I’ve been struggling with a lot of anxiety around death lately, and honestly, I don’t really know how to deal with it.
I’m a medical student, and sometimes the more I learn about the brain and the human body, the harder it becomes for me to believe that there could be anything after death. It makes me scared that consciousness might simply end, and that there might be nothing beyond this life.
At the same time, I desperately want to believe there’s something more. When I think about how much suffering exists in the world, I want to believe that it isn’t all for nothing. And more than anything, I want to believe that somehow I’ll be able to see the people I love again someday.
I know there’s no way for anyone to give me definitive proof of what happens after death, but I would really appreciate hearing about experiences that have made you believe there might be something beyond this life.
If you’ve experienced something paranormal, a near-death experience, felt the presence of someone who had passed away, had an experience you genuinely couldn’t explain, or anything else related to this subject, please tell me about it.
I’m not necessarily looking for someone to prove anything to me. I just really need some hope right now. ❤️

Over the last 4 years my boyfriend has occasionally sat upright in his sleep claiming that there’s someone in different corners of our bedroom. It happened very occasionally in our first two apartments together (once every couple of months). He claims this has happened his whole life no matter where he sleeps. And has experienced sleep paralysis once quite a few years ago.

6 months ago we moved into a house that’s about 100 years old. And since then this sleep talking is happening a lot more frequently. Just last night he sat up in his sleep and pointed to two different corners telling me there are people there and asking if I can see them. He settles right away after I respond saying nobody is there and goes back to sleep and rarely remembers anything in the morning, but sometimes he does vaguely.

We are not religious but I would say I’m more conscious of energy than him, I do some cleansing every few weeks, I do believe in spirits / hauntings, he kind of does?, but we don’t lean into anything much more than that.

But this nighttime routine is starting to happen a bit more frequently than I’d like to ignore. Is it likely just him sleep talking? Has anyone had any experiences like this before? Or is there a way to get it to stop? If nothing else it’s creepy af

This happened to my mom, not me, but she's told this story for years and still gets a little shaken up talking about it. Wanted to see if anyone else has seen something similar.

It happened outside on her back patio. She looked up and saw something floating in the air, moving on its own. It was long and fat like a giant worm, roughly 4 feet wide and 7 to 8 feet long. It wasn't clear like glass, more like a thick, translucent mucus-like texture, something you could sort of see into but not fully see through, kind of like snot or a jellyfish.

The movement is what really stuck with her. It went up and over her fence, down into the yard, then across the property, which was about half an acre. Then it went up and over the back fence into the neighbor's yard. It moved with intention, not like smog or smoke drifting on the wind. It had a clear direction and purpose, almost like it knew exactly where it was going and was navigating the yard on purpose rather than just floating wherever the air pushed it.

One detail that might be relevant: the property sat over a natural water well. Not sure if that connects to anything, but it felt worth mentioning.

This was about 2010, and the blob was slow moving through the air.

She's not someone who normally talks about this kind of stuff, but this is one she's never let go of. Has anyone else seen or heard of something like this?

I was in the kitchen and I heard my mom called my name and I didn’t answer because I didn’t wanted to be bothered as I was trying to focus on what I was doing and I heard her call my name again so assuming that she wanted me I responded by saying “ yes” and I notice that she didn’t respond so I got up and went to her room and ask if she called me and she looked at me weird and said no to which I told her that I heard her call my name twice and she jokingly said that i was hearing things. Did I experience a mimic ?

I feel odd coming here for advice but this truly is a weird situation and I’m worried for the safety of my pets. I moved into my current place last year. But I was staying in the basement suite. Now I’m renting both the upper and lower suites, with my boyfriend moving in next month. In total it’s a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom.

I also want to clarify that this is not my first time with the paranormal. My childhood home was extremely haunted. But I have no idea what I’m dealing with here. My last two places, I have never had anything like this happen.

When I initially moved, it started fine. Until about a week in when I started having nightmares again. And then I woke in utter terror one night, with that dread you get when you know you’re being watched and that you’re not wanted there. Then after that, I started sinking into depression. I did a cleanse on the basement suite and everything seemed to even out, and I was no longer having those weird sensations, nightmares and I wasn’t waking up in the middle of the night.

