Real Life Hauntings Usually Aren't Like the Movies - Usually

Hi everyone! So, today I want to touch on the fact that real life hauntings usually aren't like the movies. Usually, they aren't. Not always, but in my case, and in the case of many others that I have studied up on, it never really gets much like the movies show it. You know it's sad when you watch a Paranormal flick and your 10-year-old says, yeah right - it's not like that... 

Now, my stoic Colleen has asked me why our haunting wasn't like the movies. But, this little darling also is the first one to tell me when the house needs to be blessed again. Yes, we have to regularly bless our house - but that's another story. So, one night - because I'm a paranormal junkie - we were watching one of my favorite haunting shows and Colleen says to me, "Why wasn't our house like that if ours was worse?" Good question. Actually, excellent question.

Found the picture on Pinterest - here's the link to the site:http://list25.com/25-stunning-pictures-abandoned-places/3/
It's in Germany. Might not be haunted but use your imagination - I bet it is!

Why aren't real life hauntings like they show in the movie? Why don't most hauntings include being dragged around the house and shoved down the stairs? Actually, being shoved down the stairs is one of the more common ones - lame ghosties, find something new!

Here's the thing: the whole time our house was actively haunted, there were moments of intense fear, but it wasn't all flying dishes and being sucked into the otherworld. Most hauntings last years and years and many times, nobody is physically harmed. Now, in extreme cases, things do happen and they happen fast, and there are a number of reasons for this:

1. Your spirits in your home aren't very strong. Believe it or not, there can be some really weak ghosts - and even demons. When they are weak, they don't have much energy. This might be because they are new to haunting or really have no desire to harness the energy that we crazy living put out. Intelligent hauntings are all around us all the time, but that doesn't mean you're always going to know it.
2. Spirits and demons often work at you in other ways. Fear causes stress and stress can cause illness. If you get scared and scream and then be done with it, you're only putting out a temporarily intense emotion. But, despair and hopelessness can be extremely powerful. Hate and anger are up there too. These are the emotions that angry spirits and demons are after and those take time to become an ingrained part of your personality. So they work slowly and methodically to chip away at our happiness and peace of mind.
3. Maybe your spirits aren't emotional enough. In the case of spiritual hauntings, if the spirit in question isn't angry, sad or determined enough you're never going to know that it is there with you. Oh, sure you might feel the gentle tug of your pant leg, a brush of the hair or hear the occasional footstep, but these are all easily dismissible. The bottom line is that most spirits don't really want to bother you. They don't really even care so much if you're there.

That being said, you really need to know that I'm not a paranormal expert - I'm saving all that funness for after my 10-year-old is grown and out of the house; the risk to her is too great. I haven't talked to a whole ton of spirits, and I only know what ours used to like to tell me. All I can think of sometimes is how funny they all thought it was that I couldn't actually see what was really going on... Or - maybe not. I like to believe that some of them were much better than that.

Image from Pinterest, but check the link... There's a cool video too:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/01/27/a-real-life-demon-possession-is-being-reported-in-indiana-the-details-are-almost-too-horrifying-to-believe/

Even though real life hauntings aren't usually like the movies, there are times when big scary stuff really does happen and - believe me - it's legit. The people who talk about this aren't (well, mostly) just looking for attention. These terrible events usually happen when a spirit is extremely angry or desperate to let you know that it is there. Also, some demonologists have said that there are different levels of demons. So... If you've got a high-level bad boy hanging out in your house, chances are these scary situations are going to happen a lot more often.

These are the really bad cases, and they tend to prey on your fear and physical weakness to make you crazy and ultimately take your soul. 

I guess the point today is that things don't always have to be happening for you to have your own real life haunting. They don't always have to be scary and they don't have to constantly be happening for you to know that there is something hanging out in your domain. Keep track of it for a while and see if there is a pattern and if you can debunk what's happening on your own.

If not, don't start trying to communicate yourself. See if your area has any ghost hunters and reach out to them. 

In the meantime, be safe, be happy and enjoy life. It might not be your only one - but it's the one you have right now. Thanks as always for reading!