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The original was posted on /r/paranormal by /u/PristineAd6300 on 2025-02-05 06:17:04+00:00.
We were doing some routine paperwork together for an upcoming ADHD apt for my 10yo daughter to meet with a psych to discuss meds in more detail. As a part of the intake ppw, parent (mom, 30) and child (10F) needed to individually fill out some assessments. I didn’t want my daughter to see my answers and feel inclined to answer similarly, so instead I read the questions one by one and recorded her candid answer. I was surprised by some of the answers and, at first, tried to clarify the questions further (example: she has POTS so one question asked if she often feels shaky and fearful. And I clarified that they don’t mean shaky because your heart rate is too high and fearful you may pass out, they mean separate from your POTS episodes do you experiences anxiety about other things that may make you feel shaky or fearful. She said it’s not limited to POTS & she does have anxiety in that way, and went onto specify this is mostly limited to when she sees shadow people and other “things” 😭)
she described a lot to me, but after explaining this to my MIL, partner, mom, sister, and so on as I’m processing this and trying to sort how best to help her I don’t want to go into massive detail but may edit later. In short, she described a shadow person matching the exact description of one I saw for the first time last week (!!!), a doppleganger, a woman who appeared in her room once and who she now sees often but only in the form of a wide eyed, grinning, decapitated, wet haired head - often on high shelves or spaces (such as the top of our refrigerator).
The thing is, if she’s doing this for attention, she’s not very good at it bc it took a literal psych screening to get her to tell me about this. Also, the shadow person is extremely specific (which sounds silly, but the height, the type of hat etc she literally drew what I saw with my own eyes last week and I never even told her I saw this). Im not sure if I can edit this post later to include images, but if so I will. The pics are at her desk in her room right now and she’s asleep, but the drawings are…eerie, for sure.
Additionally, three years ago, after my husband (26M) died my middle child (then 5F) and I had the same dream at the same time but from different perspectives where a python sized her up as though it was planning to eat her, then right as it unhinged its jaw to strike I grabbed its throat, threw the snake far away, and saved her and we both woke up. She immediately ran into my room. I’m not a practicing catholic, but was raised catholic and in my upbringing, all of this = demons: call a priest.
When I spoke to my mom about this today she casually mentioned that my uptight businessman very mentally sound dad apparently was plagued with something similar and it resolved for a long time after a priest gave him holy water and had him say some prayers a certain way in the house, but activity has resurfaced on a much smaller scale and the house still has a bad “vibe,” in general lol.
All of this makes me feel like a crazy person. I think my daughter would agree because after I saw her drawing of the shadow person I did tell her I’d seen that one before and she replied “😃 thumbs up cool. At least I probably don’t need to go to a mental hospital.” On that note. What the hell do I do with this information? Apparently this started a year ago and has been gradually escalating, but it’s causing her to become socially disinterested, and apparently a bit depressed and anxious, and I also wonder if her worsening physical symptoms over the last year may have anything to do with this. Does anyone have information about the things she’s been seeing or how to protect her?