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My OH has a ghost in his bed!

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chicken Tue 24-Oct-17 16:30:10

OH and I have separate rooms because of his stentorian snoring and my insomnia. The other day, as he was going up to bed, he announced that he was off to join the ghost. I asked what he meant and he said that he frequently lies in bed and hears somebody breathing next to him! He doesn't seem at all concerned about it but it sounds quite alarming to me. The old house next door to us is reputed to be haunted . It's now in such disrepair that I joked about their ghost moving to our place for a bit more comfort, but I am actually quite unsure what to do. Any advice?

maddy629 Thu 26-Oct-17 06:45:39

chicken I live in a haunted house but I've never had a ghost in bed with me. Never heard one breathing either, they are dead, aren't they? Does your OH suffer from tinnitus? Just a thought.

BlueBelle Thu 26-Oct-17 06:11:27

Lot of overthinking going on here He’s hearing himself breathing no such thing as ghosts or ghoulies makes a good story though

Grandma2213 Thu 26-Oct-17 00:46:59

What an interesting article Stella. My new favourite word is 'hypnopompic'!

valeriej43 Wed 25-Oct-17 21:44:31

I have had a cat that was pts a few months earlier walk into my daughters room when she lived with me, the door was closed and the strange thing was i saw it and heard it and she heard its footprints, but it was on thick carpet that cat loved being in that room, , we both looked at each other in amazement
Lots of other experiences,too

phoenix Wed 25-Oct-17 19:37:51

Just throwing something into the mix, stone absorbs heat from the sun, which is a form of energy, and releases it, so could it not be possible that life force, which is another form of energy, could be absorbed and then released?

Just thinking..........n

lemongrove Wed 25-Oct-17 15:18:25

I want an incubus of my very own.??

granmanat Wed 25-Oct-17 13:31:00

A succabus!

I've just looked up the word and if it is a succabus no wonder he's happy to have it in his bed LOL wink

Stella14 Wed 25-Oct-17 13:25:49

patient.info/doctor/Hypnagogic-Hallucinations

Elrel Wed 25-Oct-17 12:47:47

I occasionally wake to hear breathing. Then I realise it is my own!

minesaprosecco Wed 25-Oct-17 12:41:31

When I started sleeping alone after getting divorced I often thought I could hear someone else breathing. It took a good few months to realise it was me - I worked it out by holding my breath for a few seconds! I've also often heard someone climbing the stairs, opening my door and then felt them sit on the side of the bed. My sister has heard and felt the same things in her house. It's nothing supernatural, just down to sleep paralysis, which occurs in the transition between being awake and falling asleep. Nothing to worry about.

mywaldren Wed 25-Oct-17 12:40:57

I.ve had "experiances" too but don.t have any answers.

Ronnie Wed 25-Oct-17 12:37:35

Could it be your breathing he is hearing though the wall?

Sheilasue Wed 25-Oct-17 12:11:18

Sounds like the ghosts a. Heavy breather. ?

strawberrinan Wed 25-Oct-17 11:31:34

Ghosts don’t exist. Don’t pay someone to wave sage around your house. The most rational explanation is usually the correct one.

W11girl Wed 25-Oct-17 10:42:40

Have you thought, as he is a snorer (my husband is a snorer- epic proportions), he may well be hearing himself breathing.

damewithaname Wed 25-Oct-17 10:25:39

Ghosts?

Not now. Not ever.

Losing his mind...now that's more of a reality grin

Lindylou57 Wed 25-Oct-17 10:15:00

Oh madmum38 I often felt the other side of the bed go down and it freaked me out. One night I yelled out' For Gods sake sod off and leave me alone!' Has never happened since. Weird.

MissAdventure Wed 25-Oct-17 10:07:10

Its a great time of the year to discuss 'things that go bump in the night'
Something that unsettles me is when the hangers in my large wardrobe jingle in the middle of the night. hmm

Carolpaint Wed 25-Oct-17 10:01:28

Hynogogic hallucinations? Normal, but there are some fun things here, love it. ?☠?

madmum38 Wed 25-Oct-17 09:54:25

Have that a lot myself,feel the bed go down one side first of all,keep thinking it is my husband then I remember he is in a nursing home. Quite worried me at first but our home is a bit busy with things,had someone come in that was researching a book and he said at one side of my room there is a vortex and it is like spaghetti junction with so much coming and going. Never been bothered though,only one time when a knife went across the room and another time was annoying as trying to do washing but the dial on the washing machine just kept on spinning around.
Don't worry about the dead though,it's the living you have too watch

Grandma2213 Wed 25-Oct-17 00:56:48

Yes I've heard my own breathing and also a constant banging which I've discovered is my heartbeat. I suppose we should worry if we don't hear them!! wink

DS who lives with me often has strange experiences which he has to share with me unfortunately, usually in the middle of the night. The latest was that he had a vision of a triangle with an eye inside . This apparently is the 'Third Eye' which we are all supposed to have in the middle of our forehead and is linked with enlightenment, intuition, potential etc if we can use it. He googled all this on his phone before he shared it.

The strange thing was that earlier in the day I had been watching an episode of the 'X Files' which I had recorded and it was about the Third Eye . He was not in the house at the time, nor did I mention it. I hope he is not tuning into my thoughts. I would rather keep those to myself!!!

grannyactivist Tue 24-Oct-17 22:34:25

I have several times heard breathing in this way as I've been dropping off to sleep - only to realise that it was actually my own! hmm

lemongrove Tue 24-Oct-17 22:32:09

Breathing, cats running across beds, beds shaking, etc will all be part of the time you are just about to drop off to sleep, which is a weird half asleep half awake time and the brain isn’t processing rational thought.Don’t worry about it.?

Deedaa Tue 24-Oct-17 20:10:16

DH always says he feels the ghost of our daughter's cat running across his bed. The cat died about 15 years ago! He only seems to be half joking.

POGS Tue 24-Oct-17 19:47:03

Succubus!

Oo er he only said he hears somebody breathing. grin

Does he like to go to bed early chicken.?