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Feeling uncomfortable inside my home

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Honeybee85 · 17/09/2019 17:06

I live in a 3 bedroom house with DH and DS (3 months old baby). I haven’t lived here for very long as I moved in with DH (it’s his parents old home) and though I never really loved the place, until recently I felt OK here. The house is about 30 years old, built for DH’s parents, no strange history attached to this place.

About 2 weeks ago, I was resting on the bed alone and DH was downstairs with the baby. I had nearly fallen asleep as I felt twice as if someone was touching my legs. I didn’t think much of it as I assumed it was my imagination running wild because of that strange twilight zone between being awake / asleep.

Until today. I was home alone and feeding the baby in the kitchen. Baby was happily drinking his milk and gazing around as he always does when he suddenly latched off the bottle and screamed very loud (he seemed very scared) for a few seconds. He kept staring at one spot in particular as he was screaming and started drinking his milk again after those seconds like nothing had . He has never done anything like this before and it was very strange and scary moment.

I texted my best friend after that to tell her about what had happened today and that I felt very strange about it. I didn’t mention the leg touching incident and I have also not told her before about it. My friend has stayed over at our home about 2 weeks ago and after agreeing that what happened today was very scary, she admitted that she had a weird incident at our home during our stay that she had not mentioned so far. As she was trying to fall asleep on the guest bed, whilst laying on her stomach, she had felt someone pushing her on her lower back to the bed. That was all, she did not feel any scary presence she said, but it was very weird.

I start to feel uncomfortable now, esspecially since my son seems to be scared of whatever it is that is inside our home.

Does anyone have any experience with such things and how to handle this? I am honestly starting to feel a bit scared about what might be going on here.

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cansmellfreedom · 17/09/2019 17:54

I think your friend is exaggerating why didn’t she tell u on the day it happened. Sounds spooky though

Powerplant · 17/09/2019 18:03

I used to live in an old thatched cottage and when my son was a baby he would watch something in the corner of the living room, I couldn’t see anything but his attention was definitely on to what or who was in that corner!

Katex888 · 17/09/2019 18:25

Who you going to call? Ghostbusters!

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HJWT · 17/09/2019 18:25

You will get a lot of comments on here OP people telling you that your imaging things and looking to much into it but iv experienced this stuff from a young age, my DD also wakes up in the night sometimes and cries saying shes scared, my DH also smells cigarette smoke out of no were sometimes (my grandad smoked).... what finished of for me was when my DD brought me a pic and said look its grandad and uncle! My grandad died before I was even born so she has never met him or seen a pic before & my uncle passed when she was 1!

When my nan died our dog would sit and watch the hallway barking which always freaked me out!

Not got much advise other than try not to let it bother you x

Whatnotwot · 17/09/2019 18:34

I can’t vouch for whether there is something odd here but do know many babies who seem to have a thing about staring at one particular spot in a room whilst looking perturbed.

The other thing is that as you drop off to sleep you can have also sorts of strange sensations while you’re in that nearly asleep state.

Could it be that you and your friend are more aware of how you feel as it’s a new environment ? Has DH felt anything?

How are you otherwise? Are you going through any extra stress, worry, depression, anxiety etc. I had some very unpleasant feelings in a rental house and looking back think it was due to my emotional state at the time.

Kittykat93 · 17/09/2019 18:39

Not sure what's going on op but I do have sleep paralysis a lot and that can feel like someone is touching me or pushing me down. I also hear people and see things that aren't there. Usually happens more when I'm stressed. Wouldn't explain what happened with your baby but I'm thinking more of your friend

TriNTmOLLER · 17/09/2019 18:39

I had exactly the same thing, was trying on clothes in Dorothy Perkins and felt a really weird presence.

Bodear · 17/09/2019 18:42

@HJWT maybe your husband smokes but doesn’t want to tell you?

Bluetac19 · 17/09/2019 18:45

What a load of...

BackToTheOIdHouse · 17/09/2019 19:38

When DD was about three she used to talk to at a point above the fireplace - it was like listening to a one sided conversation, with proper pauses and responses from DD. Sometimes she'd laugh hysterically. When I asked who she was talking to she would say 'the pretty lady' or 'the funny lady'. She would do this several times a day. It was pretty unnerving because she seemed so convinced she was talking to someone, and when we stayed away overnight she would say she missed the lady and could the lady come with us.

She was distraught when we moved out and for ages after said she wanted to see 'the lady' again. She's 22 now and can't remember any of it.