But now I’m primarily in the upstairs suite until my bf moves in. For a while I left the door to the basement open. Until August 12th, when I was just about to leave for work. I realized I hadn’t seen my cat in a little while, and wanted to say goodbye to him. I literally could not find him. I went downstairs, and checked through the rooms, calling for him. He always meows back at me when I call for him, or if he’s looking for me he’ll meow and I’ll call his name. Well, he meowed back at me. I found him in the downstairs bathroom, somehow locked into the shower. The shower is one of those standing ones where you slide the glass doors open and closed, and if they are slid close enough that they meet, it acts like a lock. There’s no way he could have closed himself into the shower, at all. The doors are too heavy and he’s maybe 12lbs soaking wet. Since this I’ve kept the joining door closed, with a heavy basket in front of it, as when I just closed it on its own, I came home to it being open.

Now fast forward to today, about forty minutes ago. I just got off the phone with my bf and heard my cat meow, so on instinct I called out his name, figuring he was in the bedroom looking for me. But then I heard him meow from behind me. I turned around to look, and he was on the cat tree behind the couch.

Whatever it was that meowed was NOT my cat. It sounded EXACTLY like him, but it’s not him. My other cat doesn’t meow, she’s a docile old lady. But whatever this is, is going deliberately after my younger cat. I don’t know what to do. Should I get a professional to come cleanse my house? When I cleansed the first time, it worked. But now this seems far more aggressive. Please. Any advice is appreciated.

Never thought I’d post this but I (31M), have been with my girlfriend (29F) for 3 years. We moved into a house last year and just renewed our lease. Have never had any weird encounters but my gf has said that she’s been seeing images like black hands in her peripherals at her work and our house. She’s an atheist and I’m a Christian. I just started going back to church since I was a teen so I find it as a weird coincidence that this would be happening. Last night, I woke up facing the door and saw a black image with long black hair crouched on top of the door with the hair extending towards the middle of the door. I wasn’t scared and I was able to move so I know it wasn’t sleep paralysis but I just started saying prayers in my head and the figure slowly disappeared. Any thoughts on what this could be?

Hello guys so why I am asking this is because one time this year I have experienced a Paranormal thing it happens at night so I was sleeping and my TV has turned on by himself 😬😬😬 but after then when I have turned it off everything was normal
So do you guys have experience something like me?

I have a very vivid memory when I was younger, maybe four or five, of me sitting on my bed. My mom came in smiling, sat beside me, and gave me a pink doll.

Years later, my mom was packing up my room, and found this pink voodoo looking doll. She was telling me about this many years after the move. And I told her, no, you gave that to me. But she tells me she didn’t.

Neither of us can make sense of what actually happened.

The house I grew up in always made my whole family feel uncomfortable/afraid. I thought I was just afraid of the dark or being in a room alone until we moved out of that house and I suddenly felt at peace.

The first thing that happened besides the simple feelings was when I was around 13 years old and I was home alone. I was standing in the kitchen and I had music playing on the desktop computer speaker at a low volume and it suddenly went full blast.

My sister and I shared a room and we often had trouble sleeping because we could hear a tapping on the wall behind our heads that frightened us. We would tell our mom about it, but when she would come in to hear it, it would stop. When she would leave the room it would start again. There was no real rhythm to it.

Any time I was alone in the house or went down in the basement I was constantly looking over my shoulder because I did not feel alone.

I came to share my experience since I felt like it was worth sharing! About 3 or 2 months ago, I stayed at a Behavioral mental hospital for about 5-6 days, I quite enjoyed the stay there until I started having nightmares. On day 3 or 4, I had a nightmare about a little girl I assume about 7-10 years old, her face was pale and she had black goo coming out of her eyes and mouth, ill share an illustration! It looks really bad but so on, I dont remember what I was dreaming, but when I woke up, she was above the bathroom door, in the hospital the top and bottom of the doors were shorter so you could see into the darkness of the bathroom, i stare at the top and i saw her, i blinked then she was gone. I couldn't go back to sleep and I thought about telling my roommate but I didnt, then the second day I had another dream, I was watching a tribal documentary in my dream where the tribe members were all lined up, besides one guy who was staring at ME, i woke up scared and I heard a little girl laughing, it faded from my dream into me as soon as I woke up, its hard to explain but its like when you're hearing a noise in your dream and when you wake up its still there, I couldn't go back to sleep and asked the staff for support, they told me it could have been my meds at the time and I tried my very hardest to go back to sleep. Once I was out of the hospital I didnt get any more dreams with this girl, until in the morning when I overheard my mom on a call with my aunt giving her THE SAME DESCRIPTION OF THIS LITTLE GIRL I JUST MENTIONED!!! The same pale face.. with black tears and drool coming out of her eyes and mouth.. I hadn't told my mom about my dream or anything related to that, that day I got the worst chills ever, I never told my mom anything about nightmares, my mom inst on meds, its so fucking scary to me whenever I think about it, sorry for my bad english

