spirit in my house frightening my DD...

[hollowhallows]

I have NC for this.

OK, I know some people are going to think I am a crank, but here goes...

I have been aware of a spirit/s in my house since I moved in. In my family we are thought to have 'the sight' and it has been very real to me from the experiences I had growing up and experiences I continue to have. I'm not talking miracles or talking to the other side, just an ability to sense what others cannot, such as aura and spirits etc...

Because I was aware of spirits myself as a child from my own experiences, I was always aware that my children could experience the same thing. I have dealt with having 'the sight' (I don't know what else to call it, I know 'the sight' sounds cheesy) and as I have grown older it has bothered me less and I fear the things I sense a lot less. I hope this is all making sense, I usually keep this to myself

Well now my DD has started to very obviously see something that is frightening her. It is starting to become more frequent and is really upsetting her. It is always in the same place in the lounge and she runs over to me upset, crying and pointing towards whatever it is she can see. She tries to tell me but her speech isn't good enough yet, but her actions and feelings are very clear. Tonight she was so upset by whatever it was that she started crying and covering her eyes so she couldn't see it. I tried to encourage her to show me what it was that was upsetting her in case it wasn't what I thought, but she refuses to even venture to that side of the lounge when this happens. This has been going on for about 6 months but is now becoming more obvious.

I am not religious, I am not overly superstitious, but this is the one thing I genuinely believe in because I have experienced it myself. I have read stories by other MN's about their children telling them they had seen peculiar things so I'm hoping to get some input on how to handle this (and not be mocked in the process). When I sense something myself, I just ignore it. I'm not sure how to handle my DD possibly seeing things that are upsetting her.

[doormat]

thx myroom ..that is really interesting and must of been a really awful experience...i wouldnt of liked to of hear that.. :(

i have a recording of my ds3 when he was 2 ..singing baa baa black sheep..i recorded him singing on my camera phone, 10 yrs ago lol because it was such a cute moment...
both dh and i were there with him..on playback there is a humanoid dressed in black behind ds3...it was definitely not there when recording...it is horrible

seen many things in my life that are strange and unexplainable

as for ppl wanting to send it to spr..try it..never have had any luck with them in all the invests and info we have gathered

[myroomisatip]

Now things in photos I find really frightening!

I have one of those 'sleep talk' apps on my iphone and I am tempted to leave it running one night.... not sure if I would be more upset by the sound of my snoring or anything else I might record lol.

[doormat]

lmfao myroom haha ..i know howvyou feel..my snoring have been told, pushed, shoved, shouted at, been digged butvdont bother me honest lol x

[IHatePingu]

My DD doesn't fear insects and I know this for a fact as I personally made sure to teach her that they are lovely little creatures. Her reaction to a spider would have been "oh wow!", as opposed to shrieks of fear and covering her eyes.

So why can't you do the same with your spirits. I assume they are not doing any harm, so teach her that they are amazing, harmless creatures. Unless you think they are evil, harmful spirits, in which case, why on earth are you still in the house?

[IndigoBarbie]

Hollow, how are things today? These energies feed/attract from any sensitive 'emotional' energies from our fields-key is to remain neutral if you can. If you can't it's time for help to clear your fields. Please PM me if this resonates with you. Much love, IB x

[technodad]

"emotional energies from our fields"

What a load of made up twaddle.

Sorry, but it is nonsense.

Please define how you measure "emotional energy" externally from the body (do you count tears/smiles) and what type of "field" it forms. It looks like you have read two scientific terms and thrown them in a sentence with the word "emotional" in the hope it sounds scientifically plausible".

I hope you offer your "services" for free!

[gamerchick]

Techno dad I'm failing to understand why you're rattled. Why does it matter to you if people believe In something that you don't?

[BackOnlyBriefly]

I can't speak for technodad, but personally I'm concerned that people may assume that there is such a thing and that they somehow had missed hearing about it until now. The opposite of education.

If someone says "this is just something I believe or that 'some people believe' that's another matter.

People use the things they know (or think they know) to make decisions so it's important they not be given incorrect information.

It's the same principle as preventing companies saying that smoking is good for you.

[PatoBanton]

yy it is nearly hallowe'en, but really,

oh dear

[gamerchick]

But that's how you feel if you don't believe.. why does it matter if some do? Just because you don't believe doesn't mean it's not so.

