Question:
Sometimes I feel a dark presence in my house, specifically in my room and hallway?
Patience
2013-04-13 17:45:09 UTC
I usually have to run down my hallway because it doesn't feel safe and I generally feel safer outside my house with my dogs. My dogs do come to sleep in my room at night and one of them has just stared up at the air for a bit looking into nothing. Also, a lot of things fall off my dresser/nightstand/desk/etc. and sometimes the stickers fall off my wall really slowly like they're being peeled off. I've also felt/seen a girl standing beside my bed [ I know O.O] but I never looked. I've seen shadows move quickly in the hallway and twice when I was in the shower, like on top where the light peeks over the curtain. I've become interested in demons lately. I generally can brush these things off like nothing ever happened and fall asleep but now it's kind of scaring me. It started when I was about 11 and I heard a clicking noise down my hallway like footsteps right up to my door. I'm fourteen now and I can't get a paranormal investigator, priest, and my dad won't believe me. What do I do? Is it all in my head? I've been in depression for quite some time now.
Eight answers:
Obi Wan Knievel
2013-04-13 20:46:20 UTC
Don't bother with a paranormal investigator. The 'professional' ones will tell you whatever you want to hear as long as you pay them, and the real ones (unpaid, actual researchers) won't even come out based on the stuff you mentioned. There's nothing even unusual going on, let alone ghostly or paranormal. Let's look at your specific occurrences...



Things fall off of dressers and walls all the time, due to a well known phenomenon known as gravity. We don't think of gravity very much, but it's always there and never takes a break. Gravity will pull and pull on something, light or heavy, until it wins. In the history of everything else vs. gravity, gravity has never once lost. It's hard to claim that a ghost did something fall when gravity is around.



That feeling you get, that creepy feeling that something is watching you and about to attack, is actually a good thing. Or at least it was, way back in history. Big predators did and still do exist in the world, and we were on their menu. Take a look at our natural defenses some time, and you'll note that we don't have any. We don't have sharp teeth or claws, we're not fast or very strong, we can't climb very well, our night vision just plain sucks, and we don't even have thick hides or armour. Big predators, on the other hand, have it all: They're fast, strong, have sharp teeth and incredible night vision, and they know when to attack. They attack when their prey is alone, they move in from behind, and they'll wait for that perfect moment (always watching from the shadows) as long as they have to.



Since we have no physical defenses, our massive brains learned that avoidance and evasion were the best way to survive. We can't out-power our natural enemies, but we can out-think them. We know to avoid being alone, especially in the dark or in places with a lot of blind spots, because that's where the things that eat us like to attack. Of course you and I know there are no tigers or packs of wolves inside your house, but your DNA doesn't care. That being-watched feeling is what kept our species alive for thousands of years, so your body isn't going to get rid of it just because we've learned to build houses to protect us.



And let's look at this girl you saw/felt next to your bed. You said you never looked, so actually you never saw her. You did, however, get that creepy feeling (you know I'm right) while in bed and glimpsed something out of the corner of your eye, and it looked like it was a girl, but then you were afraid to look. It's OK if that's what happened, because that happens to everyone. I'm a guy who will stand up to two tough dudes in a bar without showing fear, but I've had that thing-beside-the-bed experience too and I was afraid to look. We all get that feeling.



Even though you saw shadows moving, that doesn't do you any good (or bad) unless you saw what caused them. Shadows are perfectly natural things, caused by anything between where you are and the source of light.



You see where I'm going with this? You're taking a bunch of stuff that happens naturally, all the time, and building a theory around it. Your dad doesn't believe you, but only because the stuff you're describing is totally normal.
anonymous
2016-11-01 15:49:49 UTC
Feeling A Presence
Brianna Robinson
2015-02-26 15:56:14 UTC
Look this most likely could be all in your head maybe your paranoid... But from a spiritual perspective you need to learn how to pray. Evil exist I'm no expert on demonic spirits or none of that and I'm not going to pretend to be a therapist calling you a loon or crazy. But I believe in God, I believe in evil and righteousness. Spiritually if there is something evil existing in your home or in your head it is best not to be afraid. I don't think its normal for people to walk around feeling a presence in their household and I don't think its natural to see shadows or feel a presence when you are all alone. The reason I say you need to learn how to pray over yourself is because in the bible it is written that God did not give us the spirit of fear but a spirit of power and a sound mind. Which means whatever this is, it feeds off of your fear. And you can get a priest or whoever you want but it will come back. You need to learn how to pray and ask God to give you the strength and power to rebuke Satan. You must be bold. I don't know about you but not everyone believes in God or heaven and hell and evil things and thats fine. But if I were in that situation which I have been in an encounter before I prayed my heart out and that presence stuck around for a bit but eventually left.
anonymous
2013-04-13 18:02:05 UTC
Not necessarily in your head, I have had some strange experiences with that sort of stuff too. I think it is important to remember that these things, while creepy, are not always negative. It is simply something we don't understand. My advice would be to avoid looking at demons as an answer except as a last resort, if you are looking for negative energy you will probably find it. Instead focus on creating your own positive energy and environment. Do things that make you smile, life is a playground.
Logic / Reason / Evidence
2013-04-13 17:55:49 UTC
Yes it IS all in your head. There is no such thing as 'paranormal entities' but there IS such a thing as an over active imagination. This is how I know: you said ' I've become interested in demons lately'. You see? You are obsessed with the idea so surprise surprise THAT is wha you perceive!
Brendon
2013-04-13 19:13:06 UTC
I have the same situation. I cannot sleep at night...feel as if I am being watched, have had my TV shut off and turn on on its own, and have seem shadows before. My mom does not believe me and makes fun of me for it. I don't think they like to mess with people for no reason, ask it what it wants kindly. Ignore it if you can.
Sweet_Nitemare
2013-04-13 17:51:32 UTC
It can all be in your head, since you're depressed, but hey you never know. If something tries to hurt you, then get help asap, other than that, you should be fine.
Slim K
2013-04-13 17:45:39 UTC
Its all in your head


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