Have you ever had the experience of seeing someone randomly who looks like they could be your identical twin? Or maybe you’ve seen the exact duplicate of yourself in a dream or someone has told you that you look exactly like a friend or relative they have? If so, this could mean that you’ve experienced the notion of seeing or meeting your doppleganger.
Many believe that we all have a doppleganger out there in the universe. This person is someone who resembles us closely in just about every way imaginable. From similar mannerisms to the same hair color, dopplegangers will look and act exactly life you. The mystery of dopplegangers can be reassuring and comforting to some while making others weary and suspicious.
The word doppleganger has a German origin, with its literal meaning being “double goer.” In more modern English, the word “look alike” is used to describe a doggpleganger. No matter the origin of the word, the concept of a doppleganger is definitely not a new one. It’s just been referred to in many ways throughout history such as clones, alter egos, subjective doubles, evil twins, and paradoxical anomalies…to name a few. No matter the term used to describe a doppleganger, in essence, it means that there is an alternate or really second physical version of yourself residing in the same time plane as you.
The whole notion of a doppleganger may seem a bit unnerving and unsettling. In some cultures, and folkloric narratives, seeing your doppleganger could allude to bad fortune or a tragic future. In these types of stories, the doppelganger is often referred to as a harbinger of death where those witnessing seeing themselves soon meet their demise afterwards. This is why some feel uneasy if they’ve witnessed seeing their doppleganger out of fear that their health and future may be bleak.
Seeing your doppleganger isn’t always a foreboding experience though. Some see it as a sign of good fortune and great things to come in the future. It could also mean that you are finally ready to come to terms with something that’s been eating away at you…that you are ready to face yourself. It’s really about how you perceive things as well as where you’re at in your life. If you’re in a good place or even if you’ve been needing to confidence to face yourself in order to make a positive change, then seeing your doppleganger will surely be a sign that you’re on the right track.
Another way to perceive experiencing one’s doppleganger is that a severe emotional or physical trauma has taken place. Seeing a doppleganger in this instance means it’s being used as a coping mechanism…that you are figuratively splitting yourself into two beings so as to cope with the trauma you’re enduring. Your doppleganger then acts as a way to distance yourself from the events that traumatized you in the first place, thus keeping your safe in your mind.
Overall, the idea of the doppleganger is definitely one that can be open to perception and beliefs. Is it a bad omen…a warning of negative things to come? Is it a good omen…a way of making us face ourselves and change for the better? Or is it a way for us to cope amidst something terrible that has happened to us? In the end, the notion of a doppleganger and how you will perceive he or she upon seeing them is for you to decide.