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SarahJM73

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Just joined so after my you tube account suggested I watch Carol's video on past lives. Not fate, just 'cookies' that saw me watching the series, A ghost inside my child! I am English and live in England with my husband and two daughters.

This involves our eldest daughter B who is now 15, born in February 2003. On the anniversary of 9/11 we were sat together on the sofa watching the news on tv. I remember her being about 2 and a half but honestly can't remember if her language skills would be as developed for what she said so maybe she was about three and a half. I had my arm around her anyway and the anniversary of 9/11 came up as a news article. It showed the towers being hit. Then images of the collapsed buildings and the twisted metal were shown and B very calmly and matter of factly said, "I remember that". I said no that was before you were born. She said, "No, I was there. I was trapped, I couldn't breathe and it was very hot and I couldn't get out". She went on to tell me she was shouting out and she was scared. I remember being completely shocked but kept my cool despite feeling like I couldn't breathe and I continued to look at the tv whilst saying again that it was before she was born. That is all she has ever said but to this day it's sends a shiver over my whole body.

I told my mum and husband but for years didn't tell anyone else as I just thought people would think I was insensitive and making it up. It wasn't until I watched ghost inside my child that someone else mentioned 9/11 and I thought maybe what B said, could be real.

I told B when I think she was about 11 but she remembers nothing

She was a content baby, slept through from 6 weeks old. At about 15 months old started to going through the 'terrible 2's' very early! Attitude beyond her years. She always slept well but would have occasional nightmares about our house burning down. She can't watch programmes about fire disasters and worried a lot about a fire happening if we moved house. She would not want to sleep at her grandma and grandad's for the same reason.

This is still her biggest fear. She does not know why but still worries about it. I do not know why either. We have never had a fire, no one she knows has, no near misses. We have smoke alarms and would have to reassure her with them by telling her they were working. She was the same in hotels.

She started off life being very confident, would talk to anyone and this could be just my fault as I'm not outgoing and do not socialise much but she is now very shy and doesn't like to go far from home. She only sees friends at school. She associates better with older people and seems quite happy to live like this. I just worry! I wonder if it's related. Is it because of possible past life trauma? I wonder who she could have been cut with so little info to go on I doubt we will ever know. She laughs about it if the subject ever comes up.
 
Hello there,

Your account of your daughter is truly fascinating. It does seem to have the markers of a past life memory, especially considering your daughter still carries the fear of fire/the house burning down. It is also very common for children of that age to recall (2-3 years) and then later forget as the emerging life and personality begins to form and, essentially, take over.

I'm certainly no expert, but I can perhaps offer you my experiences. I'm now twenty-seven, and have been in your daughters shoes. It could be very possible the trauma and unresolved business of her life ending tragically, and essentially being cut short is affecting her on a sub-conscious level. I was around 12-13 years old when I began to realise that was happening to me, but it happened on a very severe level for myself. I became withdrawn, and agoraphobic. Before that I was a very chirpy, happy go lucky, nothing bothered me sort of kid. It was a drastic change. In my case I did become aware that it was related to a previous life time, but I actually did not have concrete memories of that life until I had my life back on track and hit my mid-twenties. The thing that helped me at that young age was to begin the practice of meditation. Perhaps this is something that you can suggest to your daughter, without mentioning previous lives. It was the act of meditating, relaxation and learning to get in touch with my inner world which eventually opened a doorway into those memories, and effectively into healing. Either way, practising meditation is a very useful tool for young people to get away from the digital noise, and bring themselves into the present. There are some very good videos on Youtube that can guide you through meditation. The books of Thich Nhat Hanh are also very meditative and make good presents if your daughter is into reading. They are non-preachy, non-religious and offer words of wisdom that I've found bring me to a meditative state.

Its also worth taking into account that your daughter is simply not meant, or not ready, to process the information of her previous life. Her life will lead her to where she has to be in order to learn. If that involves learning about her previous life, then it will unfold at its own pace. I found this to be the case for myself. I've had knowledge of my previous life on a sub-conscious level since I was very little, did not become conscious of it until I was around twelve, and then did not have real tangible memories of who I was to the point of being able to trace my previous self until I hit twenty-six. Because some of the memories of my previous life are very traumatic, I consider it a strong reason why I avoided knowing and triggering these memories until I was able to deal with them. Strong past life memories carry with them the same value and emotion as any memory. That is why I believe temporary or full amnesia is sometimes not only a blessing, but a necessity.
 
Hi Sarah,
Welcome to the forum.
I think I cannot add anything after Landends story. It is good to know that reincarnation is a possibility.
 
Welcome @SarahJM73 thank you for sharing.

There are some old threads on the forum from other parents whose children remembered that terrible day. Maybe their stories will help in your search for understanding?
 
Sarah try to make an effort getting her more involved to build her confidence...i was terrified as a child and my mom had to work very hard to get me out of my shell. It took years of work ...but my fear came from another story long ago. Anyhow, perhaps someday she will remember her story
 
Thank you for your suggestion of meditation. I've been thinking of starting something like yoga with her and the meditation may fit in nicely. I'm going to look on you tube and try do something together whilst they are off school. Thank you again.
 
Been going to add to my original post for about a year but haven't got around to it till now. About a year ago there was something on tv on the news about roads leading into New York and images to go with it. B would have been 16. She suddenly said, I think if I went to New York I would be able to drive around it and know where I am. I stopped wgat I was doing and said, "What? How?" She said I used to have lots of dreams about driving around New York on the wrong side of the road. I said you've never told me that once! She said well I did and I think I could drive a car with the steering wheel on the opposite side. I was dumb founded and just looked at her and said, your past life then? She laughed and left the room. She has never mentioned that dream or if she did I wasn't listening! It did make me think though, whenever we've been to France and driven on opposite side she has always said it feels right and comfortable on this side and we drive on wrong side. She's never driven. She's literally in surgery right now having her 2nd ovarian cyst removed in 3 years. Aged 17. She has a significant brown birthmark on her lower abdomen too. I wonder if she was inured here if she did have a previous life and this is why she has the cysts. Or am I over thinking! Anyway she's due out soon so I better go!
 
Wow! That's quite a story. I live in the US and your comment about us driving on the "wrong side of the road" made me laugh because that's what we accuse you in the UK of. LOLOL.

Cat's suggestion of helping build your daughter's confidence stood out to me the most. To that I'd like to add that this should all be done in "baby steps". She may fall down a few times in her efforts but that doesn't mean progress isn't being made. Her biggest challenge will be wrapping her head around the fact that it's no longer 2001 and the way people live now has changed, thanks in part to technology. She has another thing strongly in her favor and that is YOU. You clearly have her back and believe her. Many of us had parents with whom we could not discuss these sorts of things because we'd be accused of making them up. You are a blessing to this child because she doesn't have to address these memories alone.

I hope your daughters's surgery went well. As for the reason for the ovarian cysts -- who knows! It may or may not be related to a past life and not necessarily the 9/11 one. But, baby steps are key.
 
From Sarah: "Not fate, just 'cookies' that saw me watching the series"
If that was not faith, then what is?

Let's imagine that a man is hit by a car and his life ended there. Fate, say some people. No fate, say others. He just ran out of coffee powder and went to buy more. We tend to think that small things are irrelevant to the destiny.
 
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