hallucinations during my focals, I can hear conversations etc. But I know it’s the seizure and there are other very obvious symptoms during a seizure.

If no other symptoms I’d assume you just caught the tail end of his conversation and as it was distant maybe misheard it.

Ilefttownonsaturday · 03/10/2023 06:28

You have a boyfriend problem.

CallieTR · 03/10/2023 06:31

It’s tricky to imagine what a neurologist would say.

’Earlier on my boyfriend pocket dialled me and I heard him having he same conversation we had a few months ago. I heard this in the exact time that the pocket dial was occurring but he told me he wasn’t saying that so I think I was hallucinating. Even though I heard his voice at the exact time I was connected to his phone.’

YukoandHiro · 03/10/2023 06:42

I've reviewed my thoughts on this now.

Since the relationship is v new and you don't live together, I don't think that he was repeating your old argument back to himself,

I think he was with someone else, another partner, having exactly the same discussion because he's a controlling arsehole. Which explains why it jumped in right in the middle.

OP, kindly, you seem quite gullible. Please do what you can to ensure you're not being manipulated.

Kissmas · 03/10/2023 06:43

You know he rang you, he admits that and the ranting ended the second you hung up.

The most obvious explanation is that he got his Tesco delivery and as he unpacked it a bottle of whatever he wanted you to drink reminded him and he started rehashing the argument.

Unpacks bottle of Bacardi "oh no, you won't want to drink that will you Sarah? You'll drink it with your mates in Barcelona but I'm not good enough to drink with am I?" Etc etc.

This is not a man who likes women.

Moltenpink · 03/10/2023 06:49

My theory is simply that he talks to himself when he’s alone, it’s very common. And he isn’t over the incidents from months ago like you thought he was.

supersop60 · 03/10/2023 06:51

Kissmas · 03/10/2023 06:43

You know he rang you, he admits that and the ranting ended the second you hung up.

The most obvious explanation is that he got his Tesco delivery and as he unpacked it a bottle of whatever he wanted you to drink reminded him and he started rehashing the argument.

Unpacks bottle of Bacardi "oh no, you won't want to drink that will you Sarah? You'll drink it with your mates in Barcelona but I'm not good enough to drink with am I?" Etc etc.

This is not a man who likes women.

Agree that it is most likely something like this.
Definitely not deja vu - I thought you were going to say that you imagined/dreamt this weird phone call, and then it really happened.

BitOutOfPractice · 03/10/2023 06:52

Moltenpink · 03/10/2023 06:49

My theory is simply that he talks to himself when he’s alone, it’s very common. And he isn’t over the incidents from months ago like you thought he was.

This.

And you don’t know him as well as you think you do. And why Would you after 4 months dating?

Itsnotallaboutyoulikeyouthink · 03/10/2023 06:54

You fell asleep and was dreaming but heard the phone ring and you have merged those two things so it seemed real.

CapEBarra · 03/10/2023 06:55

Sounds like he was talking to himself, having a bit of a moan about your perceived reluctance to drink and rehashing an old argument (I’m always rehashing old arguments), and accidentally pocket dialled you. You know he called you - so it wasn’t an hallucination and there’s really no need to see a doctor about it.

flowngo · 03/10/2023 06:56

I have honestly never heard of this out loud rehashing of arguments down down the line alone?? Staggered that so many do this!

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ittakes2 · 03/10/2023 06:57

I am very sorry and it’s great things are good with him now - but if he used to be like that is there any chance he can is still like that but with other people? He was in his own home - has it crossed your mind he was speaking to someone else? I mean you have evidence on your phone he did call for 29 seconds - the only dispute is what he said. There is a chance you heard something similar but your mind translated it to something you were familiar with - a bit like reading a word wrong - but you don’t need to be unduly worried as it seems to have triggered anxiety in you. My greater concern is that he did say these things to someone else and is telling you you are crazy and he didn’t say them - I would not be the first time a partner as implied their partner is crazy so they can cover their lies unfortunately.

Zonder · 03/10/2023 06:58

flowngo · 03/10/2023 00:20

@SurpriseItsMeHorseyNeighNeigh well in my circles it is something we would do! They can either signpost me to mental health services, GP, an anxiety helpline or whatever. They won't just ignore me speaking to them, I'm not angling for a thorough consult here.

In your circles? I don't get this. In your circles you can just ring a neurologist for an informal chat? Is that because they're just sitting around in an office waiting for business?