<![CDATA[Spooky or imagination?]]>Hi


My boy is 6 years old, the night before, around midnight, when everybody had slept (he still cannot sleep) and was playing with his soft toys in bed, he told me he suddenly saw a pair of hand coming out of the curtain - waving. He was so scared he started to cry and tried to wake me up (I sleep beside him).

After I woke up and he told me all about it, I told him don’t worry what he saw is not true and asked him to faster get some sleep. However, the next day he kept talking about the hands. Well, I don’t think he is lying. My wife is bit spooky over this, what would you do? Thanks.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/25625/spooky-or-imaginationRSS for NodeMon, 11 May 2026 13:37:52 GMTWed, 07 Sep 2011 06:23:55 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:50:54 GMT]]>One thing to share - when we bought / rent house when dds were young, we always bring them along to see how they "feel" about the house. I suppose there is nothing we can do if the house is new and has not been built

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/603890https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/603890Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:50:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:59:05 GMT]]>I had a similar experience, my dd kept crying and having nightmares when we were at our first house. She was 3. She could not sleep properly and started sleep walking. I myself did not feel too comfortable in the house after a while. We sold it and after that, my dd’s sleep walking and nightmares stopped. It was later that she told me she felt scared all the time and felt someone was watching her. I think some places are ‘dirty’

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/603128https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/603128Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:59:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:56:47 GMT]]>

concern2:
tamarind:

It does not seem normal to me for a child to imagine seeing so many spooky things, I advise parents to bring your child to see the psychologist to seek professional advise.


Could it have been shadows that look like something from the imagination?
tamarind:
But a normal child should know the difference between reality and imagination and should not be so frightened by his own imagination.
Perhaps the young child may not be able to distinguish a dream from reality?

We wouldn't know. Normally kids should not be so frightened of his own imagination and if it happens too often then it's best to seek professional advise because there may be serious underlying problems.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/601290https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/601290Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:56:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:04:40 GMT]]>

tamarind:
It does not seem normal to me for a child to imagine seeing so many spooky things, I advise parents to bring your child to see the psychologist to seek professional advise.

Could it have been shadows that look like something from the imagination?
tamarind:
But a normal child should know the difference between reality and imagination and should not be so frightened by his own imagination.
Perhaps the young child may not be able to distinguish a dream from reality?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/600801https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/600801Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:04:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:12:12 GMT]]>It does not seem normal to me for a child to imagine seeing so many spooky things, I advise parents to bring your child to see the psychologist to seek professional advise.


A child can imagine a whole lot of things, like talking to stuffed toys and imagine them speaking to him. But a normal child should know the difference between reality and imagination and should not be so frightened by his own imagination.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/600598https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/600598Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:12:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:57:32 GMT]]>mel2sg, does your DS watch any horror movies recently or read horror stories? If not, "that" is possible. When i was young, i love to catch a glimpse of horror movies my parents watched or read/listen to horror stories. I was not sure if i was imagining at that time, i seemed to "see" and encounter many of these things. Girl in the posters winking at me (for example), my mum looked like another lady, etc.


Funz, for your case, it doesnt seem to be "nothing".

These things can happen. I experienced these sorts of things personally before. Once it was quite bad - feeling something touching me when i cant see what but it is a "human" touch. This happened when i was sick.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/600579https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/600579Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:57:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:30:19 GMT]]>It is said the very old and the very young can see things from other world. I used to keep my grandma company before she passed away near 100 years old. She used to wake me up in the middle of the night saying strange things.


Once, she yelled why an ugly and sick dog is in our room. Another time, she hit my arm so hard I woke up. She said my arm was that of a pigs' :skeptical:

There were many other strange things she said, but after a while, she seemed to have gotten used to them and stopped telling me stories.

I've read from a book some time ago from someone who can see dead people. It is said that the spirits are around us, only we can't see them. These are the spirits that refused to 'go to the light' and remain in our world, lingering around. Some of these may try to find company in the living, or may follow one home. The best way to avoid having \"something\" tagging along in your life is to possess positive thoughts at all times and be at peace (not overly excited so as not to 'give energy' to these spirits.

