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I am Not "Woo" at all but this just happened

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Tacsi · 09/02/2025 20:05

so I'm in no way, shape or form "woo" buuutttt just been sitting on side of my bed texting on my phone and my soundbar for TV (which I've had for 4 years with no issues) just decided to launch itself onto the floor, has hit my foot and cut it, picked it back up thinking how weird 🤷🤷 went back to my phone and a bottle of water, tube of face cream and a lip balm on top of my chest of drawers then launched themselves across the room, pretty freaked out by this point but still being rational in my head, picked phone back up carried on messaging back a friend, looked up to think what I was trying to type and felt a big tap /slap and literally saw my phone fly in the air and land other side of room, trying hard to think rationally but feeling pretty spooked right now
😭there's a rational reason for all this, yes???

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Tacsi · 09/02/2025 23:24

Ladamesansmerci · 09/02/2025 23:16

There will be a rational explanation. Perhaps with the phone lurching out your hand, your brain was already anticipating it, so told your hands to just do it unconsciously, in a way it didn't feel like it came from you, even though it was.

this!!! I absolutely know there is arational in there and not hallucinating or have MH issues like half on here are trying to say!! 😂😂😂I'm a grown adult, reasonably intelligent, quite smart, I don't believe in ghosts n all that crap... there's an intelligent reasonable explanation in there, somewhere!!

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Plggybacker · 09/02/2025 23:25

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 09/02/2025 22:58

Just ask them to leave out loud and they will hopefully listen

OR

Do an Ouija Board and ask what it wants

I've never understood why people mess around with (or suggest others should mess around with) ouija boards. They're either real/genuine, in which case why would you invite such trouble? Or they're a load of nonsense, in which case why would you bother? There's nothing to be gained either way.

Ladamesansmerci · 09/02/2025 23:27

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 23:24

this!!! I absolutely know there is arational in there and not hallucinating or have MH issues like half on here are trying to say!! 😂😂😂I'm a grown adult, reasonably intelligent, quite smart, I don't believe in ghosts n all that crap... there's an intelligent reasonable explanation in there, somewhere!!

Tbh, if you genuinely had psychosis, you'd likely be saying the same thing, as most people lack insight into their psychosis!

But if nothing else odd is happening for you and family etc haven't raised concerns, chances are you threw it yourself 🤷 That's how oouija boards work, after all. The power of suggestion is very strong. People definitely move them themselves but think they haven't!

Stickystickysticky · 09/02/2025 23:27

He heard his bedroom door open, and felt a weight as if someone had sat down on the foot end of the bed

Ive had the same , I think it's sleep paralysis.

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 23:27

as a side note just to be fair and transparent I have absolutely no issue with people who do belive in ghosts or spirits or anything like that😍😍 if one of these believers could help me I'd be forever grateful🙏🙏🙏I do believe some ppl can, I do believe I can't

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Calmomiletea · 09/02/2025 23:32

What distance did the cream etc move?

ThisFluentBiscuit · 09/02/2025 23:34

I don't believe you. All those objects moving within a few minutes? You over-egged the pudding there! Would have been more believable if one object one day and another a couple of days later!

L0bstersLass · 09/02/2025 23:40

HGV going past outside, or a sonic boom from RAF training.

Edited to add - I'm in north Wales and these are two things I've experienced and they led to things moving. Also have experienced an earth tremor but I think I was living in Cheshire when that happened.

Newbie8918 · 09/02/2025 23:41

Lip barm throwing mice is deffo more likely than an earth quake/sink hole/collapsed mine shaft.

You sound fairly sane, so can't be that!

Draw a circle of salt around your bed tonight....just to be on the safe side 🤣

ImDoneOnceAndForAll · 09/02/2025 23:42

Plggybacker · 09/02/2025 23:25

I've never understood why people mess around with (or suggest others should mess around with) ouija boards. They're either real/genuine, in which case why would you invite such trouble? Or they're a load of nonsense, in which case why would you bother? There's nothing to be gained either way.

She doesnt have to. Was a SUGGESTION 😂

Babybaby2025 · 09/02/2025 23:42

No rational explanation.

All I can think of though is if it was a ghost, what a petty thing to do to throw lip balm and face cream accross the room

2JFDIYOLO · 09/02/2025 23:43

It will be entirely rational. Saw a weird video of a father telling his kid off, then two toys flipped themselves across the room.

Turned out as one of them stood on a floorboard it flexed, and flicked the toys over.

