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The Jamais Vu

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About Me


ja·mais vu:
Jamais vu is a term in psychology (from the French, meaning "never seen") which is used to describe any familiar situation which is not recognized by the observer.
Often described as the opposite of déjà vu, jamais vu involves a sense of eeriness and the observer's impression of seeing the situation for the first time, despite rationally knowing that he or she has been in the situation before.
Jamais vu is more commonly explained as when a person momentarily does not recognize a word, person, or place that they already know.
Jamais vu is sometimes associated with certain types of amnesia and epilepsy.
Theoretically, as seen below, a jamais vu feeling in a sufferer of a delirious disorder or intoxication could result in a delirious explanation of it, such as in the Capgras delusion, in which the patient takes a person known by him/her for a false double or impostor. If the impostor is himself, the clinical setting would be the same as the one described as depersonalisation, hence jamais vus of oneself or of the very "reality of reality", are termed depersonalisation (or irreality) feelings.
Times Online reports:
“ Chris Moulin, of the University of Leeds, asked 92 volunteers to write out "door" 30 times in 60 seconds. At the International Conference on Memory in Sydney last week he reported that 68 per cent of the volunteers showed symptoms of jamais vu, such as beginning to doubt that "door" was a real word. Dr Moulin believes that a similar brain fatigue underlies a phenomenon observed in some schizophrenia patients: that a familiar person has been replaced by an impostor. Dr Moulin suggests they could be suffering from chronic jamais vu. [1]

My Interests

androgyny, apocalyptic visions, art, clubs, dancing, elektronika, fashion, fetish, film, fine art, gardening, good food, industrial, infinate possibilities, interior design, movies, music, nature, painting, philosophy, photography, plays, poetry, questioning reality, reading, scripts, sculpting, synthpop, world domination, writing.

I'd like to meet:

Other Phenomena.

Music:

I will listen to talented artists from any genre.

Movies:

Amadeus, Amelie, Battle Royale, Bladerunner, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Der Untergang, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hero, Ichi the Killer, Kung Fu Hustle, Kontroll, May, Memento, Office Space, Oldboy, One Hour Photo, Run Lola Run, Rushmore, Shaun of the Dead, Soylent Green, Suicide Circle, Talk to Her, THX 1138, Vanilla Sky, Versus, Waking Life

Television:

Arrested Development, Black Adder, Bleach, Dead Like Me, House MD, Lovejoy, Married with Children, Mr. Bean, Seinfeld

Books:

Dystopian, Cyberpunk novels.

My Blog

A merging of time.

For being such a visual person. I've kept little in the way of mementos over the years. I have few photographs of my self. I have few items I've saved. In a way my memories have few time stamps. I cou...
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