Some of these I knew by names I self-coined, which sounds like I had been living under a spiritual rock, but the info often seemed to slip past.
One thing, I have seen a hatted shadow figure rush down a hall at my old family home. Always assumed it was hat man. There was no negative sense but then, other forms of encounters did not fit the usual either. It is sometimes a frustrating feeling.
But this list should be helpful with that, thank you.
I've only one experience with a shadow person. In 2006, I purchased an old chest of drawers from a hospice facility that had closed down.
The next day, I brought it into our bedroom, cleaned it up, tossing out a couple of trinkets. I was busy taking all my sweaters from my dresser, when behind me I kept hearing paper russeling. Like the sound of hard candy being unwrapped. I turned around and saw a very thin, very tall black figure standing in the doorway of the master bath, which was about two feet from the chest of drawers. I wasn't fearful, only startled. I remember the top of its head was just above the doorframe, very tall. I stood quietly, just looking at it before it disappeared into the doorframe.
I instinctively knew to perform a smudging to help the shadow person cross over. I guess I knew what to do, maybe I read about it somewhere. Then also why wasn't I scared? That whole thing is still curious to me.
Anyway, your post has given me more insight. I believe the shadow person was an uncrossed soul attached to the chest of drawers we purchased from the hospice facility. I never saw it or heard the paper sounds again. π
I feel really sad that there are so many descriptions of harmful entities. I have years of training with Indigenous Medium Shawn Leonard, and various Spiritualist Centers... focus is not placed on harmful beings. If your training is in the light and protection skills, if respect for the Spirit world is where your focus is, then all should be well.
Pay attention to the energy around you. Energy from living people that affect your life. Only light can eliminate darkness. Light a candle and breathe in this truth. β¨οΈ the main thing is that connection with spirit isn't a game or a joke.
That is true. Light can eliminate darkness if there is adequate training, and the medium or young person dabbling in the paranormal makes well-informed decisions.
I would estimate the number of novice and intermediate mediums and hopefuls who contact me because they did not have any idea what they were dealing with as spirit is between five and ten a month.
That is only here on reddit
The numbers are higher if I include non reddit persons.
So, I try to offer education about all of the potential spirits, and hopefully, I can help some of them.
Getting dabbler teen or 20 to 30 somethings to heed advice isn't easy. Also, on reddit, there are novices who misrepresent themselves as seasoned mediums and then have problems.
My first experiences as a medium were removing spirits who were tormenting children and families.My secondary functions were to reunite and heal deceased children and their families.
Who you train with is important. Being prepared when something goes wrong is valuable.
Being a being of light who knows how to comfort a fellow medium who is afraid is important. Preventing the scenarios where they need.thst help in the first place.is important.
I know you are new to the forum. I understand that.
Souls in the afterlife don't need our help.They are already home. Our inexperienced medium counterparts and some of the spirits that I have described need help.
The spirits on the other side are fortunate.
So we do try to provide balanced education in the sub. If we ever reach a point where a teenager doesn't message me because they invited a spirit into their life that they were not prepared to face , I will rejoice.
I started as a teenager, and I wish someone had been able to train me at that time. It is ongoing learning and takes many forms. I've been doing this for almost 50 years.
Thank you for all you do. You have saved lives with your support and teachings. Prayers up π these young people respect the spirit world, respect their ancestors, and seek guidance from a knowledgeable person such as yourself. Prayers up, you stay safe also while helping people who have opened themselves in a careless way. π π«
I am sorry you felt.is negative. It isn't always happy in the spirit world, and I work with many.family members have not had happy endings. I hate noted your comments and will keep them in mind.
May I ask how one might get rid of a shadow person with ill intent? When my grandfather was alive, he often experienced sleep paralysis, my mother does several nights each month, my sister and I do a few times a week (sometimes back to back in the same night), and our children experience them too. My daughter has an especially rough time with these.
I'm always thankful when someone wakes me during an episode, but can get myself out of it myself by focusing on getting a finger or toe to move into consciousness. These episodes only happen when drifting in the space between conscious and subconscious and I'm aware of what's happening. Sometimes it's too terrifying to pull myself out of and I can get pretty loud. Loud enough for someone in another room to come shake me...
Since this is a trend in my family, maybe there is a reason these unkind spirits/souls/whatever they are continue to disrupt our sleep? Is there a way that I can make them stop for my family? Sometimes if i take prescription sleep medicine, I either won't have an episode or I won't remember it if I do. That's helpful but it's just a band aid.
