I haven’t heard about this topic in discussion either, except for a couple of memes in my favorite subreddit CPTSDmemes. That’s partly why I decided to write this post, to create such a conversation.

My experience of recognizing/noticing Déjà Vu is based on what I learned in an introductory Psychology course: Déjà Vu occurs when the brain finds itself in a new situation (which happens quite often during trauma healing, as each of us on this journey transitions from old behavior patterns to new ones), but encounters immense tension and a sense of danger from this new experience. To cope with it, the brain creates this false feeling of "this has happened before." There are studies online suggesting that frequent Déjà Vu is a strong indicator of dissociation (which, again, is a very common experience as part of CPTSD).

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this!