Paranormal oppression

[Blood_Lined]

From my own personal experiences, and from the stories I have heard on television, and from listening to the frightening tales from other family members, I have come to the theory that younger children are much more susceptible to paranormal activities, (seeing ghosts, hearing voices, feeling as though something touched them, even to the extreme of violent attacks which I refer to as demonic oppression when it goes that far) From my own personal experiences, I have seen things that should not have been there, and heard things that shouldn't have been there. Now I also have the theory that everyone's experience is different (obviously) when it comes to these events, and some may not experience them at all.
Me, for example, would only experience these events while lying down, and when it was late at night, but it suddenly came to a halt around the time that I turned around the age of 9, along with my baby sister, who just turned 6, has already begun to explain that she has seen "scary things", in her own words. Finally after seeing a documentary about paranormal cases involving young children, I came with the idea that children are more susceptible to paranormal oppression. So my point to you is: What is your opinion on paranormal activity, if you have a story from your own experience, and don't mind sharing, please do. Also share your thoughts on the more extreme, like demonic oppression for example, and your thoughts on the paranormal vulnerabilities of younger children.

 

[GRoXERs]

I really don't believe in this, but:
You may be interested in this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_children
Aren't I helpful?

 

[GodsOneMistake]

I've never really been able to make a clear cut opinion on this type of thing. My beliefs make ghosts very unlikely, but there are some incredible
bits of evidence supporting their existence

 

[Cliff_m85]

So rather than accept that children use their imaginations more as well as believe things easier, you go with them having a superpower to see ghosts better?

When I was a kid I saw a spirit in my room, my mom came in and moved the stuffed animal from my toy chest so that a shadow wouldn't form on my wall. Surprisingly when she left the spirit was gone. Obviously my mom is a high priestess of Cthulu who can destroy spirits!!!!!!






Or it was just a f*cking shadow.

 

[Blood_Lined]

So rather than accept that children use their imaginations more as well as believe things easier, you go with them having a superpower to see ghosts better?

When I was a kid I saw a spirit in my room, my mom came in and moved the stuffed animal from my toy chest so that a shadow wouldn't form on my way. Surprisingly when she left the spirit was gone. Obviously my mom is a high priestess of Cthulu who can destroy spirits!!!!!!






Or it was just a f*cking shadow.

I'm not saying that children are psychic, I'm saying that there are events where people have physically seen moving and speaking "things". Not a silhouette like a shadow, but something that is actually there.

 

[Artemis923]

The day I see a ghost is the day I'll start taking all this paranormal stuff seriously.

 

[neuromantic]

When I was a kid I remember being ill and lying in bed and seeing a figure in my bedroom doorway, clothed in a hood and robes surrounded in a sickly greenish light.

I accept that it could have been a hallucination caused by a fever or whatever, but I'm sure that I did indeed see a spirit of some kind.

Really I think thats it's not an age thing, just a state of mind thing. We tend to believe in ghosts and the paranormal and magick much more readily when we're young. When we progress into adults, we tend to shrug off or ignore the signs that tell us something creepy is going on.

Since becoming a tentative newcomer in the world of Paganism I have experianced a lot more ghostly activity than I did when I was an atheist. I think it's because, well... if you don't believe in it, you're less likely to notice it when you DO see it. If that makes sense.

 

[Nargleblarg]

Kids see and hear the tiniest things things and become paranoid VERY EASILY then their imaginations take charge and the decide that the cat they just heard was actually a g-g-g-ghost that's how this stuff starts.

 

[Hazy]

So rather than accept that children use their imaginations more as well as believe things easier, you go with them having a superpower to see ghosts better?

When I was a kid I saw a spirit in my room, my mom came in and moved the stuffed animal from my toy chest so that a shadow wouldn't form on my wall. Surprisingly when she left the spirit was gone. Obviously my mom is a high priestess of Cthulu who can destroy spirits!!!!!!






Or it was just a f*cking shadow.

Onoes! Run for your life!
But in all seriousness, you're right. You can't take what a child says seriously 100% of the time, because, as you said, they have very active imaginations.

 

[Cliff_m85]

So rather than accept that children use their imaginations more as well as believe things easier, you go with them having a superpower to see ghosts better?

When I was a kid I saw a spirit in my room, my mom came in and moved the stuffed animal from my toy chest so that a shadow wouldn't form on my way. Surprisingly when she left the spirit was gone. Obviously my mom is a high priestess of Cthulu who can destroy spirits!!!!!!






Or it was just a f*cking shadow.

I'm not saying that children are psychic, I'm saying that there are events where people have physically seen moving and speaking "things". Not a silhouette like a shadow, but something that is actually there.

The shadow I saw moved.

Supernatural = nonsense. Sorry. Children have intense imaginations. Everyone has a story as a child of hearing a voice that came from no where or having an imaginary friend (Don't sit there Mommy!!!) or whatnot. The reason why such 'disappears' at a higher age is that we become more skeptical and rational. That's why religion tries to get 'em while they're young.

