5 year old said something triggering this evening

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He’s currently obsessed with killing and death in general.

He said “Mummy, I wish I would die” then laughed it off. I was so triggered I felt like I was going to burst into tears there and then. I felt really shaken up too.
I almost shouted at him “Don’t say that!” He just laughed and continued playing.

I’m also a believer in manifestation and speaking things into existence, which is why I’m now in a panic.

You can't wish yourself dead and magically die. Believe me if that was possible I would have died many times by now 😅

Tbh he's 5 and doesn't know what death really is or means. Ask him why he wishes that and talk about it.

He 5 and doesn't know what it really means. Try not to worry about it.

Many kids of this age are fascinated by death and dying. They can't get their heads around the aspect of being there one day and gone the next and they will try to make sense of it in their heads. I wouldn't worry.

Worrying because you believe in manifestation is on you, I'm afraid, are you anxious generally? My daughter used to tell me she was going to turn into a cat - twenty five years later I'm still waiting for this to happen.

He's just at an age where he's starting to become aware of the impermanence of life.

Worry if he means it. His laughter is more manifestation of happiness than saying something he doesn't understand!

I'd either ignore it or make a joke of it and ask, 'Oh so no more Christmas or birthday presents? No more cake or playing with the dog? List all the things he loves most in life and see what he says.

But probably best just to ignore it unless he says it ften to get a reaction from you.

Don't be daft. He's only 5 and doesn't know what he's said and also no, you can't make things happen just by saying them. __

Common age for the whole death thing.

Exactly. It's perfectly normal developmentally.

You need to stop believing in manifestation. It will do your head in.

We have one the same age, obsessed with death and asks lots of questions. One of her friends said she wanted to die because then her parents couldn't boss her around any more

Nothing will happen beyond you being a bit unnerved.

If manifestation were possible I wouldn't be poor....... I'd look to yourself, your kid is going to say lots of weird shit over the years, if that 'triggers' you, I'd be looking at sorting out your own coping strategies pretty quick

I’m also a believer in manifestation and speaking things into existence, which is why I’m now in a panic.

I've tried this with the lottery numbers many times over but it never happens

Do you really have time to worry about what your five year old said when you have to figure out how to spend the insane amount you won at lottery? Because if manifestation worked, you’d already have won the lottery, and so would I, and I wouldn’t be dying.

Please don’t raise your child to be so superstitious that every word out of his mouth could “manifest” some teeeeeerrible outcome that he would be responsible for. I can’t even imagine how much that could damage someone.

I wish I would acquire a fuckton of money every month. It hasn't happened yet.

Whatever the future holds for your child, he can't speak himself into non-existence.

Do you have ocd op?

I can see why you were upset but always best not to react too strongly to these things or they’ll keep doing it.

You can’t speak anything into existence.

This way of thinking is more concerning than a 5 year old saying something that he very likely doesn’t even understand the meaning of, especially if you are now panicking about it because of your beliefs

Yeah, this ☝️

If you believe you can speak things into existence, why have you not won the lottery? Just try it with random things that don't matter and you'll soon prove to yourself it'd not true so why would it be different just because death is mentioned? Of course its disturbing to have your child speak your worst fear apropos of nothing. But to read anything more into it than a child experimenting with a word they don't really understand is just superstition.

What have you manifested that came true op?

Every single night I go to bed planning what I will do with the money when my premium bonds come up

My dd was constantly saying really dark things at this age - it was like living with Wednesday Addams - but she grew out of it. I think it's just making sense of big concepts like death. Don't feed it by reacting!

He's 5, they say all sorts of odd things. He's not old enough to understand what death is anyway.

Just say that's nice and carry on.

And chill out.. parenthood is a long road.

Nobody is this utterly ridiculous
surely