To think that premonitions are a thing?

[Spoonfulofvodka]

Are premonitions a thing? Have you ever just knew something was going to happen and it did! Like, you knew you would marry a doctor and you did or you knew you were going to get a parking ticket that day and you did... that sort of thing. Does it happen?

It does. I don’t know why.

Yes, it happens a lot. No idea how it works.

Too many times it’s happened to me too

It's just confirmation bias.

How many times have you believed you would do something like win the lottery, find something you've lost or go to an amazing location and it hasn't happened? I bet you don't remember all of those.....

No. It's confirmation bias, as explained above.

Sometimes yes I knew when my exes nan passed not exactly but I woke up just after she passed away feeling so sad went in to see the children sat waiting with my phone my ex called and told me I said yes? Like I already knew

And she wasn't actually ill she had a minor op and was due to be discharged that day no reason for her death but old age

Yes - it's too painful to go into the details (think accident/tragedy/death) - definitely not confirmation bias but a horrendous experience - has happened multiple times..

I don’t believe in them personally. Once I had a feeling that my friend would break her leg and she did. But it’s a confirmation bias, I don’t remember all the feelings I had that didn’t come true.

I've had a random thought pop into my head or a dream about someone and then seen them the following day, I'm talking about totally random people that I've not seen or heard of since school or previous job (ie, not someone I see regularly).

I have had lots of premonition type dreams and really strange coincidences occur.

Confirmation bias is the tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with one's existing beliefs - premonitions are different..

It’s not confirmation bias.

I always knew I would move from my home country, and I did

not sure but a few years ago i was on the bus going to the lock up to move the camper van inside.....something just told me....its not going to be there....its gone....And it had been stolen....!!!

Yes! Thank you! Premonitions are totally different! It's waking up one day and just knowing something will happen and it does!

www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-confirmation-bias-2795024

Indeed. It's almost like interpreting something happening correlates with your belief in premonitions is confirmation bias.....

Yeah! That sorta thing!

You either put yourself into a position where the opportunity to move abroad was an option (i.e. a type of work, education etc) or you took advantage of that opportunity to move. Even if your parents moved you abroad as a child, it was something that was possible for your family.

That's not a premonition.

I once had a premonition of a major event (not a good one) a couple of days before it happened and can't explain why or how.

@GetOffTheRoof ... no, this isn't what I'm talking about. I'm talking about walking out the front door... thinking "a bird will poop on my head in a minute" and it does. Different to confirmation bias, a premonition.

@GetOffTheRoof - the move from the different country is conformation bias, yes!

*confirmation - spell check fail!

Yep, happens all the time.

That doesn't even make sense!

I've had dreams that have come true. No major events, just small insignificant, but oddly specific things. For example, I had a dream once that I was holding a bird cupped in my hands, and it took off and flew away. It felt beautiful and was a vivid dream, and I told my flatmate about it. That day, I was walking along the pavement and saw a dead bird on the side. A tiny movement of its feet caught my eye as I went past and I realised it was alive. I picked it up and held it in my hands, and the warmth must have revived it from being stunned perhaps. It took off from my hands.

It was such a strange experience.

That is strange!