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Q: Is Anyone Out There? Please Talk to Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
asked by: SpiralBound on March 16th, 2006
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Hello. I don't know where to start. I wonder if someone can tell me what could be wrong. When I was around 3 or 4, I started seeing an image of a woman. She wears what appears to be a black wedding dress. She has messy hair. She always stands by my door when I do see her. She only spoke to me once. She said, "shhh, it's okay." i'm afraid of her still to this day. I dream about her, and sometimes I believe I can feel her presence. After many years, I was talking to my older brother. The topic came up, even though we had never talked about it before. He has seen her as well. Now i'm not sure if she is real or imagined. We established by our ages, I was the first to start seeing her. Now days, I stay up all night securing the windows and doors, cause i'm afraid of intruders. After doing so, I think, " man they got me now, now i'm trapped, cause I nailed the windows shut, they tricked me." then after that, i'm afraid she's here. What is wrong with me? I'm now afraid of doors and can't sleep unless I can see them. They can't be behind me. I hate windows as well. Please can someone help me make sense of this. I just need a logical explaination. Thank you for your time.
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jipjoe
replied on March 16th, 2006
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I'm going to go out on a limb and be open on this. I am certainly not going to say that you saw nothing or tell you your nuts as anything is possible in the universe I suppose.


1) even if this was real, what harm has she done to you or your brother?

2) it appears that you are harming yourself more than she has .

Sometimes the unknown is very scary even if it is harmless and not everthing has a logical explanation.


Email me if you like to chat.
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sophira
replied on March 16th, 2006
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How old are you? This sounds very similar to something I experienced as a child.

I used to see a pale woman in a white sundress and a wide straw hat with a ribbon on it (yeah, it was really detailed). She never said anything to me, but I too was terrified of doors and windows, especially at night. I don't know if the two were related. I would experience a kind-of paranoia everytime I was alone, and I wouldn't even sleep in my bed.

I eventually "grew out of it" I guess. Still interesting that the experiences are so similar! Very interesting.

Personally, I think you should talk to someone about it. Not that you're nuts or anything, but it can be very therapeutic to talk to someone with experience with neuroses and anxiety. Let me know, though, if you find out anything about it.
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bigkahuna127
replied on March 17th, 2006
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Since you saw her and your brother also saw her before you were talking to him about it there is your proof, I dont want to get into a theological debate I do believe and that works for me but like you the things I have seen or experienced all my life has lead to some of my fears now and my thearapist is teling me I am crazy because of some of my stories but anyway you must decide for yourself as I have as to wheather they are real or not and then if you are still in the same house make your piece with her you can email me if you want to hear any of my exp. Or if you have any more questions just remember that no matter what there is a higher power and it loves us, that is just my opinions please dont be offended by anything I say if you do not believe in a higher power


love and light
to all
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kitkat1464
replied on March 18th, 2006
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Have you thought of asking sylvia, she is on the montell show every wednesday. I know she has a website.
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munky23
replied on March 18th, 2006
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Is it possible she's an actual person?
Maybe a relative or a friend that you saw when you were little.
Or a vivid dream...Taking that your brother saw her too, possibly you both saw a movie or a situation that scared you.
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munky23
replied on March 18th, 2006
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I also reccommend seeing a therapist because it seems like this is starting to effect your daily life. Don't let it ruin your quality of life. You may be able to talk it out and figure out where this image comes from and a behavioral therapist could help you get rid of this fear.

Another weird option is demons/ghosts whatever you believe. Of course I don't want to put that out there but it is possible I think.
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SpiralBound
replied on March 22nd, 2006
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The thing is I believe in demons and such. I know she wasn't a relative of any kind, or because of a movie. I also believe in god with all my heart. I have severe anxiety and depression. I never told anyone about her, cause I didn't know my brother has seen her as well. The doctors call this shared psychotic disorder. One person being the primary and the other being the submissive. Since I was the first to see her, I guess I would be the primary. The last time I saw her was 6 years ago. Now i'm just afraid of seeing her. The other thing is I sometimes hear a voice (a mans voice) call my name, but no one is there. Everyone does this, I think. The other day, I heard a voice (a womans voice) ask if she could come in and felt the door touch me. ( I was in the bathroom at my brothers work). I pushed the door shut and said not right now, assuming it was my niece or her mother. I came out of the bathroom and said, " man guys, I can't even go to the bathroom in peace, next time just wait till I get out, then you can go in." they all looked at me as if I was crazy. None of them came by the door. I think it all can be explained by saying that the brain does this at times to keep it functioning properly. I think. I use to go to delusional states where I believed things were all in my room watching me, let's just say I thought they were the characters from my dreams coming out at me. Alright, so maybe I was in fear cause I have terrible nightmares every night. Now days, I have nailed my windows shut, and I feel like someone has tricked me into doing this, and at times I think the neighbors are all watching me. Is that normal? What is normal? We will never know. Everyone is different. Well, enough of that. Thank you for replying. Hope everything goes well for you.
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bigkahuna127
replied on March 22nd, 2006
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I feel you I have gone through the same things for most of my life, you have to take hold of this now, I got soo bad that I couldnt do anything any more, I had a really bad exp. About a year and a half ago and I let it consume me I was scared to do anything I dont like to talk about it but let me know if you want to talk on email I dont feel like being slammed for posting things on here that others might not believe in

either way please get into a psy. And get going on some meds, I cant rem. If you said you were already taking any or not but if so they need to change them up
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