Not much help OP but wanted to add my weird goings-on!

gamerchick · 17/09/2019 19:44

Just sage your house. It's easy to do and might give you peace of mind.

HJWT · 17/09/2019 21:03

@Bodear
maybe your husband smokes but doesn’t want to tell you?

My DH would cut of his own hand before he would hold a cigarette to his mouth, he thinks its the most vile thing in the world!

Shelvesoutofbooks · 17/09/2019 21:06

Do you have a carbon monoxide alarm? This could all be carbon monoxide poisoning

walkintheparc · 17/09/2019 21:07

If you allow yourself to believe rubbish like this then prepare yourself for a lifetime of being scared and anxious. Nothing anyone says here is going to make you feel better. The way to 'handle this' is to stop being ridiculous and remember that ghosts do not exist.

missbattenburg · 17/09/2019 21:10

I have also had a few episodes of sleep paralysis and have also had several sensations of being pushed, nudged, leant in and heard all kinds of bangs and shouts and cries all as I am half asleep.

I have never lived anywhere haunted.

Dogs stare at stuff that 'isn't there' all the time. Even the stupid ones who wouldn't know a ghost from a goat 😂

I honestly wouldn't let these few episodes alter how I thought about my home.

Windydaysuponus · 17/09/2019 21:12

Over the past 20 odd years I have had my hair pulled in various houses...
Would you consider visiting local church and asking for your house blessed?
I am not religious and neither was my dgm but she had hers blessed and it definitely felt differently.

Bad feelings of being followed /watched and just a bad feeling full stop.
Don't feel daft op.

Aderyn19 · 17/09/2019 21:14

There is a theory that weird feelings in houses are caused by either sounds or vibrations (from faulty pipework for example) which are just outside of the range of human hearing, but our bodies sense that something isn't quite right so we feel uncomfortable. It supposedly stems from when we had to be aware of predators - some animals make sounds that the human ear cannot really hear but we still needed to be aware of their presence. So our bodies developed a 'sense' of them - a way of perceiving danger.
If you used to feel okay in the house and that has now changed, perhaps the house has developed a fault which is just out of your ability to consciously perceive it.

Welludidask · 17/09/2019 21:21

Baby probably had some trapped wind that moved (painful) so screamed out. A 3 month old baby wouldn't know what a "ghost" was even if he did see one.

The rest I'd put down to sleep paralysis.

Now you've freaked yourself out you'll be on the look out for more "strange goings on" so will see/feel things taht aren't there.

I speak from experience here.
I thought I had bought a haunted picture once, it's of a skull and used to freak me out, then I kept "hearing" foot steps on the stairs and doors opening and closing etc.
Worked myself right up about it.
I then moved the picture (was considering burning it ) and felt much better.
Looking back I think it was just random noises but because of the picture I was all "Its the demon picture ghost!!! 😱"

Try to chill out a bit, it'll pass.

Btw, 3 month old baby?? Good chance you're a little bit crackers from the lack of sleep too..

GlasshouseStoneThrower · 17/09/2019 21:46

Ghosts / spirits / spooks etc aren't real. You have nothing to fear.

It sounds like a combination of lack of sleep, getting used to a new house and a vivid imagination. Hopefully once you've had longer to settle down you will feel better

underneaththeash · 17/09/2019 21:57

3 mo babies have pretty awful visual acuity, contrast sensitivity and no colour vision, so it’s likely they could see a ghost even if there was one!

carlywurly · 17/09/2019 22:08

Nor would a baby know to be scared and react that way. I wouldn't give this much more headspace op.

BoomyBooms · 17/09/2019 22:22

Not a lot of believers here! Which is completely fair enough, I do see why people don't believe in ghosts. If you give it a Google there's people who say to ignore it because to engage with a ghost could encourage it, others who say to claim your territory and tell it you're not standing for your family being scared! Then there's the Sager's and people who will use crystals like amethyst. If you have a religion you could request help there, I know Christian/Catholic and Sikh religions at least have things they can do. All else fails or you really start to get scared, my personal choice would be a spiritualist church.

That said, the majority of times these things can be explained away by completely not paranormal reasons!

georgialondon · 17/09/2019 22:48

It sounds like you both just had sleep paralysis. Have had it all my life. It's exactly like that.

The baby probably had wind to be fair....

georgialondon · 17/09/2019 22:49

Also it's much much much more common when you're sleep deprived.

EttyG · 17/09/2019 22:59

LTB and buy a new build

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