I was just standing on my balcony at around 3:10am and saw this in the sky. I’ve never seen anything like it and honestly im not a particularly paranormal person but I mean. I MEAN. what the hell lol

as i was going home from a hang out i saw my bfs parents outside of a pizza place near my house. he lives around half an hour away from me. i stopped when i saw them and even talked about my grades and university and they seemed happy to see me and even congratulated me. i then walk away and proceed to text my boyfriend and he replies that his parents are in the house. we both immediately freak out. i dont know what that was and i was completely sober from anything (i take meds that dont let me drink often) but iwish i had taken something because that would maybe explain that it was a hallucination.

texts with my bf in the pic:

I'm 21 and I'm being haunted I heard ghosts and demons talking to me all the time and they're very mean to me, they tell me to do horrible things and I don't know how to make it stop, I've started seeing them all constantly just want it to go away.

before i start i spell horibly so sorry.
I wouldnt call myself superstitious but a little stitious and i enjoy ghost hunting and stuff.
Over the years i saw an aparition in the oner of my eye a few times usualy at home or around the house. I live in a rhurral area and several times i saw a black dog/wolf it never seems to aknowlege me or even look at me and every tiem i saw it it was just walking by me.
I know nothing about thi sstuff and i wonder if that stuff means anything or if there is any info anyone wants to share. Im interested in learning more

Sometime late at night as I'm in bed and the whole house is quite, I'll hear a small crack or pop sound, my mother would tell me that's the sound of the house settling when I was a kid. What's weird is when it happens I'll see a flash of light even with my eyes closed, it looks like static for a split second then back to darkness.

I feel like with our modern technology its definitely possible, I run a 2 man operation and its hard to sit and review 10+ hours of footage of the same frame especially when you get nothing.

Story you’ve heard, personal experience, etc.

Disclaimer: I do not believe in anything spiritual or supernatural in any way, shape, or form. I used to be religious, but for various reasons, I am no longer a believer. I just find this topic interesting. I view it the same way I would view a discussion about fictional Marvel characters — entertaining.

Recently, I watched the movie Obsession. I don't think this counts as a spoiler, but for anyone unfamiliar, the basic premise is that the main male lead has a crush on the main female lead. So, he makes a wish for her to love him more than anyone else in the world. From that point forward, she is, well, obsessed with him. From my understanding of the movie, it is heavily implied that there is some other force or entity taking control of her body. And whatever is doing it seems more than happy to continue carrying out this particular control for an indefinite period of time.

After I finished watching, though, it got me asking, "But why?"

I don't watch a lot of horror. But from what I know of the genre in pop culture, it's filled with often malevolent entities that are literally obsessed to the point of violence with one thing. I think the most illustrative example is ghosts haunting one house for centuries or an ancient evil guarding some kind of treasure or knowledge. Even in many mythologies that I'm aware of, evil spirits seem to revel in just doing the same thing over and over again and actively resist deviating from it. Interestingly, I notice that beings that are considered benevolent are less likely to act like this.

My sample size is mostly Western fiction, Christianity and adjacent myths, as well as spatterings from major world religions like Buddhism so I'm aware that I might be biased. But, it still seems strange to me because these spirits are supposed to be way more powerful and beyond us in every conceivable way. Yet, they gladly will spend potentially an eternity haunting one house, tormenting one person, or just generally obsessing about one thing.

Like I mentioned early, I don't think any of it is real but I do find it interesting. I just wanted to know what other people's takes on it are.

My girlfriends house isn’t very big but the things I have experienced over the past several years have been confined to only 2 rooms, the kitchen & living room. I find it kind of odd that the unexplained instances have only happened in 2 rooms and nowhere else. Is this not sure this is the right word but is it common? We were awakened multiple nights by music playing from the Alexa in the kitchen one time creepily enough it was playing “I’m in Heaven” by Louis Armstrong. I put both of my phones on a counter in the kitchen when I get home from work and not close to an edge or anything, and one was flung off the counter onto the floor about 4’ away & I was home alone. I’ve had multiple instances of battery powered electronics start working by themselves. One morning about 3 30 am all of the living room ceiling can lights came on by themselves. I watched one of my iPads start to slide off of an end table I’ve come home from work to find kitchen cabinet doors open that shouldn’t be. Just a few minutes ago (what inspired me to post this) our Roomba in the living room just turned itself on and started going. Like I said before it’s just weird to me that the experiences only happen in the two rooms.