 

[Cliff_m85]

When I was a kid I remember being ill and lying in bed and seeing a figure in my bedroom doorway, clothed in a hood and robes surrounded in a sickly greenish light.

I accept that it could have been a hallucination caused by a fever or whatever, but I'm sure that I did indeed see a spirit of some kind.

Really I think thats it's not an age thing, just a state of mind thing. We tend to believe in ghosts and the paranormal and magick much more readily when we're young. When we progress into adults, we tend to shrug off or ignore the signs that tell us something creepy is going on.

Since becoming a tentative newcomer in the world of Paganism I have experianced a lot more ghostly activity than I did when I was an atheist. I think it's because, well... if you don't believe in it, you're less likely to notice it when you DO see it. If that makes sense.

As someone who has literally died as a child, I know the science behind it. The brain releases chemicals at times of extreme stress, so hallucinations are quite normal.

Entering a religion with a huge wank of supernatural activities that demands belief tends to diminish skepticism. If you don't believe in it, you aren't likely to jump to conclusions and more likely to skeptically inquire upon it.

 

[Cliff_m85]

Question: How many people have stayed up waiting for Santa Claus?

 

[Ontoue]

So rather than accept that children use their imaginations more as well as believe things easier, you go with them having a superpower to see ghosts better?

When I was a kid I saw a spirit in my room, my mom came in and moved the stuffed animal from my toy chest so that a shadow wouldn't form on my way. Surprisingly when she left the spirit was gone. Obviously my mom is a high priestess of Cthulu who can destroy spirits!!!!!!






Or it was just a f*cking shadow.

I'm not saying that children are psychic, I'm saying that there are events where people have physically seen moving and speaking "things". Not a silhouette like a shadow, but something that is actually there.

So apparently everything everyone says is 100% true 100% of the time? Forgive me if I fail to see your logic.

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

"Supernatural powers" can be substituted by "Paranormal Occurrences".

 

[Jackson - Deathclaw]

ive experienced what i believe to be paranormal experience all through my life but the stuff to do with "spirits" occured when i was younger, when i was about 12 we moved into a new house and i could feel someone watching me in the dark, i couldnt see or hear anything but i could "feel" something

but when it comes to psychic experiences and such ive had more of those later in life, like seeing a building catch on fire in my dreams and then three days later the building actually does catch on fire

still despite all this im not sure if i believe in ghosts and all that sort of stuff because i dont think ive fully experienced a paranormal event

 

[imperialwar]

I for one experienced my first paranormal contact at about age 8.
I have continued to have periodic episodes over the last 23 years ( am now 31 ).

Experiences include being knocked away from a light switch ( switching on) splits seconds before it shorted out and caught fire ( didn't come within 2feet of the switch ).
My cousin's Friend was thrown into the ceiling at my recently departed grandfathers house. ( he had passed away so my cousin had moved in to his house )
At the work i work now used to be a masons building, and some of the members still hang around to this day. Moving through the hallways, and within the lift lobbies. I catch their movements out the corner of my eye, or reflected in the lift mirrors as the lift doors open or shut.

I think my affinity has a lot to do with my day of birth: 31 October, 1977. At 11:47pm, 13 minutes to midnight. 1977 is the Chinese year of the snake, a strong totemic animal.
It is my experience that i have manifested telekinetic ability on 2 occasions. I also am now able to lift thoughts from my wife's mind on periodic occasions. Where i ask her "what did you say ?" She of course says "i didn't say anything, but i was think about ****" Or i will say " did you just think about ***** " and she answers "yes".
In years past i have also had Prophetic dreams, predicting things i have no person connection with, including the Concord crash, a plane crash in China, and the Tsunami that went through a few years back. I also dreamed about a space probe crashing into Jupiter months before i heard the program on the news.

As to your query I don't really have a theory as i for one have continued to experience things on various levels.

 

[Cliff_m85]

I for one experienced my first paranormal contact at about age 8.
I have continued to have periodic episodes over the last 23 years ( am now 31 ).

Experiences include being knocked away from a light switch ( switching on) splits seconds before it shorted out and caught fire ( didn't come within 2feet of the switch ).
My cousin's Friend was thrown into the ceiling at my recently departed grandfathers house. ( he had passed away so my cousin had moved in to his house )
At the work i work now used to be a masons building, and some of the members still hang around to this day. Moving through the hallways, and within the lift lobbies. I catch their movements out the corner of my eye, or reflected in the lift mirrors as the lift doors open or shut.

I think my affinity has a lot to do with my day of birth: 31 October, 1977. At 11:47pm, 13 minutes to midnight. 1977 is the Chinese year of the snake, a strong totemic animal.
It is my experience that i have manifested telekinetic ability on 2 occasions. I also am now able to lift thoughts from my wife's mind on periodic occasions. Where i ask her "what did you say ?" She of course says "i didn't say anything, but i was think about ****" Or i will say " did you just think about ***** " and she answers "yes".
In years past i have also had Prophetic dreams, predicting things i have no person connection with, including the Concord crash, a plane crash in China, and the Tsunami that went through a few years back. I also dreamed about a space probe crashing into Jupiter months before i heard the program on the news.