ChompandaGrazia · 09/02/2025 23:44

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 22:53

I'm atheist so anyone of the "cloth" or any faith is a no go😕😕

You don’t need to believe it, the ghost does

menopausalfart · 09/02/2025 23:44

There's a scientific explanation for everything. Everything seemed like magic/woo to us at one point.
Fuck knows what happened in this case. If you've managed to develop telekinesis, teach me your ways.

Velmy · 09/02/2025 23:44

PoltergeistsStartLowKey · 09/02/2025 20:40

You could get a local group of spiritualists to help you clear it. They are either non religious or attend their spiritualist church.

If you want to have a go yourself, there is a 'spell' on YourGhostStories by a member called Rook Dygin (if memory serves). It works really well. You sweep and sage and sweep and sage and then put salt at the door and window frames for a few days to keep it out. You can also demand it leaves as you want peace in your own home.

You sweep and sage and sweep and sage and then put salt at the door and window frames for a few days to keep it out.

What if ghosts actually really like the smell of sage though, and this is all a scheme they've cooked up to save money on Glade Plug-ins in the afterlife?

The salt might be because they don't like snails.

brassandswitch · 09/02/2025 23:45

My mum has experienced a lot of strange things in her life. Shes an atheist and definitely wouldnt lie about it as she's as straight as an arrow

When my parents bought their first house in 1992, it was already around 80 years old. Dad was away for work a lot, so Mum was often alone with me and my brother, who were only two years and six months old at the time. At night, she would hear footsteps coming up the stairs and knew exactly which step was being stood on because they all creaked in a certain way.

One night, she left the landing light on for us and saw a shadow pass under her bedroom door. She immediately opened it, thinking one of us was up, but there was no one there. In my brothers room, she would pull the curtains open every morning, only to find them shut again in the afternoon.

She also smelled her mums perfume constantly, not just in that house but in every house shes lived in.

Back in lockdown, we both experienced something that absolutely terrified us. I wont go into it, but it completely changed the way I see things.

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 23:46

Ladamesansmerci · 09/02/2025 23:27

Tbh, if you genuinely had psychosis, you'd likely be saying the same thing, as most people lack insight into their psychosis!

But if nothing else odd is happening for you and family etc haven't raised concerns, chances are you threw it yourself 🤷 That's how oouija boards work, after all. The power of suggestion is very strong. People definitely move them themselves but think they haven't!

I genuinely have Psychosis, what do I do??? asking for a friend👀

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Fastingandhungry · 09/02/2025 23:46

Did you have the Rugby on?

brassandswitch · 09/02/2025 23:47

Also to add, she heard her mums voice on the baby monitor, my dad heard it too (her mum passed exactly 9 months before I was born). She can't explain it, but talking about it still scares her. Lots of friends also never liked going upstairs in their house. I never saw anything from what I can remember and I lived there until I was 6

AInightingale · 09/02/2025 23:48

I know you said you aren't into 'woo' or spirituality but you haven't been using a ouija board in the house have you? Have any visitors or your children?

I only ask because I did know of a case where a couple started to experience some very weird things after the woman and her mates had a session with a message board for a 'laugh' including finding lit candles in an empty room (at this point I would have been driving down the road, bags packed to be honest).

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 23:50

Calmomiletea · 09/02/2025 23:32

What distance did the cream etc move?

if I had to measure it, I'd measure it in my actual slipperd footsteps, soooo going out on limb here, probs 4 if you want argue then poss 5 ish, slipper foot, footsteps, 🤷

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Tacsi · 09/02/2025 23:52

ThisFluentBiscuit · 09/02/2025 23:34

I don't believe you. All those objects moving within a few minutes? You over-egged the pudding there! Would have been more believable if one object one day and another a couple of days later!

I don't believe me either, mad init how it actually happened right there in front of me, lying bastards!!!

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Beeinalily · 09/02/2025 23:52

I had a similar experience in Margate OP and it actually was an earthquake, so don't dismiss the possibility out of hand!

Negangirlxx · 09/02/2025 23:53

Nah, I’d be straight out of there after the phone slap. That’s terrifying.

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 23:55

Newbie8918 · 09/02/2025 23:41

Lip barm throwing mice is deffo more likely than an earth quake/sink hole/collapsed mine shaft.

You sound fairly sane, so can't be that!

Draw a circle of salt around your bed tonight....just to be on the safe side 🤣

I'm going to put my whole 6 pack of ready salted walkers crisps around my bed right now in lieu of salt 🙏🙏

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