[PatoBanton]

No of course...I'm open to the possibility. I just dislike people making a big fuss about it - not those who are genuinely worried, like (possibly) the OP (though I strongly suspect it's just a hallowe'en thread for larks, I may be wrong) but people who seek to encourage fear and come along with their 'equipment' to detect energy fields...etc etc...

it makes me cross like 'psychics' make me cross. It's all about money. (usually)(I think)

[gamerchick]

ah I understand. No I don't believe in people charging for that kind of stuff.. if a 'true' gift was given where you were possibly sensitive to stuff that a lot of people don't sense then you shouldn't make money exploiting it.

[BackOnlyBriefly]

gamerchick maybe an example would help.

Suppose I believe that you can't get run over unless it's your time as set by god.

So I tell your children that looking left and right before crossing the road is stupid and pointless.

Are you ok with that? If it's my belief?

[gamerchick]

Well, i'm not really arsed in what other people believe in.. each to their own and all that.

Using your example.. if god has our death mapped out then god also installed a natural instinct to protect our young from danger. So even though he has a plan for us.. if you're into the god thing then evil is just around the corner to scupper his plans type of thing.

If that makes any sense.. i'm not sure it does

[BackOnlyBriefly]

Well you didnt answer the question. If I tell your children to run across the road without looking is that ok with you.

Not the general principle for now just the one real life example. Picture you're walking just behind and you hear me say that. What do you feel about it.

[lottieandmia]

My daughter, who is 9 had a scary experience on holiday which I posted about for advice. We were staying in an apartment and she kept seeing a see through figure which looked like a black coat with a hat on the top, but no face or body or sign of a person within it. It kept standing in front of her. By the end of the holiday she was very frightened. When we got home the first night she saw something else but I was given advice on how to deal with it from some kind people on MN and I'm happy to say that it seems to have worked. One thing we were advised was to say the prayer to Saint Michael (the archangel).

There will be people on here who ridicule you (as they did me) but you just have to ignore them - I even had one person suggest my dd may have schizophrenia . If anyone thinks I'm lying I don't care. I believe my dd even though I couldn't see what she could.

[gamerchick]

I'm trying to see the comparison. To a topic that people have been introduced too.. to something that would happen in the street out of the blue

I don't tell people to believe in ghosts and I wouldn't care if somebody said they believed in their time of death. Each is an opinion/belief and neither is wrong.

If you wanted to use that example I can only see it as being akin to me dragging you in the house out of the street with no warning from room to room to show you my ghosts.. I think either way you would be slightly freaked by having something thrust on you with no introduction to the topic.

[PatoBanton]

I remember your thread Lottie and I think several people suggested some kind of psychotic episode, and/or visual problems, as alternative possibilities.

I don't think they were saying it to mock. Just trying to come up with the horses rather than the zebras, iykwim.

[DioneTheDiabolist]

Hi Lottie, I remember your thread and am glad that everything has settled down.

[VoodooHexDoll]

Hi

Personaly I would change the furntuer in the room around or put a standing light by the wall that scares her and see if it makes any difference first. I would not yell the child and just do it and not mention anything to her. This might change the way she sees things and job done.

If she continues to react in a strange way I would then ask apriste to bless the house when the child is out and again say nothing to the child and see what happens.

Then report back to us

[BackOnlyBriefly]

gamerchick again not an answer to my really simple question. Am surprised that you really don't know how you'd feel about someone encouraging your children to run out into traffic.

but if that's too hard then there's not much to talk about.

[curlew]

When I was a child I was badly scared by a "green man" in our kitchen. This went on, considerably spooking out my family for som weeks until my mum thought to get down to my level, and saw what I saw- a splash of green paint in the wall under a shelf that looked exactly like a face. There is always a rational explanation.

[gamerchick]

I understand the question. i'm just not sure what it's got to do with this topic or a comparison even

[BackOnlyBriefly]

if you had understood the question you'd have answered it and I'd then have explained the point I was making.

Don't worry about it. Stick to the easier stuff.

[Dobbiesmum]

As a Pagan my general rule is deal with the physical before the spiritual side. Check out the timing, is it at around the same time of the day, is a light in the room casting a particularly weird shadow and she is making a mental picture of it (in the same way we do with clouds), I know it's been 6 months but has she seen something on the tv that could have triggered something etc. my DS went through a phase of seeing a particular shadow at the top of the stairs every night and was too scared to be upstairs on his own, it turned out the he had watched a Paranormal Activity on a sleepover... these things you can be dealt with as you need to.
Then, if nothing seems to help deal with the spiritual.
I found that a feather duster of all things can be a very useful visual tool to clear a room, It's quite hard to explain what I did but it was really showing the DC's that I was in charge and dealing with 'clearing out' the negative, and then replacing it with a positive, in my case a vase of really bright flowers. It has a psychological impact on them in a 'Mum's handling it' way.