So, long post alert, but I will try and keep it as short as humanly possible. Myself and my family are indigenous, we have always been very connected to spirits, but I didn’t know this until I was much older. I am writing this because I am curious how many other people had similar experiences as children, how they dealt with it, etc. As well as to get some opinions on what I was dealing with.

I am convinced that I did have an attachment as a child that followed me into at least three separate homes, and I legitimately thought that I was going crazy - I almost left home to go to the hospital because I thought there was something wrong with me.

A lot of my experiences involved a “feeling” I felt like I was always on edge, I couldn’t go into certain parts of the house by myself, if I was in the house by myself I had EXTREME anxiety, because all of these experiences would happen when I was alone.

There were multiple times where closed doors would fly open, I would see a shadowy silhouette, and the door would slam shut. This happened in two different houses, but while I was doing the same things (just sitting alone in a room on the computer) I often saw shadowy figures, never any details of faces, just shadows, a lot of the time it would be in my room while I was in bed.

I also had a very hard time with mirrors as a kid, there was a period of time where I couldn’t be in the bathroom without my mom present because I was terrified of the mirror, although I can’t recall any particular experience that would have caused this. My sister (who did not live with me and my mom) only came to the house where I had a lot of troubles one time, and she could not come into the house without feeling intense nausea.

All of these experiences happened between the ages of I believe 8-15. Eventually we moved into a new house, which I smudged with my sister and I never had another experience. I am now in my mid-twenties so it’s been about a decade since I had any “paranormal” experiences. I’m not sure if it’s because as I grew older I’ve closed myself off to those experiences, or if I just haven’t been anywhere where these experiences would occur.

TLDR; from the ages of 8-15 I experienced doors opening and closing by themselves, extreme anxiety/on edge feelings, shadowy figures/silhouettes, in at least three different homes, and then it just stopped.

I would love any input/possible explanations that you guys could provide from this somewhat brief synopsis of experiences I had as a child. Did you have similar experiences as a child? What do you think I was dealing with?

EDIT: Thanks for the awards guys, definitely wasn’t expecting any 🥺