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[wildflowersoul]

I have worked really hard to not find any part of our house scary, and have been determined to not think "ghost!" while living here. Mostly because I don't want to be scared to get up to pee in the middle of the night. I'd been doing so, so well. I figured we were out of the woods anyway, given that we've been up at literally every minute of the night at one point or another this past year, and no remotely spooky occurrences have happened. So of course....

Last night during one of my half-asleep West nursing sessions (they have been going down in number, though, yay!) I had to pee, but I felt Drew get out of bed and heard him walk into the next room towards the bathroom. So I figured, oh, well, wait for Drew to get back. I waited and waited and thought that it was taking him a while to finish, then looked next to me and OMG, he was still in bed. Ok, no big, I chalked it up to being half asleep and imagining/dreaming things.

First thing Drew says this morning? "Either I was imagining things or we have a ghost." He had woken up in the middle of the night and saw me (or a me-shaped person) standing in the doorway to our room. Then he rolled over and saw me sleeping next to him.

OMG you guys. Normally my first thought is "Drew is messing with me," because I am a gullible, easy target. But I didn't tell him my story until after he told me his. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

I am going to rationalize the hell out of this. I did in fact get up to pee last night, I am sure that what happened was Drew saw me going to the bathroom, fell asleep, woke up a few minutes later and didn't realize he had fallen asleep, and saw me. Yup. And I am sure I imagined him going to the bathroom because in my dream-mind I knew I had to get up to pee. And the a/c was making noises that surely sound like someone walking on carpet and then floor. No ghosts, please!

Comments

[cayetana.livejournal.com]

:(
I had completely freaked myself out for a while because I kept having these "someone is standing next to my bed and just touched me omg" experiences. Then I read about sleep paralysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis) and felt a little better. But if Drew had the same experience...

Why not try calling Ghost Hunters? They are really into helping families with small children be less afraid in their homes. And a house in Salem would be good for tv ;)

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

Hee, Ghost Hunters! I love that show. One of the things that is helping me overcome this is thinking that of all the seasons of Ghost Hunters, they have come up with zero hard evidence of ghosts existing, even in places that are supposed to be super haunted.

That is a good link, thanks!

[lizzabette.livejournal.com]

Are you sure you guys weren't hanging out on the astral plane for a bit? That would be another explanation.

(But also --- I do think that's a cool story, though a bit freaky.)

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

I like that explanation better!

I should have known living in a house built in the 1850s would eventually lead to my crazy ghost fears. Also, we have a Mystery Hole in the basement that is supremely creepy.

[tenillypo.livejournal.com]

That is super creepy! If you cannot successfully rationalize it away, the thing to do is give your ghost a friendly name and chat with it as if it is your nice roommate. Trust me. This helps.

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Dennis was actually Mr. Squeakers, your former-resident mouse. Eeek. I can't handle ghosts in my house! I am way too much of a weenie.

[c-m-i.livejournal.com]

I'll get a Ouija Board to get to the bottom of this.

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

Noooooo! I have watched enough horror movies / episodes of Supernatural to know that is a bad, bad idea.

[alex-victory.livejournal.com]

If the AC was on it could have been vibrating a frequency to both freak you out and make dust particles on your eyeballs jump, creating "spooky" imagery. Also nothing you remember when you first wake up is trustworthy, like V said about sleep paralysis.

Check this out: http://www.cracked.com/article_18828_the-creepy-scientific-explanation-behind-ghost-sightings.html

I actually dread sleeping in my old bedroom at my parents' house because I would just start freaking out at every noise. That article helped me a lot.

Alternately if there IS a ghost, Tenille's suggestion is the best one -- stay friendly with it and make sure it doesn't turn hostile.

Yes I just explained away ghost sightings and then totally admitted that I believe in them. Even the false things are true. Don't look at me like that, I didn't do it.

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

I like the double prong approach to ghosts. I'd rather not believe in them, but just in case, I don't want to get on their bad side. This evening I loudly proclaimed that we are nice people and have a nice baby, and we just want nice things to happen in this house. And then I said thank you.

Ok, that article is freaking awesome, I never would have known that! Thank you!

[cayetana.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah and it might be helpful to look into this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivity

Though it might be mentioned in the article Alex linked.

[wildflowersoul.livejournal.com]

Neat! Thanks!

[dr-alycat.livejournal.com]

aaah! freaky! As someone who has those weird sleep moments a LOT, I hate to get any sort of confirmation from other people... but the links in these comments help. Whew! Thank you, science!