Hi, everyone. I don't have any really amazing stories of past life memories, but do have some questions regarding what to do with my 10 yr old son.
He has always been an interesting kid. He had issues with his ears until he was 3 1/2, so he didn't fully hear until then and didn't start conversing until he was 5. That said, all the comments he's made have been since then.
When he was 18 mos he started talking in his sleep and having nightmares. To this day, he talks outloud, not muffled at all, in full sentences and sometimes full one-sided conversations. He seems to have very vivid dreams, usually with him arguing with someone or telling them to stop. He yells out in his sleep, often loud enough to wake me up from the other side of the house. He did this just a couple of nights ago, but he himself doesn't usually wake up.
When he was 2-3 he always called me "Ba." That's all. At the same time, we discovered he had an uncanny fascination with the old "Pride and Prejudice" movie with Collin Firth. It is a six hour long movie, but he would sit and watch then ENTIRE thing, even though he couldn't hear it very well. He watched exclusively that for months. He would reenact the dances, and the only music he loved was classical music. For a while he greeted people by bowing, and to this day has rather old-time manners when meeting people. Around the same time I also found him acting out scenes that I was never sure if they were from movies or where, but for instance: one day when he was about 2, I found him on the stairs, kneeling, and clasping his hands as if in prayer or pleading, with a fervent look upwards, mouthing some words. I think I saw him do this once or twice. Around the same time, he'd also run up and hug perfect strangers or make instant friends out of people he'd just met. Again, to this day, he'll see someone absolutely new and talk to them as if he knows them. He'll even say (remember, he's 10!), "Oh, Hi! I know you! I haven't seen you for so long! You look different. How have you been?!" He's done this several times with kids I KNOW he's never met, but he's adamant he knows them. A few times the kids have spoken back to him as if they knew him and a few times they've seemed a little disoriented.
After he began speaking, I remember him asking me about things we'd done, but I didn't remember. He also mentioned his other mom, and BEFORE he came here. One of the most disturbing times was when we were talking about kids who have no parents, and he very seriously accused me of leaving him alone one time. Alone, as in, alone in the world. I adamantly denied it, horrified, because one of my strongest convictions and passions in this life is orphan care. He was sure it had happened, and was surprised that I denied it.
Ironically, his greatest phobia has been death - specifically he's afraid of his parents and grandparents dying and leaving him alone. He is afraid of leaving us to the point that even last week he was near tears again saying he doesn't want to grow up (fear of death and life moving on - if he grows up, we grow older and closer to death) and doesn't want to leave home when he has to grow up and go to college. For years every single night he would cry at bedtime about the inevitability of death for his grandparents and parents. It was only relieved a little bit when about 1 year ago I got some books on death and dying for children, and we talked extensively about how death is observed and handled in different cultures, and the different beliefs surrounding it. We had to ask him to stop talking about us dying because it was so constant that it was getting depressing.
Once he mentioned his "other mom," but I didnt pay a whole lot of attention. He has recognized places that he's not visited, adn he has said before that he feels he doesn't belong here, and just last week said he doesn't know why but feels that something is missing…. (almost all these comments are made at bedtime while I'm tucking him in).
I was raised super super conservative and never gave reincarnation a second thought until a spontaneous near-recall myself this year. Then I happened upon some articles regarding child past lives, and everything fell into place this week. I have three other children who have similar experiences, but his is the strongest and I believe the one that has the most lasting impact on him.
The question is: I'm still not sure what it is. His recalls or the sharing of his recall was so late in life because of his speech issues, I didn't recognize it, and I'm sure now his memories are foggy, even if they were strong at one point. He seems to be left with this shadow over him and I just don't know what to do for him.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
He has always been an interesting kid. He had issues with his ears until he was 3 1/2, so he didn't fully hear until then and didn't start conversing until he was 5. That said, all the comments he's made have been since then.
When he was 18 mos he started talking in his sleep and having nightmares. To this day, he talks outloud, not muffled at all, in full sentences and sometimes full one-sided conversations. He seems to have very vivid dreams, usually with him arguing with someone or telling them to stop. He yells out in his sleep, often loud enough to wake me up from the other side of the house. He did this just a couple of nights ago, but he himself doesn't usually wake up.
When he was 2-3 he always called me "Ba." That's all. At the same time, we discovered he had an uncanny fascination with the old "Pride and Prejudice" movie with Collin Firth. It is a six hour long movie, but he would sit and watch then ENTIRE thing, even though he couldn't hear it very well. He watched exclusively that for months. He would reenact the dances, and the only music he loved was classical music. For a while he greeted people by bowing, and to this day has rather old-time manners when meeting people. Around the same time I also found him acting out scenes that I was never sure if they were from movies or where, but for instance: one day when he was about 2, I found him on the stairs, kneeling, and clasping his hands as if in prayer or pleading, with a fervent look upwards, mouthing some words. I think I saw him do this once or twice. Around the same time, he'd also run up and hug perfect strangers or make instant friends out of people he'd just met. Again, to this day, he'll see someone absolutely new and talk to them as if he knows them. He'll even say (remember, he's 10!), "Oh, Hi! I know you! I haven't seen you for so long! You look different. How have you been?!" He's done this several times with kids I KNOW he's never met, but he's adamant he knows them. A few times the kids have spoken back to him as if they knew him and a few times they've seemed a little disoriented.
After he began speaking, I remember him asking me about things we'd done, but I didn't remember. He also mentioned his other mom, and BEFORE he came here. One of the most disturbing times was when we were talking about kids who have no parents, and he very seriously accused me of leaving him alone one time. Alone, as in, alone in the world. I adamantly denied it, horrified, because one of my strongest convictions and passions in this life is orphan care. He was sure it had happened, and was surprised that I denied it.
Ironically, his greatest phobia has been death - specifically he's afraid of his parents and grandparents dying and leaving him alone. He is afraid of leaving us to the point that even last week he was near tears again saying he doesn't want to grow up (fear of death and life moving on - if he grows up, we grow older and closer to death) and doesn't want to leave home when he has to grow up and go to college. For years every single night he would cry at bedtime about the inevitability of death for his grandparents and parents. It was only relieved a little bit when about 1 year ago I got some books on death and dying for children, and we talked extensively about how death is observed and handled in different cultures, and the different beliefs surrounding it. We had to ask him to stop talking about us dying because it was so constant that it was getting depressing.
Once he mentioned his "other mom," but I didnt pay a whole lot of attention. He has recognized places that he's not visited, adn he has said before that he feels he doesn't belong here, and just last week said he doesn't know why but feels that something is missing…. (almost all these comments are made at bedtime while I'm tucking him in).
I was raised super super conservative and never gave reincarnation a second thought until a spontaneous near-recall myself this year. Then I happened upon some articles regarding child past lives, and everything fell into place this week. I have three other children who have similar experiences, but his is the strongest and I believe the one that has the most lasting impact on him.
The question is: I'm still not sure what it is. His recalls or the sharing of his recall was so late in life because of his speech issues, I didn't recognize it, and I'm sure now his memories are foggy, even if they were strong at one point. He seems to be left with this shadow over him and I just don't know what to do for him.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