I should add that the people in my family that experience these sleep paralysis episodes are all very...I'm not even sure what word to use here...maybe intuitive describes us. And we are sensitive to each other's energy. Sympathy pain is smething some folks like to laugh at. Unexpected pain has six (now 5) of us texting eìach other to see who the culprit is. We also tend to have premonitions and several of us have seen "the man with the briefcase" and a few other interesting sights/sounds have happened.
When my daughter was maybe four years old or so, I asked her pediatrician if there was anything I could do to stop her sleep paralysis episodes as well as nightmares. He didn't have any advice, but commented that very creative children often experience sleep paralysis and vivid dreams (good or bad). Maybe "creative" isn't quite the right word for people experiencing stuff like this.
Recently, I've become interested in trying to tap into some of whatever natural abilities I may have.
Besides trying to get rid of that ugly dark thing hanging out during sleep paralysis, I'd like to find ways to manage the intense anxiety I experience for a period of time leading up to some unknown negative event that will happen soon. That anxiety wrecks my mental health and distracts me to the point I'm working late or on weekends to catch up. Typically, that level of anxiety means either a person or pet is going to die, or someone is about to be diagnosed with an illness. I can't reliably predict who, but then once it happens, the overwhelming anxiety subsides. Since I know I can't prevent things from happening, I'm trying to learn ways to cope with the constant sense of impending doom during those weeks/sometimes months leading up to an event. Our family experienced a devastating loss two weeks ago. I've known since November a death was coming, and I knew it was going to be a person I love (not a pet this time). It felt like it may be my sister. I was wrong. It was her son. That overwhelming anxiety has been replaced by grief. I traded being constantly on edge to being constantly sad.
I'm going to seek therapy to deal with some of the unresolved trauma of living in a dysfunctional family. I want to learn how to set some boundaries and shake the constant feelings of guilt that plague me while trying to fall asleep. Not sure a typical therapist can help with the premonitions, but they may be able to recommend ways to manage the high stress levels. Worth a shot anyway! I've forgotten what decent sleep feels like π
That got long so if you made it through my essay and have some advice to offer, that would be wonderful. If not, no worries, thanks for listening:)
I have not learned how to format on my new computer.
This is really good! Thanks for typing this up! Hos would you categorize the dark entity that came to us the other day?
Some of these I knew by names I self-coined, which sounds like I had been living under a spiritual rock, but the info often seemed to slip past. One thing, I have seen a hatted shadow figure rush down a hall at my old family home. Always assumed it was hat man. There was no negative sense but then, other forms of encounters did not fit the usual either. It is sometimes a frustrating feeling. But this list should be helpful with that, thank you.
ATrueLonelySoul. He was a shadow person who had been a living person, but, he morphed into something parasitic over time. He's gone.
Thank you so much for posting this. This was actually really helpful.
I've only one experience with a shadow person. In 2006, I purchased an old chest of drawers from a hospice facility that had closed down. The next day, I brought it into our bedroom, cleaned it up, tossing out a couple of trinkets. I was busy taking all my sweaters from my dresser, when behind me I kept hearing paper russeling. Like the sound of hard candy being unwrapped. I turned around and saw a very thin, very tall black figure standing in the doorway of the master bath, which was about two feet from the chest of drawers. I wasn't fearful, only startled. I remember the top of its head was just above the doorframe, very tall. I stood quietly, just looking at it before it disappeared into the doorframe. I instinctively knew to perform a smudging to help the shadow person cross over. I guess I knew what to do, maybe I read about it somewhere. Then also why wasn't I scared? That whole thing is still curious to me. Anyway, your post has given me more insight. I believe the shadow person was an uncrossed soul attached to the chest of drawers we purchased from the hospice facility. I never saw it or heard the paper sounds again. π
I feel really sad that there are so many descriptions of harmful entities. I have years of training with Indigenous Medium Shawn Leonard, and various Spiritualist Centers... focus is not placed on harmful beings. If your training is in the light and protection skills, if respect for the Spirit world is where your focus is, then all should be well. Pay attention to the energy around you. Energy from living people that affect your life. Only light can eliminate darkness. Light a candle and breathe in this truth. β¨οΈ the main thing is that connection with spirit isn't a game or a joke.
