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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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Freshstarts23 · 02/10/2023 23:09

flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:08

But why would he be rehashing an argument from 5 months ago?

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He wouldn’t be. It’s unlikely. I’m saying he’s possibly talking to someone else, saying similar things. Not replaying your argument from months ago.

DelightfullyDotty · 02/10/2023 23:10

Just a thought….if it was an auditory hallucination, why would it coincide exactly with the length of the phone call? You know the call was 28 seconds long and the voice stopped when you ended the call.

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flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:10

It was almost word for word something he had said back then or even a typical sort of rant he would go on. Almost positive there isn't another woman.

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ThirtyThrillionThreeTrees · 02/10/2023 23:10

OP, are you aware of how strange it is to jump to the conclusion that this is an auditory hallucination as opposed to considering alternative explanations?

He did call you. Your phone confirms it. So of you imagined hearing something, it's very unusual that it was at the exact same time as the call.

Are you stressed, or anxious or on any new medication?

I'm not sure it warrants neurology just yet but if you really don't think there's any other plausible explanation, I do think you should talk to your GP because something isn't right.

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flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:11

DelightfullyDotty · 02/10/2023 23:10

Just a thought….if it was an auditory hallucination, why would it coincide exactly with the length of the phone call? You know the call was 28 seconds long and the voice stopped when you ended the call.

A very good point.

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truecolour · 02/10/2023 23:12

OP I’m still around as I can’t get this whole thread out my mind, I’ve found it really unsettling. You are obviously unsettled and that’s why you’ve been quick to answer everyone’s comments, and post in the first place. Do you think he is giving it a second thought? Because he should be, if you’ve both had a weird conversation that you’re not sure about

SurpriseItsMeHorseyNeighNeigh · 02/10/2023 23:12

ironcurtains · 02/10/2023 23:08

Interesting, just seen that 70% of people experience hypnogogic hallucinations. Sorry to hijack OP's thread but does anyone know – if you know something you're seeing/hearing is fake, is it still a hallucination? While falling asleep, I get such hyper "real" multisensory scenarios playing around me or in my head, but then another smaller separate part of my brain sometimes drifts into consciousness to say, "that's how I know I'm falling into deep sleep"!

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Yes, you can be fully aware that you are having an hallucination.

Freshstarts23 · 02/10/2023 23:12

Maybe he is just fucking with you then? Was he an arsehole to you previously?

The most likely explanation is the easiest one, and that is that you heard what you heard.

watcherintherye · 02/10/2023 23:12

It's not unusual for people to talk to themselves & replay old scenarios.

Erm…it is quite unusual!

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flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:12

ThirtyThrillionThreeTrees · 02/10/2023 23:10

OP, are you aware of how strange it is to jump to the conclusion that this is an auditory hallucination as opposed to considering alternative explanations?

He did call you. Your phone confirms it. So of you imagined hearing something, it's very unusual that it was at the exact same time as the call.

Are you stressed, or anxious or on any new medication?

I'm not sure it warrants neurology just yet but if you really don't think there's any other plausible explanation, I do think you should talk to your GP because something isn't right.

Not stressed, anxious or on new meds! Had a very pleasant normal day, standard past few days apart from sleeping more than usual and having a cold/cough.

Perhaps a new Covid side effect!

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Moonlightdust · 02/10/2023 23:12

flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:02

What are the chances though? This was a conversation that was definitely face to face. We barely ever talk on the phone apart from when discussing exact details for booking stuff or when he's away with work.

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Yes I meant whilst you were having the face to face convo, his dodgy phone recorded it in his pocket (could just be normal video?) and then somehow whilst accidentally pocket dialling you, loads of buttons were being pressed and it randomly played this? That’s only thing I could think of 🤔

Freshstarts23 · 02/10/2023 23:13

What is he saying about this??

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flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:14

truecolour · 02/10/2023 23:12

OP I’m still around as I can’t get this whole thread out my mind, I’ve found it really unsettling. You are obviously unsettled and that’s why you’ve been quick to answer everyone’s comments, and post in the first place. Do you think he is giving it a second thought? Because he should be, if you’ve both had a weird conversation that you’re not sure about

He just thinks I should speak to Neuro tomorrow and as I have already sought advice from a GP tonight, to just get some rest and reassess tomorrow morning. He's left his phone on loud and the hospital have his contact on file if anything was to happen.

