my mother use to have these terrible visions all the time with my sister when she was first born. she never had them with me. there weren't any car seats back then (might remember)...ah the good ol' days when kids use to get to ride up front
anyway...she'd have these very vivid visions of throwing my sister out of the window into the middle of traffic, esp. on the freeway. or tossing her off balconies, or putting her in the oven, etc.
it freaked her out big time. to the point where she didn't want to be alone with her. there was another time she envisioned placing her on the chopping board and hacking her up...that was so bad...she gave her to me & told me to run into the woods with her and hide, and not come out no matter what.
i was eight! but that involved some magic shurms, so i don't think that counts.
anyway...she went for help and the doctor told her it was completely normal. esp. with new mothers (an aspect of post-partum i guess) (maybe also with highly empathetic people?!?) anyway he said that it's the people that never have the visions (or have the ability to visualize) who are the ones that actually perform the acts. that playing it out in your mind, even subconsciously is far healthier. i'm not saying this guy was 100% correct, but it helped my mom immensely. didn't stop her from continuing to freak the sh*t out of me though?!? and that understanding established a certain logic in my mind that it was far healthier to get angry, then to keep it bottled up...amityville horror (1979) & then the shining (1980), and my focus turned towards my mild-mannered father...who i swore was going to butcher us all in our sleep bcuz he never got upset about anything!:shock:
word to the wise...don't sneak your under-age children into horror flicks if you want them to be normal later in life.

it freaked her out big time. to the point where she didn't want to be alone with her. there was another time she envisioned placing her on the chopping board and hacking her up...that was so bad...she gave her to me & told me to run into the woods with her and hide, and not come out no matter what.

anyway...she went for help and the doctor told her it was completely normal. esp. with new mothers (an aspect of post-partum i guess) (maybe also with highly empathetic people?!?) anyway he said that it's the people that never have the visions (or have the ability to visualize) who are the ones that actually perform the acts. that playing it out in your mind, even subconsciously is far healthier. i'm not saying this guy was 100% correct, but it helped my mom immensely. didn't stop her from continuing to freak the sh*t out of me though?!? and that understanding established a certain logic in my mind that it was far healthier to get angry, then to keep it bottled up...amityville horror (1979) & then the shining (1980), and my focus turned towards my mild-mannered father...who i swore was going to butcher us all in our sleep bcuz he never got upset about anything!:shock:
word to the wise...don't sneak your under-age children into horror flicks if you want them to be normal later in life.