As to your query I don't really have a theory asi for one have continued to experience things on various levels.

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[neuromantic]

When I was a kid I remember being ill and lying in bed and seeing a figure in my bedroom doorway, clothed in a hood and robes surrounded in a sickly greenish light.

I accept that it could have been a hallucination caused by a fever or whatever, but I'm sure that I did indeed see a spirit of some kind.

Really I think thats it's not an age thing, just a state of mind thing. We tend to believe in ghosts and the paranormal and magick much more readily when we're young. When we progress into adults, we tend to shrug off or ignore the signs that tell us something creepy is going on.

Since becoming a tentative newcomer in the world of Paganism I have experianced a lot more ghostly activity than I did when I was an atheist. I think it's because, well... if you don't believe in it, you're less likely to notice it when you DO see it. If that makes sense.

As someone who has literally died as a child, I know the science behind it. The brain releases chemicals at times of extreme stress, so hallucinations are quite normal.

Entering a religion with a huge wank of supernatural activities that demands belief tends to diminish skepticism. If you don't believe in it, you aren't likely to jump to conclusions and more likely to skeptically inquire upon it.

Just to say.. From my experiance, it doesn't "demand" anything.. just teaches you how to tell when you ARE experiancing something.

I've never died, been in hospital or even had any illness worse than a bit of flu but even so, most of the paranormal stuff I've witnessed has been while I was completely wide awake, sober and healty.
The fact that I was walking with the most powerful witch in my town at midnight has nothing to do with it, I'm sure. XD

 

[Animated Rope]

I'm a casual believer in the paranormal. But if you don't even try to think of logical explanations, the whole thing turns dull very fast.

Children are more open minded because they don't have as well grounded ideas about the world. Which means they are more prone to see things that most adults do not, what exactly they see is up for arguments I guess.

The best example I have of seeing things was my dead cat. I was trying to sleep and I suddenly saw this dark cat shape sniffing on my nose, which disappeared in a split second. It's not unusual to expect dead pets to walk in the corner of your eyes if you're used to see them (and thus you might think you actually do). The interesting with this case (which have happened more than once over the course of a few years) is the irregular occurrence (like i just said), the fact that it didn't start to happen until long after the cat died, and that the cat never disturbed me in that manner. So I could never expect it to happen as far as I know. I actually heard her meow about an hour ago under the cover of my friends playing counter-strike.

Barring "this doesn't make sense" and "the paranormal doesn't exist" arguments, I give it a 50% chance that this is actually the spirit of the dead cat.

That's how I orient in the paranormal world. With fascination and criticism, with neither blind faith or stubborn denial.

 

[Cliff_m85]

When I was a kid I remember being ill and lying in bed and seeing a figure in my bedroom doorway, clothed in a hood and robes surrounded in a sickly greenish light.

I accept that it could have been a hallucination caused by a fever or whatever, but I'm sure that I did indeed see a spirit of some kind.

Really I think thats it's not an age thing, just a state of mind thing. We tend to believe in ghosts and the paranormal and magick much more readily when we're young. When we progress into adults, we tend to shrug off or ignore the signs that tell us something creepy is going on.

Since becoming a tentative newcomer in the world of Paganism I have experianced a lot more ghostly activity than I did when I was an atheist. I think it's because, well... if you don't believe in it, you're less likely to notice it when you DO see it. If that makes sense.

As someone who has literally died as a child, I know the science behind it. The brain releases chemicals at times of extreme stress, so hallucinations are quite normal.

Entering a religion with a huge wank of supernatural activities that demands belief tends to diminish skepticism. If you don't believe in it, you aren't likely to jump to conclusions and more likely to skeptically inquire upon it.

Just to say.. From my experiance, it doesn't "demand" anything.. just teaches you how to tell when you ARE experiancing something.

I've never died, been in hospital or even had any illness worse than a bit of flu but even so, most of the paranormal stuff I've witnessed has been while I was completely wide awake, sober and healty.
The fact that I was walking with the most powerful witch in my town at midnight has nothing to do with it, I'm sure. XD

By most powerful witch do you mean a witch who body-builds or one who lies the most about having magick-al powers? Having met many 'psychics' (and conning people into thinking I was psychic using basic tricks and then announcing it was all bull) and 'witches', I can safely say that if you want to believe....you probably will. All the people I conned talked about my supernatural abilities. They would not accept that it was a scam until I demonstrated basic tricks to them. Even then some wouldn't accept it as just scam.

Scientology teaches you how to remove thetans, the bad gris-gris that pollutes our bodies and causes us to get sick and/or die.


Somehow I'd rather still go to a doctor than a quack Scientologist.