As parents, we need to be watchful over our children's behavior. I have to admit there had been 'unexplainable' moments my kids had, and I managed to help them by getting them to think good thoughts, like imagining angels and fairies being around to protect them. If it is imagination at play, then the better this works, cos they will imagine the 'monsters' face transforming into beautiful and fragrant flowers and butterflies flying around on a bright and sunny day...so, whether for real or imaginative, the kids learn to have control over their thoughts and fears.

By making them feel they are not alone (when we are asleep or not with them) there is something they can do about these 'strange things', real or imaginative, I think we could help them overcome their fear. Hope this helps..

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/600554https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/600554Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:30:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:37:45 GMT]]>Oh wow. I am spooked. But could it be the things that the kids were doing before they sleep? Like caught a glimpse of a horror movie that you all were watching? I remember I used to be unable to differentiate dreams from reality. I remember watching Terminator and seeing Arnold cut off his hand to show his robot skeleton freaked the hell out of me. That night I dreamt that my brother did the same thing and I ran into my mom’s telling her what my brother did. (My brother sleeps in the same room as me at that time) After that, for a week I didn’t dare go near my brother.


The huge eye might be from Lord of the rings where Sauron always looks for the ring. Hahahah! Just a stupid thought. But who knows right? You never know what would scare a child.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/600434https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/600434Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:37:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:07:27 GMT]]>DS has been saying seeing "people" in our house for quite some time, we didnt react to it till begining of this year. We decided to let him wear a Guan Yin necklace. An oldwise tale but it seems to work. Some say kids can see what we cant see.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/599850https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/599850Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:07:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:03:07 GMT]]>Not brave or anything. Given the circumstances, I also did not know what to do or if what I was doing was helping or worsening the situation.


And trust me, there was frustration as well as irritation, then there was the worry and the doubts and the constant merry go round of what if…then how?

Luckily for us, DD turned out fine, she is 8 now, no more disturbed sleep and so far, touch wood, no further incidents. She is however a very highly intuitive girl. If DH or my mood is down, she will immediately pick up on our vibes and get insecure. So we have to constantly watch ourselves with her.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/581241https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/581241Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:03:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:04:49 GMT]]>Would prayers help?


As the descriptions sound quite vivid, I think the child should be taken seriously. Psychologists would call it an overactive imagination, because children have been known to make up imaginary friends and imagine scary things from the shadows that they see. But I think we shouldn't discount the supernatural as well.

Funz, you're handling it really well. :salute:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/580583https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/580583Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:04:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:51:32 GMT]]>Funz, I really admire ur courage… Just reading your last post made my hair stand…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/580372https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/580372Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:51:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:14:18 GMT]]>my niece saw things too when she was young. my sil firmly believes in all these things and was told by her friend (who is like the ghost whisperer) that little kids tend to see these things. only need to get worried if kid or someone at home starts to fall sick or bad luck one after another.



my sil would quickly muttered something like "i dont disturb you, pls dont disturb us" and promised to burnt some stuff for them if the family is left alone.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/579835https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/579835Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:14:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:35:54 GMT]]>

meme2doo:

Errrm.. that's very courageous... but what if it's true.. and if u and ur DH see the SAME eye... how would you then \"take care\" of it..? I will already be freaked out the moment my kids tell me that... :yikes:

Especially when pple always say kids can SEE such things...

I think I will just bring my kids to our room and sleep with us... Won't feel so scared with more pple around.. maybe after a few days, when the fear is no longer there, everything goes back to normal..
Ahem. Actually DD has done spookier things. She was already sleeping with us in our room so nowhere to move.

When we just moved into our new place and DH was out stationed, DD woke up in the middle on the night, sat up on our bed, stared at a corner of my room smiled, then waved her hand and kept saying 'come, come, come and play'. Other nights she will wake up agitated and scolding whoever to go away.

Another time, it was raining very heavily with lightning and thunder and it was just me, my helper and DD at home. I was in the kitchen and DD needed some tissue so I told her to go get it from the box of tissues on our TV console. She happily skipped to the TV console only to run screaming towards me saying there was someone in our garden peering in through our sliding doors.

