tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562032584293780619.post1576704748794084345..comments2024-03-22T17:40:01.740-07:00Comments on Ghost Hunting Theories: Getting Your Head in The Right Place to Hunt GhostsSharon Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13609356325356264202noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562032584293780619.post-9007130080968642152009-02-24T15:52:00.000-08:002009-02-24T15:52:00.000-08:00Julie;I agree about finding the right haunted hous...Julie;<BR/>I agree about finding the right haunted house. One year, I dragged my hubby out to Queen Creek to one that was out there that sounded scary. It wasn't! It was sooo horrible. What made it even worse was they had a screwed up idea of what was scary. They put a train whistle hanging overhead and when you entered, it went off. Have you ever heard a train whistle from miles away--kind of romantic, but only 3 feet overhead--deafening. We were holding our ears, eyes watering the entire time. In fact, my ears were still ringing on the way home, we had to yell at each other. I wondered if they got any lawsuits over that one! I know how I'd do my ideal haunted house. Hey, maybe I should do an article about that some time. You always inspire me to try new subjects!Sharon Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13609356325356264202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562032584293780619.post-72177512697692601912009-02-23T10:09:00.000-08:002009-02-23T10:09:00.000-08:00I really enjoyed reading this post. You definately...I really enjoyed reading this post. You definately had alot of great advice. I think that emotions play alot when it comes to what we see or what we think we saw in the darkness. Even the expert ghost hunters have to stop and think about what they just experienced before rendering a decision about it. The scariest haunted house I've been to during Halloween was an old two story house in south Phoenix. I was in middle school and went with several friends. We started upstairs and they were only letting two at a time in. My friend and I got so scared that we ran and got caught up with the girls in front of us. The four of us screamed, hid our faces, grabbed each other, practically peed our pants and ran like crazy on the two floors to get out. After we were out and safe, we laughed about the experience while another girls was crying uncontrollably. I have never found a haunted house that matched the terror that this one had. It was fun......JulieJulie Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460274888229792456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562032584293780619.post-22363874108512209082009-02-22T09:33:00.000-08:002009-02-22T09:33:00.000-08:00Devin;Glad you liked my article. It's something I ...Devin;<BR/>Glad you liked my article. It's something I run into a lot. Some ghost hunters are very old-fashioned and believe in possession and evil and they can drive me nuts to have to hunt alongside. I realized I can't clean up their thinking, they have to do that. I can just deal with how I handle their silliness. As far as how you'd handle a scary place, I suspect that you'd have to check your internal dialogue. I've told people time and again to observe their dreams. When they have a nightmare and it's the end of the world or someone is chasing them, do they dream that they outsmart the bad person? Do they form a group and dole out chores to survive? It's how you handle what happens to you in dreams that shows how you feel at the core of your being. I always have a lot to say about disease and pain issues for folks. I think my best advice on that front is to realize that no matter how much you try to recreate the same day, you never can. So, today is a crappy day and you don't think you can make it through, then tomorrow something goofy happens and you laugh and then you feel almost human again. Whatever you feel today, you can't maintain. It changes. Whether you wish it or not. I've had a lot of trials in my life, but I remember at 16 watching my dad have a heart attack and die and I thought, "My life will never be the same. I'll never laugh again. I'll never be happy again. I'll never get anything done because he was my cheerleader." I had a piss-poor mommy relationship and in that poignant way life gives you what you need, I ended up at 16 teaching her to pay bills, drive a car, and become independent and along the way we became close finally. And, after father passed away, I had the happiest days of my entire life and achieved a wide variety of dreams (in his honor). So, when things happen, sometimes they seem like a dead end, but life is dynamic. You can't recreate the same crappy day twice. But, you can have an exceptionally different day if you talk to yourself in a different and encouraging manner. When I was laid up after my foot surgery and couldn't get around, I had to depend on my husband and son. When I was growing up, when I was sick, my mom pretty much left me to myself. I had to figure out how to feed and care for myself and there was no comforting or assistance. This experience had me sobbing for days. I had to ask them to get me something and then I freaked out worrying that they might not come back with the item I asked for. It was very childish, that's true, but I didn't realize at the time that I didn't like the vulnerability of having to receive care. I know how to give it great, I just don't know how to trust someone to help me when I'm vulnerable. Life is lessons. They make you better. I keep idols like John Walsh (America's Most Wanted) before me. I think, "if John can lose a child and change the world, I can do something with this dilemma before me..." We so look forward to your writings. Keep it up, if just so that others can look at the world through the philosophical questions you pose and you can change the population one person at a time.Sharon Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13609356325356264202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562032584293780619.post-29788095701918394162009-02-21T22:48:00.000-08:002009-02-21T22:48:00.000-08:00Brilliant article/post Autumn! In all my years of ...Brilliant article/post Autumn! In all my years of being intrigued bby ghosts-ghost stories-ghosts on film/EVP and of course the more recent phenomenon of people being filmed while ghost chasing -I have never asked myself "What would I really be like if I were in a rundown place?" especially the huge ones like old hospitals/sanitariums and things of that nature -some of these places are so remote and large that I imagine one's mind COULD and DOES really start to work on you -your posts always get my mind going and in a good way-I am still going over your post that posed the question of a person about to die-the more I think about it-especially in times like the last day when it feels like my health is tanking badly -I really like your idea! I would like to be surrounded by those closest to me -scientific instruments-and have just one preselected person to 'communicate' with -if possible-the only reason i came up with the one person idea is that it seems that it might be very hard to get a message across from 'over there' and I thought if you had just one person to concentrate on -who was also concentrating on you it might be better-I dont know perhaps my thoughts are foolish-I do love speculating -and in regards to this article I really wonder if I would have the guts to go overnight or for a few nights to somewhere huge and remote like waverly sanitarium (may have name wrong) best as always to you and thanks so much for your superb articles!Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467101354793913827noreply@blogger.com