Imagine you were met with something that you had actually seen before a long time ago but somehow didn't remember. Let's say it's movie. So you went over the whole movie and recalled some of the scenes from the film that made you say,"Ahh, I remember that!" That way, it was clear that your memories had just returned back to you.

Now, let us think of that same scenario but with a different outcome. What if I said that the scenes which I had mentioned in the previous paragraph did not appear and instead replaced with different ones. Would your mind just accept those new information as what they are (like,"Oh, maybe those scenes did happen in the movie) or would it disturb your mind so much with an uneasy feeling that something is missing? The thing is, I doubt we would ever encounter the latter as it's just illogical for something such as a movie for example, to change if it were still the original version.

The reason as to why I asked the question is because I've been encountered with this situation a few times in my life such as passing by a street that I haven't seen for so long, and more. Obviously, I know that things do change, but sometimes whenever I see things that do click with my memories (meaning the things remain the same or if we were to relate it back to the street that I had just mentioned, the streets did not change), a thought enters my mind and ask me whether I would've felt differently if those things had changed.

I really do hope you guys have ever felt this sort of skepticism before as it would really help you familiarize yourself with the question that I'm asking or even understand it. Thank you.

But that would be so bad? I generally don't like change (reminds me of the passing of time), so why would it be strange to feel uneasy about it?

It's not a matter of whether I would feel bad about it, as I think the right word to use is supposed to be strange and not uneasy maybe? I'm honestly just curious with the whole thing and simply wondering whether anyone has ever asked the same question at least once in their lives.

Take note, English is not my native language so it's only normal for other people to misunderstand the meaning of my question.

So you've sometimes got an irrational feeling of "This isn't like it should be, something is missing here"?
Can't say I've felt the same. But maybe you're especially sensitive to the glitches in the simulation.

For the irrational feeling you mentioned, I'm sure anyone has ever felt it before. Like noticing how some stores have been replaced with new buildings, etc. However, whenever I find or see something that obviously will never or should not change (which means the street example becomes redundant. So please refer to the movie example instead), my mind sometimes wonder whether I would feel something is missing if some scenes in the movie were different than what I last saw them in my memories.

What am I saying.. Maybe it's just me.

Could it be the mandela effect in action?

I have had Déjà vu numerous times. Sometimes I have acted differently to the way I remembered it (before it happened). Whenever I did, the memory faded and the event became obscure. But, I have also many times echoed the event as I "pre-remembered" it, and the event has (always, so far) acted out in accordance with the memory.

I have no explanation. Commonly held false memories
False memories can sometimes be shared by multiple people … I have seen this happen.

The mentalist Derren Brown implanted a sales pitch in several advertising people by judicious placement of advertisements, for instance (and other cognitive cues), on their route to the meeting in the city. He was able to predict their pitch (flamboyantly revealing his mock-up, hidden behind the whiteboard, which mirrored their pitch exactly).


Thanks for the good link! :)

Not a problem....I was going to link the wiki as well but thought maybe people would enjoy researching it on their own too. :)

(As for the article...that berenstain/berenstein bears thing was a chan thing for a bit and likely still is mentioned there)