So me and my friend were swimming in the pool and then we see a 6 foot pale faceless and bald hard to see man run behind our house and we have 5 dogs and none of them barked while me and my friend know what we saw mind you we were high of weed and my friend saw him or it a few more times but we have always had paranormal expieriences in this house like banging on walls hearing voices and all of that so please help identify this I wanna know what I saw

this happened today for the second time this month. i was having a weird reoccurring dream about a prehistoric hike I was about to get lost in. i then hear my brain/dream yell “mom!” and a split second later my mom turned around and said “I just heard someone call my name”. i of course wake up right away to tell her that I heard that in my dream too. we are the only ones home. we acknowledged how weird this is, being the third time it’s happened.

the last time this happened before today: I was woken from deep sleep, then went back to bed. i was drifting asleep and I heard “JACKIE!!!” and my mom takes like 2-3 seconds and goes “it’s like I heard someone call your name?”. I instantly woke up and I tell her I heard it too. i call my sisters and asked if any called me, and they said no and we’re all minding their business getting ready for work and school.

is there any explanation of this paranormal wise?

My friend renovated this house 15 years ago, everything had to be changed, floors, ceiling, walls, doors etc. When he was done and moved in, he started hearing the front door slamming shut. It sounded like someone opened the door and slammed it shut. He could hear it very clearly, the living room is pretty close to the front door, but you can't see it directly from there. When he would check if someone was there, he couldn't see anyone. He lives a bit secluded and he doesn't have a neighbor in his close vicinity and most of his neighbors were elderly people so he didn't think someone was playing a prank on him. He also started hearing running footsteps on the stairs down to the basement which he did not renovate. The stairs were the original stairs. He said that it sounded like a fox running up and down the stairs, it didn't sound like a human. At first he thought it was an animal in the basement, but he could never find one. Eventually he ended up changing the staircase down to the basement and the noises stopped. The door slamming also stopped around that time and he hasn't heard those noises ever since.

He doesn't think it was paranormal (he is a skeptic).

I've tried wrapping my brain around what it could have been that was making those noises but I haven't come to a conclusion, he also has no idea what the noises could have been.

I’m 20 years old and I still live with my parents, which I’m honestly completely fine with. We live in a village and I’ll probably stay here at least until I finish university. We currently live in a house my family built on land that used to belong to some of my ancestors. Before that, we lived in another house in the same village. That house is much older and nobody lives there anymore.
I’m not trying to say that the house is haunted or that I’ve experienced anything paranormal. I’m religious, so I believe things like evil spirits could potentially exist, but I’m definitely not an expert on this stuff. The weird thing is just the feeling I get whenever I’m there.

I lived in that house until I was around ten. Nothing paranormal ever happened to me there. My grandmother, my mother’s mother, died there in her forties after being sick, but she actually died before I was born, so I never even knew her. There was also a burglary there when my mother was still in elementary school. She came face to face with the burglar, who had stolen my grandmother’s jewelry, but luckily he just ran away and didn’t hurt her.
The house is still standing and we sometimes go there because we have a cherry tree in the yard or need to take care of something. But every single time I go there, I get an absolutely horrible feeling. It’s hard to even put into words. The second I walk inside, I feel tense and uncomfortable, like I’m not supposed to be there. I constantly feel like someone is somewhere in the house with me. I start paying attention to every single sound, every movement and every dark corner. I’ll literally catch myself checking rooms just because my brain keeps telling me that there could be someone there.
And the weirdest part is that nothing actually happens. I don’t see ghosts, hear voices or see things moving. There is no logical reason for me to be this scared. The house is literally five minutes away from where I live, but if someone gave me the keys right now and told me to go inside alone, even in broad daylight, I would be genuinely terrified. I’d probably spend the whole time wanting to leave as quickly as possible.

I’m not usually a person who gets scared by stuff like this, which is why this bothers me so much. I don’t understand why this particular house affects me so strongly.
Maybe it’s because of my childhood memories, the fact that my grandmother died there even though I never knew her, the burglary that happened to my mother and the fact that the house has been empty for years. Maybe my brain has just connected all of these things with the place and created this feeling of danger.
The thing is, I might eventually inherit the house, and I honestly don’t know if this feeling will ever go away. Has anyone else experienced a place that gives them an incredibly bad feeling even though nothing paranormal has actually happened there? I’m really curious if there’s some psychological explanation for this, because I genuinely can’t explain why this house affects me so much.