Recent research has shown that déjà vu experiences are of comparable phenomenology and intensity in TLE. Much of the scientific literature has studied déjà vu in relation to temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) as part of simple partial seizures. We suggest that his persistent déjà vu is psychogenic and conclude that déjà vu should be further studied in psychiatric disorders.ĭéjà vu is typically a transitory mental state in which a novel experience feels highly familiar.
Unlike other patients with chronic déjà vu (for example, in dementia), he is fully aware of the false nature of his déjà vu and this presumably leads to his intact recognition memory performance. Our case’s memory performance was more conservative than controls but did not indicate a memory deficit. We assessed his recognition memory with a task used in patients with dementia who report similar experiences but lack awareness of their falseness. Neurological assessment (electroencephalogram and magnetic resonance imaging) did not indicate any abnormalities. He reported a history of anxiety and experiencing feelings of depersonalisation. Case presentationĪ 23-year-old White British man presented with a form of persistent déjà vu in 2010, approximately 3 years since symptom onset. This report therefore adds to the limited literature on the relationship between anxiety and déjà vu. Here, for the first time in the literature, we present a case study of a young man with anxiety and depersonalisation who reported experiencing persistent and debilitating déjà vu. A recent review of temporal lobe epilepsy suggested a possible link between clinical levels of anxiety and debilitating déjà vu, indicating further research is required. Although extensively studied in relation to temporal lobe epilepsy as part of simple partial seizures, déjà vu has been less studied in other clinical populations. Déjà vu is typically a transient mental state in which a novel experience feels highly familiar.
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