Recently a family friend visited my parents' home, and was recounting a story about his friend who did air traffic control. He paused during his story, attempting to remember which airport his friend had worked at. Suddenly the name "Newark" popped into my head. (I have never been within 300 miles of Newark, nor did I know his friend, nor had I really ever given any thought to whether that place existed or not, or where it was located) Just then, the friend said "Oh, it's that one in New Jersey". I then recalled that Newark was indeed somewhere in the vicinity of New Jersey, and volunteered "Newark?". "Yeah, that's it!" he said, or something to that effect, and continued with his story.
This is not the first time this has happened. Occasionally (maybe once every month or two), I hear something that someone is thinking of (usually it's word-for-word what they say, a few seconds before they say it) in my head. Does this make me crazy? Possibly. But I really don't have any rational motive for pretending I'm psychic or something weird like that -I'd be willing to concede that my brain is just good at guessing what someone is going to say based on things I've heard them say before- I'm mainly just curious if anyone else has had the same experience.