The last spooky incident was after we came back from our holiday in Taiwan. She had problems sleeping after coming and kept waking us up in the middle of the night. My helper offered to keep her company one night and told me the next morning that DD woke up in the middle of the night, woke her up and whispered to her that there's an old man sitting at the edge of DS's bed looking at DS. My helper jumped up, turn on the lights in the room, but saw nothing. She left the lights on the whole night, dragged DS to DD's bed and did not sleep after that.

Yes, these incidents did spook me but my instinct was not to show that I am spooked by all these and I warned my helper to reign in her reaction as well. Chances are these events are a result of her being over stimulated or stressed over some stuff. But I will not tell her it is her imagination, as, to her, it is very real. So we talked about it and I would ask her why she thinks these 'people' or 'things' appear and what were they trying to do.

Thing is only DD experienced all these. None of us encountered anything. If any of us saw the same stuff, guess the first thing we would do would be to consult a priest. If it is really a disturbance of that sort, the next step will be to figure out if it is the house or DD cos she did display such behaviour in another house of ours and decide on a course of action from there.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/579732https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/579732Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:35:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:56:00 GMT]]>

Funz:
Dun think mel2g is brushing the matter off since he is here seeking opinions.


It is definitely spooky. DD had a few of such episodes as well. Neither me nor DH experienced anything unusual so we basically observed her and assured her she is safe.

We did not outrightly acknowledge that it is something spooky and we did not immediately put it down to overactive imagination.

She started screaming and crying and was basically incoherent and shivering. When we finally got her talking, she said she saw a huge eye staring at her down from the ceiling when she was trying to sleep. The next day, we asked her if she remembered what happened and she did so we talked further about what it could be. She was only 3 or 3+ then so a bit difficult to really explain things to her. Told her if she sees that eye again, no need to be so scared, just call us and we will take care of it.
Errrm.. that's very courageous... but what if it's true.. and if u and ur DH see the SAME eye... how would you then \"take care\" of it..? I will already be freaked out the moment my kids tell me that... :yikes:

Especially when pple always say kids can SEE such things...

I think I will just bring my kids to our room and sleep with us... Won't feel so scared with more pple around.. maybe after a few days, when the fear is no longer there, everything goes back to normal..

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/579644https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/579644Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:56:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:29:17 GMT]]>Dun think mel2g is brushing the matter off since he is here seeking opinions.


It is definitely spooky. DD had a few of such episodes as well. Neither me nor DH experienced anything unusual so we basically observed her and assured her she is safe.

We did not outrightly acknowledge that it is something spooky and we did not immediately put it down to overactive imagination.

She started screaming and crying and was basically incoherent and shivering. When we finally got her talking, she said she saw a huge eye staring at her down from the ceiling when she was trying to sleep. The next day, we asked her if she remembered what happened and she did so we talked further about what it could be. She was only 3 or 3+ then so a bit difficult to really explain things to her. Told her if she sees that eye again, no need to be so scared, just call us and we will take care of it.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/578990https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/578990Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:29:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:55:23 GMT]]>I am definitely spooked… eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeks!

Take your child seriously is better than brushing the matter off.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/578585https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/578585Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:55:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:51:49 GMT]]>Can it be a creative mind at work? I will monitor his behaviour for the next few days too.. Maybe can try tiring him out in the day and see if he is able to fall asleep as per normal at night..

If your child is still uneasy then you can consider doing other stuff... Please don't jump into conclusions and blame your kiddo for lying. When I was young my mum would smack me and call me a liar when I related stuff I see to her... very frustrating and upsetting for a kid :sad:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/578582https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/578582Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:51:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Spooky or imagination? on Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:11:10 GMT]]>

mel2sg:
Hi


My boy is 6 years old, the night before, around midnight, when everybody had slept (he still cannot sleep) and was playing with his soft toys in bed, he told me he suddenly saw a pair of hand coming out of the curtain - waving. He was so scared he started to cry and tried to wake me up (I sleep beside him).

After I woke up and he told me all about it, I told him don't worry what he saw is not true and asked him to faster get some sleep. However, the next day he kept talking about the hands. Well, I don't think he is lying. My wife is bit spooky over this, what would you do? Thanks.
I'll be just as spooked if I am you! I don't think you can do much other than just to monitor the situation closely over the next few days. Maybe check out the window in case someone could be peeping inside the house as they walk past.

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