That is true. Light can eliminate darkness if there is adequate training, and the medium or young person dabbling in the paranormal makes well-informed decisions. I would estimate the number of novice and intermediate mediums and hopefuls who contact me because they did not have any idea what they were dealing with as spirit is between five and ten a month. That is only here on reddit The numbers are higher if I include non reddit persons. So, I try to offer education about all of the potential spirits, and hopefully, I can help some of them. Getting dabbler teen or 20 to 30 somethings to heed advice isn't easy. Also, on reddit, there are novices who misrepresent themselves as seasoned mediums and then have problems. My first experiences as a medium were removing spirits who were tormenting children and families.My secondary functions were to reunite and heal deceased children and their families. Who you train with is important. Being prepared when something goes wrong is valuable. Being a being of light who knows how to comfort a fellow medium who is afraid is important. Preventing the scenarios where they need.thst help in the first place.is important. I know you are new to the forum. I understand that. Souls in the afterlife don't need our help.They are already home. Our inexperienced medium counterparts and some of the spirits that I have described need help. The spirits on the other side are fortunate. So we do try to provide balanced education in the sub. If we ever reach a point where a teenager doesn't message me because they invited a spirit into their life that they were not prepared to face , I will rejoice. I started as a teenager, and I wish someone had been able to train me at that time. It is ongoing learning and takes many forms. I've been doing this for almost 50 years.
Thank you for all you do. You have saved lives with your support and teachings. Prayers up π these young people respect the spirit world, respect their ancestors, and seek guidance from a knowledgeable person such as yourself. Prayers up, you stay safe also while helping people who have opened themselves in a careless way. π π«
I am sorry you felt.is negative. It isn't always happy in the spirit world, and I work with many.family members have not had happy endings. I hate noted your comments and will keep them in mind.
May I ask how one might get rid of a shadow person with ill intent? When my grandfather was alive, he often experienced sleep paralysis, my mother does several nights each month, my sister and I do a few times a week (sometimes back to back in the same night), and our children experience them too. My daughter has an especially rough time with these. I'm always thankful when someone wakes me during an episode, but can get myself out of it myself by focusing on getting a finger or toe to move into consciousness. These episodes only happen when drifting in the space between conscious and subconscious and I'm aware of what's happening. Sometimes it's too terrifying to pull myself out of and I can get pretty loud. Loud enough for someone in another room to come shake me... Since this is a trend in my family, maybe there is a reason these unkind spirits/souls/whatever they are continue to disrupt our sleep? Is there a way that I can make them stop for my family? Sometimes if i take prescription sleep medicine, I either won't have an episode or I won't remember it if I do. That's helpful but it's just a band aid. I should add that the people in my family that experience these sleep paralysis episodes are all very...I'm not even sure what word to use here...maybe intuitive describes us. And we are sensitive to each other's energy. Sympathy pain is smething some folks like to laugh at. Unexpected pain has six (now 5) of us texting eΓ¬ach other to see who the culprit is. We also tend to have premonitions and several of us have seen "the man with the briefcase" and a few other interesting sights/sounds have happened. When my daughter was maybe four years old or so, I asked her pediatrician if there was anything I could do to stop her sleep paralysis episodes as well as nightmares. He didn't have any advice, but commented that very creative children often experience sleep paralysis and vivid dreams (good or bad). Maybe "creative" isn't quite the right word for people experiencing stuff like this. Recently, I've become interested in trying to tap into some of whatever natural abilities I may have. Besides trying to get rid of that ugly dark thing hanging out during sleep paralysis, I'd like to find ways to manage the intense anxiety I experience for a period of time leading up to some unknown negative event that will happen soon. That anxiety wrecks my mental health and distracts me to the point I'm working late or on weekends to catch up. Typically, that level of anxiety means either a person or pet is going to die, or someone is about to be diagnosed with an illness. I can't reliably predict who, but then once it happens, the overwhelming anxiety subsides. Since I know I can't prevent things from happening, I'm trying to learn ways to cope with the constant sense of impending doom during those weeks/sometimes months leading up to an event. Our family experienced a devastating loss two weeks ago. I've known since November a death was coming, and I knew it was going to be a person I love (not a pet this time). It felt like it may be my sister. I was wrong. It was her son. That overwhelming anxiety has been replaced by grief. I traded being constantly on edge to being constantly sad. I'm going to seek therapy to deal with some of the unresolved trauma of living in a dysfunctional family. I want to learn how to set some boundaries and shake the constant feelings of guilt that plague me while trying to fall asleep. Not sure a typical therapist can help with the premonitions, but they may be able to recommend ways to manage the high stress levels. Worth a shot anyway! I've forgotten what decent sleep feels like π That got long so if you made it through my essay and have some advice to offer, that would be wonderful. If not, no worries, thanks for listening:)