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SurpriseItsMeHorseyNeighNeigh · 02/10/2023 23:14

flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:10

It was almost word for word something he had said back then or even a typical sort of rant he would go on. Almost positive there isn't another woman.

If it is a typical rant he would go on, why can't you accept that he was having that rant with someone else? And he is lying about it now. And he knows that you think you are having hallucinations and he hasn't come to check on you?

Do you see what is wrong in this scenario?

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flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:15

I'm sure if I asked him to come he would, he knows I would prefer to handle things in house as it were.

I could maybe pass it off as that if we had argued about this topic in the past few weeks but it was months ago with no trigger whatsoever.

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SurpriseItsMeHorseyNeighNeigh · 02/10/2023 23:15

flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:14

He just thinks I should speak to Neuro tomorrow and as I have already sought advice from a GP tonight, to just get some rest and reassess tomorrow morning. He's left his phone on loud and the hospital have his contact on file if anything was to happen.

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If I was in your boyfriend shoes, I would be sick with worry and would go to my partner's house and stay the night if he was acting like you are. His reaction is not normal.

ironcurtains · 02/10/2023 23:17

flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:11

A very good point.

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Not sure whether it was a hallucination but I don't really understand this point.. Aren't auditory hallucinations part of your mind? So your hanging up would feed into that mental scenario and the imagined voice on the phone line would end.

So as an extreme example, if someone not of sound mind was convinced voices were coming out of a room, if they shut that room door the voices might "stop" (in their head, to them).

As a less extreme example, I have imagined in my groggy state a family member keeps on calling my name to wake me up, I shout (in real life) "be up soon" and their shouting stops (in my mind)!

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flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:17

He's not some known gaslighter, has no past vengeances against ex's. Is laid back and keeps himself to himself, low drama etc.

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FlatWhiteExtraHot · 02/10/2023 23:18

Not the point, but why was he phoning you to plan something when you’d been together all evening? Also seems strange that you’d plan to go to bed when you knew he was phoning.

QuestionableMouse · 02/10/2023 23:18

flowngo · 02/10/2023 22:41

So I think I heard something and was so worried I rang round a few HPC friends to seek guidance. It really spooked me. I have never hallucinated in my life.

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You still haven't, from what you've said.

The phone call happened.

Your boyfriend was talking about the argument. You need to ask him about it, not decide you suddenly have some weird neuro symptoms.

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flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:18

I ended the call as I couldn't bear to hear this commentary which was so out of character from how he had been earlier on. It was almost, distressing? Not the actual content but the context if that makes sense.

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SurpriseItsMeHorseyNeighNeigh · 02/10/2023 23:20

flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:17

He's not some known gaslighter, has no past vengeances against ex's. Is laid back and keeps himself to himself, low drama etc.

How would you possibly know if he ever gaslit an ex or anything like that? They rarely advertise it with a new relationship...

He might also not have meant to gaslight you, but just lied when confronted with the call you received.

I don't get how you are so hell bent to defend him and not even entertain the possibility that he is lying to you.

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flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:20

FlatWhiteExtraHot · 02/10/2023 23:18

Not the point, but why was he phoning you to plan something when you’d been together all evening? Also seems strange that you’d plan to go to bed when you knew he was phoning.

Was to clarify final arrangements for timings as he needed to book something.

I had a strong feeling of wanting to go up to bed as I didn't know when he would be ringing so thought ah I will go to sleep unusually early and just wake up for his call. I even turned off my do not disturb specially!

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flowngo · 02/10/2023 23:21

But I still maintain that you don't go off on a big throwback session to 5 months ago with a mate unless it's one who has just come back from deep in the Amazon and hasn't caught up with you for a long time.

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toddlermom99 · 02/10/2023 23:21

I genuinely think it's more plausible that he's recorded an argument (maybe accidentally) and it's accidentally played down the phone during the pocket dial.