Rated S for Scary - About fengshui and supernatural stuff
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There is a phenomenon known as sleep paralysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis), which in many cultures, due to its bizarre nature and associated visual/auditory effects, has ben tied to ghostly/supernatural causes. In effect, a person, coming out of sleep, feels paralysed, or like being pressed down on the chest, or suffocating, and can be associated with terrifying visions. However, it is a perfectly physiological phenomenon.
When I was a young boy, I used to suffer from this, with visual effects of floating green hands (no doubt placed in my mind by adults around me) and it was terrifying. It did not help that my grandparents would speak of this as a 'ghostly pressing', which further reinforced the terror, to the extent that I would fear to go to sleep. It was many many years into the future, in adulthood when I finally chanced upon a discussion in a medical forum that I realised what it was. Up to that point, I was stricken with uncertainty about whether I would be labelled a crack-pot for claiming to have seen ghosts (which I thought I had, until then).
So, my point being, there are many apparently supernatural phenomenon that have simple and logical explanations. In the Chinese culture, there is a tendency to attribute things to the super-naturalistic. It could be harmless fun, but sometimes, they can result in severe psychological impact, so one ought to be judicious. -
winth:
Anyone here with ghostly encounters to share?
This happened quite some time back but everytime I talk about it, I get goosebumps!
It happened when DD1 was about 8 months old. We went to this famous coffeeshop at Lower Delta for dinner - just DH and myself. We started out dinner fine then DD got a little uncomfortable from sitting up too long, so we did out tag-team thingy...1st DH takes her for a walk, then me.
I noticed that as she passed a particular tree, she started whimpering, not normal for her even when she was this young, and it sounded almost cat-like. I didn't say anything, just let it be, continued talking to her and then walked on. Took another turn and came back to the same spot en route back to the eating place all the time talking to her....again, she whimpered.
Didn't say anything about this in the car on the way back; but that night, after we put her to bed, DH and I exchanged notes. Then, he said that he remembered this tree that she was unusually quiet and distracted loh. When we checked back on location, IT WAS THE SAME TREE! :!:
I've always thought she's had the third eye. She can tell of \"someone\" at a place, and I usually feel this (piercing sound only I hear) even without checking with her.
Recently, she tells me there is someone in the house that only SHE can see!
and that's her imaginary friend...this time she's almost 7!
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Andaiz:
Hahah ! Imaginary friend ! My girl also used to say that when she was about 7,8 yos. She would even want us to talk to her imaginary friend, hold hands with her .... I guess, she was just too loney being a single child. BTW, you child a single child too ?
Recently, she tells me there is someone in the house that only SHE can see! and that's her imaginary friend...this time she's almost 7!
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Gosh… this imaginery friend thing would be worrying if my boy told the one who comes visit him every night is a ‘friend’. I always tell DS1 that it’s not a friend, so don’t go talk to it.
My (usual) brother has such an uncle coming to visit him by the windows every night in our old house at Taman Jurong. We used to live at the 2nd storey and his room faced the carpark (w/o corridor outside). So the uncle would ‘fly’ to his window and start to wave and talk to him. My brother refused to talk to him, just plain listening to what it has to say. -
winth:
EEEEEkkkkkk ! :shock: This sounds scary ! A \"flying\" uncle at night.Gosh.. this imaginery friend thing would be worrying if my boy told the one who comes visit him every night is a 'friend'. I always tell DS1 that it's not a friend, so don't go talk to it.
My (usual) brother has such an uncle coming to visit him by the windows every night in our old house at Taman Jurong. We used to live at the 2nd storey and his room faced the carpark (w/o corridor outside). So the uncle would 'fly' to his window and start to wave and talk to him. My brother refused to talk to him, just plain listening to what it has to say.
Mine, I was quite sure, its really an imaginery friend because it happened at day time too, not only night.
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3Boys:
I have this kind of feeling once in a blue moon. Sometimes, wanting to scream but just no voice out. I believe this is physiological phenomenon like 3Boys mentioned. Maybe too tired or too heaty also ...In effect, a person, coming out of sleep, feels paralysed, or like being pressed down on the chest, or suffocating, and can be associated with terrifying visions. However, it is a perfectly physiological phenomenon.
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Hey, what about the blue-blacks that appear on thighs? Will there actually be scientific and medical explanations for them?
My mum always tells me that I’ve been ‘pinched’ by those things at night. But I worry it’s due for medical concern. -
daisyt:
My girl also used to say that when she was about 7,8 yos. She would even want us to talk to her imaginary friend, hold hands with her .... I guess, she was just too loney being a single child. BTW, you child a single child too ?
My girl has 2 younger sisters...not lonely though. But mebbe she misses her friends now that it's PSLE Marking days :roll: Will monitor if it's just a phase.
You see, this is the same DD who told DH not to go to Taiwan for conference coz she saw typhoons coming and she was worried about him. We checked back on his travel calendar and it was 24- 29 Sep which was around the time of the 1st Typhoon to hit Philippines which moved on to Japan, and missed Taiwan :!:
Then one day, she woke up and asked our helper if her family is okay coz she dreamt of heavy rain and washing away of things...that was just before Oct 03's Typhoon Pama steered off Isabella, the province next to my helper's hometown, and there was heavy flooding that destroyed crops for 2010.
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winth:
Hmmmm, could it be bruising? If so, then I agree that you've to seek medical attention. Do you still suffer from it, winth?Hey, what about the blue-blacks that appear on thighs? Will there actually be scientific and medical explanations for them?
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Andaiz:
Once in a blue moon, in places where I can't possibly have knocked or hit against.
Hmmmm, could it be bruising? If so, then I agree that you've to seek medical attention. Do you still suffer from it, winth?winth:
Hey, what about the blue-blacks that appear on thighs? Will there actually be scientific and medical explanations for them?
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