Opposite of Deja Vu?

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So the other day I was driving to my friend's house. I turn on the street and am immediately lost.. I don't recognize anything for about 30 seconds.. I've been here plenty of times, I know where I'm at, but everything ... just SEEMED wrong!

It totally felt like Deja Vu, but in reverse or something... "I've seen/felt this happen to me before!" "This feels strange and unfamiliar"
It was more of a feeling of being lost in familiar territory?

So is that Nega Vu or something different?
 
figmentPez

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Jamais vu is the term for what you're talking about.

There is also Presque vu for that tip of the tongue feeling.
 
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Matt²

ah.. so it was totally Jamais Vu then... hmm. Thank you!

Anyone else had this eerie feeling??

(reads further,..medical)
crap!!
 
Cajungal

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I have. It's weird, but also kind of fun. A few weeks ago I was driving through Baton Rouge and it looked just as foreign as it had 4 years ago when I moved here.
 
Gusto

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I have that sort of situation when, say, I only ever go to a movie theatre at night, then when I have a day off on Tuesday and decide to catch a matinee, the parking lot is completely empty and it's 6+ hours earlier. I don't get lost, per se, but I don't even associate it as the same location.
 
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