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Post by Sizaru on Apr 29, 2006 19:30:45 GMT -5
;D Hey, how are you all doing? I'm great.
Well, my story begins about a few weeks or so ago. My nephew J.J. was here in my room while my other nephew Sarg was taking his nap after J.J. would not go to sleep. JJ was sitting on my bed and playing with some toys when he decided to go up and look in my closet. He opened the door and a few seconds later, I heard him screaming. I turned and he ran to me crying and screaming about my closet, pointing to it. (He can not speak well yet). I looked in, there was nothing there. A couple days later, the same thing happened again. So I decided I wouldn't let them near my closet anymore.
And then, a week ago, my 2 year old twin nephews were put down for a nap in the same room they have had for about a year now. They are used to being in that room with the door shut and nobody there. About 3 P.M. I heard JJ screaming, loudly, blood-curdling. I thought I would lose my hearing. I ran to his room and opened the door. He was screaming, pointing to his closet trying to climb into his brother Sarg's crib.
Something has really scared him. Something, to him, is in the closet. And all the times these have happened, he was never asleep. Could there be something in the closet me and my family do not know about? Or maybe JJ's imagination is finally beginning to run wild?
Either way, I believe there might be something in my house. It could be harmful, could be harmless. But whatever it is, I will not trust it because if it's scaring a baby, then it isn't a good thing.
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Post by lildebcc on Apr 29, 2006 20:59:33 GMT -5
Interesting story - children can be so intuitive and they can see and sense more than we give them credit for sometimes. Along with being intuitive, children can also have vivid imaginations. I can't help but wonder if JJ might have seen the movie/DVD 'Monsters Inc.' recently? Either the entire movie or just part of it or heard someone talking about closet monsters, or even some quick clip on tv? Might be a good idea to get a notebook and write down times, dates, and events. You never know, you might find some kind of a pattern to all of this and maybe make some sense out of it. Good luck, hope JJ is okay! >^o.o^<
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Post by Sizaru on Apr 29, 2006 21:16:15 GMT -5
Hello, and thank you for replying to my story. Well, actually, JJ has not seen anything that has to do with closets and/or monsters. He doesn't watch TV much and he barely listens to radio. He's a normal little boy playing with his brothers and running around the house getting in to things and getting timeouts, lol! Anyways, my house does have a bit of history to it, a fire of some sort in the 90s I think it was and some girl died. Not really sure what is going on in the closets tho.
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Post by aneaglesangel on Apr 30, 2006 11:50:12 GMT -5
Hi sizaru! I so hate to hear about children being frightened!! I do agree with lildeb! We've got to rule things out here! Do keep a journal on events. It's very hard with such a young child to make sense of all this, so you've got to do it for him. I hate to rule anything out either, so I think it's very important you take the steps to find out what's going on. Any time there is a child in need, I have to offer my help. If you'd like to contact me, please pm me through this board. There are plenty of groups around here that you can be put into touch with if it becomes necessary. It may not be something related to a haunting, children are prone to fears and sometimes it takes time for them to sort it out. It could be something of spirit nature if the house has a history, but I tend to try to rule it out first. Either way, it's horrible for a little one to be frightened like that and you want to help. I know first hand how that is, my children were petrified when I had a negative energy feeder following us everywhere we went. I have always spoken openly to my children and they are pretty good with things now. One is 18, the other 13. There are a couple things that I can tell you about to help give him a sense of control in the situation and it may help him to feel better. They are silly, they are childish, to us, but to a child, it is the power over the unknown.
This first is what I came up with to help my boys when they were frightened. They used it even when they weren't afraid, it was fun and made them feel better and helped them sleep. I told them that ghosts are afraid of farts. If a ghost heard a loud fart, it would run away because it hated the stink. Yes, it worked, but sometimes, the boys would be up late laughing and making fart noises, because you see, ghosts don't know the difference between a real fart and a fake one, LOL!! It worked for my boys, they had power over something they couldn't see but shook their beds and frightened them. This second one is the idea of one of Spirited Society's admin's Llewelyn. She lives in Arizona in a haunted house. She came up with Monster Spray. She filled a bottle with water and vanilla, made a label for it on her computer, put it in the mailbox for her son to find and it works great!! You may want to try one of these tricks, the monster spray, I suggest, and wish I'd thought of it. Would have saved me many long nights of disgusting fart noises and giggling!! So I hope one of these ideas will help, and remember, any time, there are plenty of people right here in your area to help!! If ya wanna talk, I'm here any time for ya!! Good luck, keep us all posted, we'll be worrying about the poor little guy!!!
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Post by Sizaru on Apr 30, 2006 15:15:50 GMT -5
Hey! Thanks for the ideas! He's a little better about everything now. He just doesn't go near the closet anymore, lol! But everything is basically cool around here with him. Haven't had anymore incidents with the closet thing and I've been checking in on them during naps and bedtime, so all is cool. Although, I think he would be happier if I put a deadbolt on the closet door...Hmm.....LOL! Well, anyways, thanks for the ideas!
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Post by lildebcc on Apr 30, 2006 22:15:03 GMT -5
Glad to hear that things are better. Another idea to maybe help figure out what's going on with JJ is this. Watch him when he is playing. A lot of times children will act things out, through play, that they can not verbalize. Another idea would be to watch what he does when he draws or colors; then you just innocently ask him what the pictures are / what they mean.
And, it is true that you have to rule out many things that could possibly have caused this reactin in JJ. I was also wondering if he might have seen a shadow cast by a light in the room or from a light outside a window? Or if he might have seen a mouse scamper across the floor and it startled him? Yup, got to rule out everything - good luck! >^O.O^<
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Post by aneaglesangel on May 1, 2006 13:08:56 GMT -5
Great advice lildeb! That is so true, they sure do act out what they feel! It's so hard that he's so young, it's a bit hard to communicate at that age. While my older son remembers the scary things that happened much more vividly than my younger son does, I spoke to them both about it as openly as I could. I didn't even realize when I was telling them things, that I was giving them something I never had as a child. That was power over this thing. They both have grown to be quite calm over ghostly activity and very open about events. But one thing does remain the same, my younger son has much less fear than the older one, just because he doesn't remember as well. I recently had some activity that my younger son witnessed. I asked him if it ever scared him, and was quite surprised when he said, nah, you taught me about it so well. I was very happy with his answer and glad that I decided to talk to them openly about it. I was honest and let them know that though I can't tell them how it happens, that it's all wrapped up in science and learning. In the end, I have two great kids who are curious and question the things that happen as much as I do, but they aren't terrified by it. As a mom, I could never begin to say how glad I am that this doesn't petrify my boys, the way it did when I was a child!!! Good luck, I hope JJ gets over his fears! He's got you right behind him, so I'm sure he'll be alright!!
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Post by lildebcc on May 1, 2006 20:44:04 GMT -5
I also made a point of talking with my children about 'strange things' that happened to them when they were much younger, but only pursued it when they were ready to talk about it. And just like with an investigation, you take what they say at face value and believe that they believe that the experience was real. Then you can start to chip away at it, rule out things, until you come to some kind of logical (or not) explanation. But like with anything with children, give them just enough information, you can always elaborate as they get older. Trying to explain to them what they are not ready to understand could only scare them more. Hope this helps you, Sizaru. >^o.o^<
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