I’ve experienced deja vu in Italy. My husband and I were at one of the palazzos in Florence. I was on the second floor looking into the courtyard and he was in the courtyard looking up. We caught each other’s eyes and for about a minute it seemed like the rest of the world disappeared. It was just us, in that space, together and it felt like we had been in that place before.
My husband is a very critical thinker and is not prone to flights of fancy. As we were leaving he mentioned in passing that he felt like he had been there before.
I was shocked. My husband rarely talks about his feelings and for him to experience the same deja vu, let alone admit it, was out of the ordinary.
Like you, I have also seen events unfold before they do. Usually they are warnings and the risk manager in me kicks into gear. I can look at a situation and know innately that if action is not taken, bad things will follow.
Sometimes people brush me off as being an alarmist or hysterical until things blow up. I have to bite my tongue to avoid the “I told you so” urge. Usually, moving forward, they listen.
“ . Usually, moving forward, they listen.”
They listen until you meet someone new who does not know of your abilities- then it’s I told you so time again.
There’s been a few times where something told me not to do something or go somewhere. The times I didn’t listen, bad things happened.