Paranormal/ghostly experiences, why have I never had any?

Question

I am very interested in the paranormal and have been all my life.However I have never had a paranormal encounter.I am a very level headed person and think about things calmly. I have been to places where friends felt a "shiver down the spine" or "spooked" however I felt nothing!I have visited many reputedly haunted places, but still nothing! I have never had even the slightest sensation of wierdness. Am I just not open to these things or are my friends just reading something into nothing?

Answer 1

Some people cannot be hypnotized for the same reason. It just isn't your time yet. When it happens for you it sort of creeps up on you. I was looking at a website called Danvers State Hospital (Massachusetts, U.S.A.), and at first I didn't sense anything at all out of the ordinary, but slowly I began to become aware of something else sort of joining me on that website. I will not waste your time describing something that is so subjective, but I will tell you it was a definite presence and it joined me after I had been on that website for a few minutes. It joined me so slowly, I didn't even notice it until it was so strong you could stub your toe on it. Sometimes, people will tell you they "catch it out of the corner of their eye." But with me, it is sensing a presence. Something in your immediate environment changes, or alters, and then you are aware you are not exactly alone any longer. Now this can be unsettling or just plain curious. Everyone brings something different to it. Some folks say a Scrooge version of "Bah, Humbug!" And look at you funny as though you had a screw loose. That is one possible reaction. But to some of us, it is a little different. Not only do some of us sense a presence when it joins us, but we can also communicate with that presence, back and forth. Now we're getting "out there" a little, aren't we? And some people will say, "How silly." And that's it for them. They tune out. But if you choose to tune in, it is an entirely different item. All I can tell you is this: just because you have never experienced something of this sort does not mean you might not experience it later this very evening, say around two-thirty, when you least expect it... I hope this at least conveys to you how I feel about such matters. Sent with a smile from Chris in South Portland, Maine, U.S.A. (I am 63 years old.)

Answer 2

What your friends experienced probably wasn't anything paranormal. When you visit somewhere that is repoted to be haunted, your mind already has a heightened sense of fear before you even get there, which could cause anything from shivers down spine to seeing things in the corner of your eye ect. Some people go their whole life not experiencing anything. I used to live in a house in Yorkshire and suffered several paranormal experiences. In the end myself and my family had to move out because of the bad feeling in the house.

I got ill and my partner and myslf started to have violent arguments over nothing and the children started to see people in their bedroom and we all would hear voices and evil laughter.

One night on Christmas Eve we were all sat watching TV when the christmas lights that we had around the window started to flicker. I thought that maybe there was a fault with the lights so i unplugged them. Then the tree lights started to flicker, and then all the lights in the house and then the TV and when I tried to phone my friend the phone was crackling also. It was quite scary especially when my 2 year old daughter pointed to the corner of the room and said whose that man daddy. A week later we moved out.

Answer 3

This has nothing to do with "living in the real world" as some would say but it has to do with being really open to whatever may happen.
No one can say why some can "feel" the presents of those who have left this world and others can not but for me, I am a believer and have also seen, heard and have even smelled the cologne of someone dear who had passed and no I still have both feet on the ground too. Just because I have experienced these things on different occasion doesn't make me a fool or worse either.
I have even been chased by a mean ghost and I screamed to loudly that my mother ran to the window and she also saw this nasty ghost chasing me and by the time I got up the steps she pulled me into the house and slammed the door and locked it. We both looked out the window to see if he was still there and he had disappeared once again into the darkness. I am truly grateful that this has not happened to me again but other
things have happened that I would rather not go into right now.
Your firends can be telling you the truth about what they felt.

Answer 4

i dont think this is unusual at all. the fact is that the Spiritualism craze of Victorian Times has come round again, full circle, and it is the fashion these days to claim that you have had psychic experiences because it makes you interesting (just like people who claim to have multiple food allergies!). quite often people are so keen to claim some experience of the supernatural, that the rustle of a carrier bag in the wind is transformed into the swishing skirt of a ghostly lady.

i personally blame Most Haunted!

so, no you're not missing something, you are just more down to earth than others might be when it comes to the paranormal. i say that is better to be an open minded sceptic than an easily impressed fluffy woo woo!

Answer 5

Keep your mind open but don't look so hard. Have you had a deep emotional attachment to someone who's passed? Try to visit places that are known for being haunted, not just places your friends have "felt" something. The Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana, The Queen Mary in California, the Buxton Inn in Ohio, etc.

Answer 6

you could be like me.....some sort of self proclaimed ghost bane. As much as I am interested and actively looking for something like that...I never have any experiences. Well save for one but I think that was an electrical problem and not a ghost...heh.

Anyways, everyone I work with at the theatre has seen or witnessed...just experienced, I guess is a better word,...a ghost of that place many times over, while I have not. I feel kinda' let down by this. By my own accounts I think I exude enough arrogance and self assuredness, that perhaps the ghosts do not feel like they need to show themselves.

Answer 7

Most people have one or two experiences in their lives. With that said that means some people have more, some significantly more, and some may have none. You may not be open or you may be over analyzing everything. I cannot answer that for you.

However, remember every "haunted" place does not have activity 24/7 and it is not usually obvious. Also your friends may have experiences you do not, but it is just as likely that they were expecting an experience so much they convinced themselves it happened.

Answer 8

Some people are more open to psychic and ghostly phenomenon. Many people, even though they are believers, will never have an experience because they were not born with the ability to sense the paranormal. It really depends on your own psychic capabilities, and paranormal openness, and not in if you believe or not.

Answer 9

People are sensitive to paranormal activity for various reasons, the main one being that they are born with a sensitive ability, such as clairvoyance (seeing spirit/ghost) clairaudience (hearing) and clairsentience (feeling/sensing). The second becoming more sensitive/empathetic to energies around them due to their individual life experiences.

It may be that you have a high expectation of seeing, hearing, or feeling something. If you are to logically minded this generally works against you.

Answer 10

I've had strange experiences that may have been paranormal or ghostly, but I don't go looking for them. I'm a strong believer in the paranormal, but I also believe that you're less likely to have an experience if you go looking for one.