Thanks, guys, I really appreciate all the comments so far -- it makes me feel at least a little less isolated and crazy.
There are days when I have this strong feeling that my life is a rerun, and I have already lived through this many times before. Almost like deja vu, but rather than instantaneous moments, my entire life, past, present, and future feels that way.
Could you expound on this more? It sounds really familiar, but I don't want to make any assumptions. I've explained to people that I feel as if I live a few seconds into the future, and see 'beyond' the external, as well as feel like everything is familiar, like I've done it all before. It's not the same as déjà vu at all, but more of an 'aura' of dreamy familiarity. I used to think this was some kind of mild psychoses, and I'm still not sure that I can rule that out, but it does seem to lend a real hand to my experiences, which are, by all appearances, fairly objectively real.
Anyway, my experiences are varied and almost constant. I met my current boyfriend (INFP) because of dreams I was having well before we really met. My whole family seems to have these experiences, though, so I don't think MBTI has much to do with it except applying letters to some related cognitive functions.
The intuition seems to be the entire secret, of course, but what in the brain causes that? My family consist of almost all intuitors; INFP mom, ENFP aunt, INTP uncle, his sons which are all INTPs or INTJs, ENTJ aunt, ENFJ half sister, ENTP half brother various INFP, possible INFJ and INTJ cousins. All of us have autistic traits and range from 130-165 IQ-wise and are obsessed with music and art. It would seem we all share some sort of dominant genetic traits that cause us to be highly 'iNtuitive,' and to thus experience reality differently.
Ah, and, seeing as a nice little synchronicity' happened as I was typing, thought I'd mention that such things also happen often, usually daily. I don't discuss them as much since they could be chalked up to mere coincidence, but it's worth mentioning here, I think.
Most of these experiences I have happen daily, multiple times a day, and are usually nothing to sneeze at. I just hate to share them since there seems to be a serious taboo on experiencing anything that isn't scientifically proven, and generally associated with delusional or psychotic episodes. I suffer more from my experiences than I benefit because I used to be a burgeoning anthropologist, heavily into the sciences, and I'm also an atheist (if I have to describe myself as anything). It's also difficult to get anyone to understand that the reason I'm in a seemingly less-than-satisfactory relationship is because of these experiences.
Mostly, I experience the 'connections' I have to certain people in sleeping, during REM, or occasionally brief and powerful (as they typically are) hypopompic episodes, but that's somewhat more rare. 'Daydreams' can definitely give me similar insights, as can using the Ouija board (an experience the other night showed me my boyfriend and I seem to be able to directly communicate using the Ouija over the phone to channel thoughts concepts he's having through to the board). The dreams are generally abstract information about the present, but 'clairvoyant' dreams aren't unusual, either. The deep connections I hold to people seem to be exclusive to other people who test as iNtuitors. I don't think this is coincidence.
Anyone else have these specific things, or really explore/document their abilities?
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