The Things Kids Talk About...
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Yeah it is a bit creepy. I'm as atheist as the day is long and so is the better half, though she was raised Catholic.
Doing some googling on the internet (yeah, dangerous I know) it seems this isn't that uncommon, and there are psychiatrists that have dedicated themselves to investigating this kind of thing.
Children Who Seemingly Remember Past Lives
Young children around the world are known to spontaneously volunteer recollections that seem to be about someone else’s life. Something truly significant is going on.
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@No-Quarter said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
Yeah it is a bit creepy. I'm as atheist as the day is long and so is the better half, though she was raised Catholic.
Doing some googling on the internet (yeah, dangerous I know) it seems this isn't that uncommon, and there are psychiatrists that have dedicated themselves to investigating this kind of thing.
Young children around the world are known to spontaneously volunteer recollections that seem to be about someone else’s life. Something truly significant is going on.
Kids are like sponges, his stories are probably a construct of everything he sees and hears. It is amazing how vivid their "recollections" can be. That or he is a reincarnation
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@canefan said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
@No-Quarter said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
Yeah it is a bit creepy. I'm as atheist as the day is long and so is the better half, though she was raised Catholic.
Doing some googling on the internet (yeah, dangerous I know) it seems this isn't that uncommon, and there are psychiatrists that have dedicated themselves to investigating this kind of thing.
Young children around the world are known to spontaneously volunteer recollections that seem to be about someone else’s life. Something truly significant is going on.
Kids are like sponges, his stories are probably a construct of everything he sees and hears. It is amazing how vivid their "recollections" can be. That or he is a reincarnation
Non-believer!!!
But yeah one explanation is that it is kids trying to get their head around growing up, and create a fictional character in their head as a result. Though some of the cases you read online are pretty incredible if you believe them.
@Rembrandt yeah we haven't really questioned him on anything, he's just felt compelled to tell us. The only thing we've said is "do you remember anything else". I'll try and flesh it out a bit more, delve into the depths of his weird and wonderful mind...
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@No-Quarter You didn't make the mistake of having him vaccinated, there's your problem..
The truth must come out!
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sounds like an episode of The Regular Show.
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Reminds me of these stories from reddit a couple or so years ago.
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I remember reading about this years back. It's either reincarnation or a very vivid imagination that is super common for kids. I'd say it's more likely his imagination. There is just so much stimuli out there these days. Who knows what he absorbs and dreams about.
But perhaps you should explore the religious angle more
In all seriousness, as creepy as it must be, I'm sure it's just a phase.
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@Chris-B. said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
The University of Virginia page on this warns against trying that so I certainly won't be going down that path...
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@No-Quarter said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
@Chris-B. said in The Things Kids Talk About...:
The University of Virginia page on this warns against trying that so I certainly won't be going down that path...
Good grief. Do they have a page on how to properly conduct exorcisms too?
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I tried to flesh it out a bit more last night but he's not keen anymore. Said "I already talked about it and I don't want to talk anymore. I don't remember who sent me to be a baby in mummy's belly". Gotta love a child's imagination.
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Talked to the mrs lastnight about your situation @No-Quarter
Sounds like it's not out of the norm for this kind of thing. Though there's no logical explanation for it, unless you believe in past lives etc
She mentioned some kids can be aware of strange things so to speak.
Reminded me of when our oldest was just a new born. In our previous house whenever the mrs would get up in the night to feed her and when she carried her down the hall Ella would look over the mrs's shoulder and smile a lot, always gave the impression she saw someone there.
Our youngest (5) occasionally mentions there's ghosts in our house that she sees, she also insists the light is left on at bed timeNot creepy as fuck really,
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Oh no not creepy at all...
The atheist in me puts it all down to his imagination. But about 2% of me wonders if there's something more to it...
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@No-Quarter yeah I'm a skeptic when it comes to things like that, but some personal experiences make me question my skepticism, with no answers
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Spoke to a mate at work about this and he was talking about Epigenetics - the study of inherited changes in gene expression…changes that are inherited, but they are not inherent to our DNA. For instance, life experiences, which aren’t directly coded in human DNA, can actually be passed on to children.
There was a study on Rats where they gave a rat a shock, thus creating a fear of it, and this fear was passed down to its children and children's children.
I think that theory makes the most sense if we do believe the kids are remembering something. Apparently it was much stronger in Neanderthals then it is in Homo Sapiens. And most of the reported cases of this has been within the family - I.E. the child remembering a previous family member.
Food for thought...
Past life regression - Wikipedia
Advice to Parents of Children who are Spontaneously Recalling Past Life Memories - Division of Perceptual Studies
