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Odd feeling in someones house (but cant say anything...really) how to cope?!

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AmIPolly · 20/04/2012 20:59

I've read about this happening before and now its happened to me! When I visit a friends house (as I did yesterday) I am practically blinking back tears. I'm not normally particularly emotional or looking out for 'woo' feelings etc. It is an old house used to be part of a school (with a possible mysterious death) and the friend in question has just split from partner so perhaps that has something to do with it (although Ive never met previous partner).
Anyway my question is - what can I do about this? Dont want to avoid my friend but seriously need some advice on what to do before I end up embarrassing myself or something..??
Thoughts anyone?

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IndigoBarbie · 21/04/2012 13:13

Hi, I get this fairly frequently. I'd suggest you imagine beautiful rose light surrounding you before you go in, and asking your angel (in your head or out loud) to help shield you from the sensations? Does your friend feel anything?

GardeniaBallpoint · 21/04/2012 15:23

Could the house have a smell associated with it that reminds you of something?

notfluffyatall · 21/04/2012 18:17

It is an old house used to be part of a school (with a possible mysterious death)

Meh, show me an old school-house that doesn't have a "ghost". You have a very vivid imagination and freaked yourself out, you're a grown up, tell yourself it was just that and get a grip.

Oh, and the last thing your friend needs is a ghost story, she's probably qyuite vulnerable right now.

RedMolly · 21/04/2012 22:02

Please don't say anything to your friend. If she hasn't mentioned anything about the atmosphere in her house then there is no purpose in giving her something else to worry about. You get to leave - she has to stay there on her own and probably doesn't need allsorts going round in her head in the middle of the night.

springydaffs · 21/04/2012 23:25

It depends what type of person your friend is. If she's like me, I'd want to know if there was something amiss that I wasn't picking up. It could be that 'whatever it is' has been affecting their lives - and if that had been happening to me I'd want to know if someone had a 'funny feeling' when they were in my house.

RedMolly · 22/04/2012 09:58

Like you say daffs, very much depends on the person. If the friend initiated a conversation along the lines of 'do you think there's something odd about my house', then by all means be honest. I would just worry that some people can be quite sensitive about this stuff, and once the seed of doubt has been planted it can be very hard to remove it. Difficult to give generalised advice of course when you don't know the people involved. Maybe you could start a conversation about the history of the house and see where it leads, but if as far as you know she is happy there i'd keep schtumm (??sp).

springydaffs · 22/04/2012 10:28

You can be happy in a house that has a rotting rodent behind the skirting board. It's not the house but the pong that is the problem: get rid of the offender and you can fully enjoy the house again?

notfluffyatall · 22/04/2012 11:35

Seriously, the funny feeling was in the OP's imagination, NOT the poor friends house. It's been a while since I read anything quite so ridiculous as this thread, but then it's a while since I've been on MN.

Stop feeding people's ridiculous notions, it's far kinder to tell them to get a grip.

springydaffs · 22/04/2012 11:52

Seriously, the funny feeling was in the OP's imagination

excuse me??

I don't think you can make statements about the OP's experience notfluffy. You didn't experience it, fine: she did.

Leave it at that.

notfluffyatall · 22/04/2012 12:07

"I don't think you can make statements about the OP's experience notfluffy."

Isn't the OP asking for people to make statements based on the info she gave? I just happen to think she has a vivid imagination, I don't think it's helpful to go looking for supernatural explanations. Am I not entitled to that opinion?

IndigoBarbie · 22/04/2012 12:49

Is it not a similar thing to experience an odd feeling when you meet someone? ie like your gut instinct?

RedMolly · 22/04/2012 14:45

Daffs - my point is that there is no indication from the op that the friend who's house it is has any problem whatsoever with her house, so why give here one?

Thumbwitch · 22/04/2012 14:49

I think if you can avoid saying anything to your friend it would be better to do so, unless she asks you if you think there's something odd about the atmosphere or whatever.

If you do have a "moment" and find yourself in tears, I'm sure you can come up with a plausible excuse as to why - hormones, remembering a house of an aged relative you used to love who died, something sad just happened with your family - you don't have to blame her house.

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