Restless Nights

So, the one thing I struggle with is the night time. I feel like my senses are heightened for whatever reason. At night in my house my bedroom is downstairs and my kids’s room is upstairs. During the night especially, I also hear it during the day, but at night I can always hear what sounds like little kid footsteps through the house. I can not tell you how many times I have waited to see if one of my kids was going to pop their little heads in the door, only to have no one show up. Then I get out of bed to see which one of them is creeping around the house at night, and of course all 3 are sound asleep in their beds. A quick shiver runs down my spine as I start investigating around the house to make sure there are no trespassers or burglars, only to find that nope, the coast is clear. Then like clock work, I walk down stairs to my room and lay down, and the little footsteps start again. This has gone one for YEARS! I am now to the point of curiosity, because I figure whatever it is, it is not really aware of us or doesn’t seem to mind us much, just the same routine every day. Although I have come to terms with this particular experience, there have been times when the noise is so prominent that I thought someone had broken in or was almost 100% positive someone was in the house other then myself, or us. See, I work night shift as a nurse and so during the day I am at home a lot by myself. So when I hear this it really spooks me out!! I have even grabbed my firearm and called out sure that someone was in the house! Investigate, and nope, no one home but me and these weird noises. There have also been situations where I was pretty sure I heard talking, voices, and sometimes like two people talking to each other. NO, I am not the only one in the house who experiences these things, I am probably just the one more vocal about it. The kids each have their own stories, and we have lived like this for so long that I am not sure they are very scared of it anymore. Every now and then I end up with a bed occupied by the entire family because, ” mommy, something woke me up.”, or ” I heard someone say my name.”, and even they complain about dreams they have that they say seem really happening. My husband, who is more on the side of skeptic, has told me of a few incidents where some things happened even he could not deny or explain. He is so much better at tuning it out then I. I actually may start a blog on how men are so good at tuning things out.

Well, anyway this is my second post, and like I said in my original, I am just putting my experiences out there to see if anyone can relate, or help me figure out what may be going on around me. Have you ever had something so significant happen that it stays with you as ” I really can not explain this!”, if so I would love to read your story! These experiences through my life have really sparked something in me that this is a subject I really want understand and become more knowledgeable about. I watch so many paranormal shows, and research to try to find an understanding. Maybe someday if I can learn to move Above the fear of the paranormal I can start my own research group. The fear of not understanding what I am looking for or what I might find is what holds me back.