Most reports on shadow people are overwhelming negative and are accompanied by a feeling of dread. Skeptics note that seeing shadow people could simply be chalked up to sleep paralysis — which is a medical phenomenon that takes place when someone is in between a sleeping and wakeful state. Other potential explanations include experiencing heightened emotional states, sleep deprivation, or substance use. You can spiritually cleanse your home and hopefully keep shadow people at bay by performing a protection ritual , putting out cleansing crystals in your home , or burning purifying herbs.
This article was originally published on Oct. By Nina Kahn. Ghost tours capitalize on this hereditary paranoia by forcing the mind to wrestle with ambiguity. The uncertainty itself drives up the fear factor. Even quirks of architecture can trigger this primitive terror: In , British geographer Jay Appleton found that, when it comes to our habitats, humans tend to think of places as safe when they offer two things: prospect a clear view of the outside world and refuge the opportunity to hide from danger.
Research suggests that the brain may summon spirits as a means of coping with trauma, especially the pain of losing a loved one. One survey in the British Medical Journal found that close to half the widows in Wales and England had seen their mates postmortem. Experts think that such specters help us deal with painful or confusing events.
A analysis published in the journal Death Studies looked at hundreds of incidents of supposed interaction with the deceased. Studies suggest kids who are bullied or exposed to dangerous situations are more likely to have paranormal fantasies, a trend psychologists also found in adults with a history of childhood trauma.
In a survey in The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 91 percent of participants said their encounter had at least one upside, such as a sense of connection to others.
So if you do see a shroud down the hallway, you might not want to run. Your brain is unwell Ghostly occurrences can be the result of larger problems in our gray matter. For some, hearing voices or experiencing a vision can be an early indicator of medical conditions such as schizophrenia.
Some evidence even suggests that people with underlying brain disorders tend to have paranormal confrontations that are more intense and negative than the average brush with the beyond. Even in those without mental illness, temporary changes in brain activity can lead to run-ins with wraiths.
People who experiment with psychoactive drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms frequently report spiritual fantasies. Furthermore, psychiatrists have deemed many visions the result of sleep paralysis, a poorly understood condition in which the afflicted wake up and find themselves unable to move.
Scientists have yet to pinpoint the roots of this phenomenon, but some think it occurs when the brain crosses wires between conscious awareness and the dream-filled REM stage of slumber. According to a survey in the International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research, at least 8 percent of the general population and around 30 percent of people with psychiatric illnesses have reported having one of these nighttime episodes at some point in their lives.
Many cultures even have a specific name for the ghoulish occurrence. In the early s, British engineer Vic Tandy was working in the research lab of a medical supply company when a strange feeling came over him. All at once he felt frigid and overwhelmed with a sense of impending doom.
As he paced around the room to calm down, he suddenly sensed an ethereal presence. Some feel they are the true form of a ghost. However, those taking a different slant feel shadow people are a result of physiological and psychological conditions: sleep deprivation or paralysis, illusions, hallucinations, the beginnings of dementia, drug or alcohol use or the side effects of medication.
These shadow people are most benign, usually not taking notice of those who observe them. Your mind has kicked into a melancholy mode of autopilot. Nothing has happened for hours. You are continuing to ask questions to an empty room, trying to draw a response that will be captured on a digital audio recorder.
You sit and watch. The silence is almost deafening, and then it happens! Out of the corner of your eye you catch movement — darker than the already black of the room, solid and slinking off to your left.
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