Paranormal Porch The Magazine Nov 2015 | Page 4

Continued from Page 3 ...gone through any rational explanation to no avail. These experiences first inspired me to relay them into forms of art. From illustrations to poems, and even stories—I felt so passionate that I had to tell someone without telling someone—I knew my parents wouldn’t believe me, and I had a feeling that my friends wouldn’t understand. There are too many non-believers who would maybe say it was a mental affliction and because I was already a loner, I left these experiences in silence. In time, I sought out other people who have had similar experiences happen to them. When I come to understand that what I had seen and experienced wasn’t just my mind or even just me, I found my fire to enter the paranormal field and seek out answers. There are some studies on stress and other factors that could possibly explain audible and even visual experiences. I certainly cannot rule out psychological factors but I can suggest keeping a journal to make note of everything (including your mood and the course of your day [eg: Were you stressed?]) You can possibly uncover a pattern and work towards a way to understanding the experiences because ultimately, what we should all really want is the truth behind what is or isn’t happening. In this journal, could we also possibly uncover a haunting? Perhaps we see a simply overtired and overstressed mind? How about an overactive imagination? What do you believe? Are our personal experiences really something out of the nether? Author: Jennifer Duell The personal experiences that many of us have can be scary, or as mundane as spotting an entity on the side of the road but what makes it special is how personal there really are. While we want to offer proof of a personal experience; in most cases, it is nearly impossible to grab a camera or any other equipment to record the event. Sometimes we feel a touch, or even a shove! We know what we see and what we feel. Sure, we can argue we were half awake, or perhaps we imagined the event entirely but something should be said about the strong belief in the event and how certain we become as single witnesses of it occurring. We know how awake we are and when we are adrift in a reverie. 4