Could this have been more than make-believe?

[Anonymous]

When I was a preschool-aged child we lived next to a farm with a corn field. I had a metal swing set at the far end of our property, near the field. One day I was out near the swing set when I invented an “imaginary friend” who was suddenly playfully chasing me, trying to catch me. I can recall being frightened but also laughing as I ran away from him (a man) around a tree and back to the swing set, where he just as suddenly disappeared. It was exhilarating fun and I kept trying to summons this “friend” and make him appear in my mind again and again, for days and days. But I couldn’t make it happen again. The whole thing is still very vivid and palpable in my mind to this day, and I’m in my 40s.

Could it have been an actual man? I know I was preschool aged because our parents sold that part of our property to the farm the spring before I started K. I just wonder if in my tiny mind, I thought the man was made up in my head? But was the exhilaration I felt have felt so real because it was? Did an actual person chase me that day, then disappear into the cornfield?

*The “children remembering past lives” thread made me think of this and I had to ask

[Anonymous]

It was a ghost

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was a ghost

I don’t think I believe in the supernatural. But even if I did, why didn’t he come back when I willed him to, if he was a ghost?

[Anonymous]

Who knows, but thankfully, it’s a happy memory for you.

[Anonymous]

I think our memories as a child play tricks on us. I had a mean kindergarten teacher and a memory of her showing me and my friend her dog, but the location was not anywhere the teacher could go and I wouldn't have seen her outside of class. So the memory was probably fake. Perhaps you actually ran and felt exhilarated and it seemed real, but I kind of doubt someone chased you. You could have seen a man elsewhere and pretended he chased you.

[Anonymous]

Childhood fantasy. Totally normal.

[Anonymous]

It was an angel. He came to comfort you.

Mine :

I was sitting at a table in a house somewhere in the country. A farm setting. Sitting with people I didn't know just chit chatting, very comfortable feeling. I saw a car drive up so I excused myself and went for a walk. The young man from the car passed me as I was leaving. I started walking on a dirt road through rows of corn. I was wearing a mustard colored t shirt, white shorts, white socks and white tennis shoes. I could smell the corn and feel the breeze on my face. Next thing I know that young man was beside me then in front of me. He had black hair, black clothes and shoes, I couldn't see his face only his eyes. I stopped and he looked me in my eyes and told me he was giving me a baby. I felt shock and I said I'm too old to have another baby. He said no you aren't. You will have another child to raise. Then he hugged me, full body hug from my head to my toes. He went right through me. I felt the most intense love and I cried. When I woke up I had tears in my eyes but I was not crying. I told my husband I had a God dream. I never told him the rest.

For some reason this dream changed how I see things. I also think this was my angel for reasons I won't say.

Oh and for the record I stopped dreaming over 5 years ago since they cut power to the tower near our home.

Make fun. I don't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was a ghost

I don’t think I believe in the supernatural. But even if I did, why didn’t he come back when I willed him to, if he was a ghost?

You think you can control a ghost and have it do what you want?

[Anonymous]

I don’t think it was a real person, though it is entirely possible it could have been.

Just not very probable in my humble opinion.

But I think it is amazing (!!) that you can recollect things…..memories…..that far back.
Even if it is a moment in time.

Many of us cannot sadly. 😕

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was an angel. He came to comfort you.

Mine :

I was sitting at a table in a house somewhere in the country. A farm setting. Sitting with people I didn't know just chit chatting, very comfortable feeling. I saw a car drive up so I excused myself and went for a walk. The young man from the car passed me as I was leaving. I started walking on a dirt road through rows of corn. I was wearing a mustard colored t shirt, white shorts, white socks and white tennis shoes. I could smell the corn and feel the breeze on my face. Next thing I know that young man was beside me then in front of me. He had black hair, black clothes and shoes, I couldn't see his face only his eyes. I stopped and he looked me in my eyes and told me he was giving me a baby. I felt shock and I said I'm too old to have another baby. He said no you aren't. You will have another child to raise. Then he hugged me, full body hug from my head to my toes. He went right through me. I felt the most intense love and I cried. When I woke up I had tears in my eyes but I was not crying. I told my husband I had a God dream. I never told him the rest.

For some reason this dream changed how I see things. I also think this was my angel for reasons I won't say.

Oh and for the record I stopped dreaming over 5 years ago since they cut power to the tower near our home.

Make fun. I don't care.

But were you actually pregnant?

[Anonymous]

So I have vivid memories from that age but I realised that they are 50/50 actual memories and otherwise dreams. It's impossible to know now.