Sensible DH saw something spooky

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Recently we went to visit an old jail.
In the reception area DH was laughing and talking to the man on the desk.
All good advised to go through the door into an annex and read lots of information to help us understand and make the most of the tour. There was only us in that part.
Go through the door into the annex which was empty and DH started to feel down.
Read the info and started to the next room DH started to get upset.
After 3 more rooms we had to leave as DH was crying.

Outside the man on the desk told us that a séance had been performed 3 nights before. DH wouldn't say much.
It was nearly 5 hours later DH felt comfortable to say that there was a man following us which made him worried. The way he described the man was that he was dressed in tatty clothes and had something around his legs. He said he was getting upset because of the sight of this poor man.
There is a lot more but he said that he couldn't tell me anymore as he thinks I'd not believe him.

DH is sensible, not prone to exaggerate and always says it is rubbish people seeing things.

Well in that case never visit any castle in England, Wales or Scotland ever. It’s called history and by learning it we hope to never repeat it.

Oh come on.

If you genuinely thought you were being followed around by a man who didn't exist, and you could describe what he looked like, would you not be worried about your mental health??

But obviously the OP's DH just got carried away with the whole 'spooky' atmosphere they promote in order to get visitors to part with their cash.

The only confusing thing about it, is that the OP describes him as 'sensible'.

That's the part that makes me think it's triggered a mental health issue and caused him to hallucinate and start crying.

There’s a rational explanation for everything. Spirits and ghosts are nothing more than figments of the imagination.

Awful things happened in these places and they’re often dark, dingy and don’t smell great and you can imaging what terrible things happened there previously, but it all adds to the illusion as a tourist ‘attraction’.

I think the fact that he's not prone to flights of fancy is the OP's point...

What do you think the doctor will do? Anyone thinking they will jump into action are dreaming. He will probably get added to a wait list of about 6 months for telephony based counselling. If you think they will rush him to see a psychiatrist, you have another thing coming.

Obviously you would seek help it it kept happening, but maybe something resonated with him? Like a strange vibe and a funny feeling, imaginations can run.

A sensible man, walking around crying and being 'followed' by a dead Victorian prisoner, most definitely has a mental health issue.

If he didn't before it happened, he clearly does now.

But my point is what do you think the GP will do?

A family member of ours is in a government funded house for mentally ill people and there's such little funding, they have to pay for their own psychiatric treatment. It is literally on its knees. All I'm saying is I'd see how it goes...I wouldn't panic and rush to the doctors. One strange episode doesn't make you mentally ill.

Odd how if I said I had my palm read (which I did have ) and the information they gave me made no sense at the time but years later they did .........I would be told it is all What-Aboutery and I am a gullible idiot giving my money away to a cold- reader

But on this thread , he needs a GP/Medical Intervention/

I was in Catacoombs in Rome , tunnels and levels of tunnels . We were adviced to all stick together ( I thought Of course , I am not wanderng away from the crowd here )

In one part there was an overpowerful pull to go into one of the tunnels . Goodnesss knows why . I;m not good with enclosed spaces so why would I want to go down a dark tunnel on my own?

It's not for you or I to guess what they'd do.

But a mental health episode that makes a grown man break down and cry, because he thinks he's being followed around by a dead person, definitely needs reporting.

I'm sure any doctor would say the same.

There are departments at prestigious universities that study this phenomena.

How do you explain that, @WhateverMate ?

"But my point is what do you think the GP will do?"

Oh yeah, you're right. Just ignore the fact a previously sensible man burst into uncontrollable weeping and began to hallucinate.

Best answer to the chronic underfunding of mental health services is to ignore worrying episodes of poor mental health. Gotcha 🙄

The power of imagination is a heady thing

You’ve led a sheltered life..

Yes, I fully agree that places of historic interest which teach us about the human condition and how we've progressed, how we used to live etc, should be preserved. They are fascinating and educational. I also understand that staying open to public prevents them from being demolished and (hopefully) brings employment to the area.

What I don't agree with is grown adults being encouraged to scream and behave like children within the walls of such suffering as though it was a Disney theme park. Even asylums hold "ghost tours". It is distasteful and disrespectful to say the least. How about opening up Auschwitz for paranormal experiences?

Explain what?

Explain why some people are studying things?

I mean, people are entitled to study whatever they want.

Unless you're saying it means there really was a dead Victorian prisoner following the OP's husband around?

Explain Doctors and scientists receiving funding to spending decades studying things you think must simply be a mental health crisis.

@AliceOlive "There are departments at prestigious universities that study this phenomena.

How do you explain that?"

Universities study things. Interested to know under which academic umbrella universities study it. Psychology? Theology? History?

Oh, I really couldn't agree more. I would encourage everyone and anyone to study history in any way possible. Visiting historic sights brings the history pages to life! If we don't know about our past we cannot possibly manage the future. You have misunderstood me.

I'm talking about so called "ghost tours" in places like prisons and asylums. I'm perfectly sure that very few people take part in those to learn about history. They are tacky and, I believe, exploitative.

I have a friend whose grandmother was committed to an asylum in the 1940's because she had a nervous breakdown. She was never released. They are now holding "paranormal experiences" at that former hospital. I don't think those attending want to learn about the history of psychiatry or to feel any particular empathy for the very human inmates. They just want a cheap thrill and hope to see a ghost. I feel very strongly that it is wrong.

I agree wholeheartedly. It seems really sick.

I don't have the time or the inclination to do this.

Just for clarification though, are you saying anyone who breaks down in tears because they're hallucinating and terrified they're being followed when they're not, shouldn't seek medical help?

And if so, why shouldn't they in your opinion?

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I don’t have the time or inclination either.

Absolutely tickled every time by people who “know” everything though.

I knew you were going to say Beaumaris. My non-woo, never depressed, husband had a similar, but not as extreme reaction and couldn't wait to get out of there.

Just for clarification though, are you saying anyone who breaks down in tears because they're hallucinating and terrified they're being followed when they're not, shouldn't seek medical help?