does that have anything to do with KNOWING something is going to happen, or what someone is going to say, before it happens? Then, it happens just like you KNOW you've already seen it happen in your head?
Classic case of dejavu. Which has actually been explained for the most part. The current theory goes like this: Your brain fires electrical impulses. Picture a brain, all those ridges and twistings... now, picture the arch you see when your 2-year-old is trying to stick a penny in the outlet.
Since nerves speak through electricity, sometimes when they fire, they fire directly but also arc. The arc is unrestrained by the physical matter of the brain and actually gets there faster than the other impulse which travels down the normal path.
So, the arc is not the normal method so your brain picks it up but it's not as clear as the regular impulse. So it becomes like a ghost of a memory. The experience and the feeling of having the experience before is almost simultaneous because our poor little human brains can't tell the difference.
Because of this, it stands to reason that, if you have this occurring several times a day, you might have a neurological condition, albeit minor, such as some forms of epilepsy or possibly a pinched nerve somewhere.
OK... On to my horrible, wicked dream. Since I was about 12, I would have a nasty, little nightmare about once every two weeks or so. This man who I loved very much was killed, died, whatever. I never saw his face. I just had the emotion of deep passion. (At age 12, passion is an entirely new emotion. But that's what I later recognized it as.)
So, this was the man I was deeply in love with but in the end, he always died. I was always a mess and would wake up feeling like my world had been shattered. This nearly put me over the edge during my teenage years. I never dated anyone that I was serious about because of it.
Here's the saddest part. Two years ago, my husband passed away. I haven't had the dream since. I was worried that I would dream it and it was tough convincing myself to sleep that first night. But the fact that I haven't had the dream since is just weird. I guess it was just a case of my worst fear coming out in dreamland. But since I had really lived through that scenario, I guess I don't need to dream about it anymore.