Post by paulette on Dec 3, 2019 15:00:39 GMT -6
I spent two weeks in Calgary - back on Sunday and now I'm experiencing deja vu - did I post this here somewhere already?
I'll do it again. Because I wonder if some self-preserving part of my mind doesn't want me to tell these tales. So if I'm repeating myself, chalk it up to cognitive slippage.
On the second or third night the night blew up. I felt the windows shaking but that didn't alarm me. Calgary winds can be sudden and my daughter's house is on a hill. I heard something pawing and knocking into the window (near my head). If I was here (west coast) I would have expected to look and see a bear at the window.No bears in Calgary. I huddled in the bed and probably fell asleep in the middle of it. (An old response to danger - "fall asleep."
A day later I heard a thump and shouting and feet hitting the deck above my head (their bedroom). Their oldest son (almost two) started shouting and "talking" as he does with us. Earnest conversations, sprinkled with recognizable words. This time he was talking loudly in the dark before he flung himself over the rail. His Dad said he said, "They got me." (his son did not (while awake) speak in past tense or complete sentences.)
You can imagine where my thoughts went. I believe my father was visited or abducted. I know (as much as I can) that I was. My son and daughter both have their Visitor stories. Now my grandson? Or grandsons??
Or it could just be night terrors - Jessica looked up bad dreams (happening to someone his age) and apparently they can be subject to them.
Here is one expert's opinion:
"
Dr. Gellner: Night terrors are an inherited disorder in which a child tends to have dreams during deep sleep and it's hard to waken them. These occur in about 2% of children. Getting over tired is a major trigger for night terrors. That was the primary cause of night terrors for my two boys. Night terrors usually occur in children from one to eight years old. You'll know it's a night terror because usually between one to two hours after your child going to sleep, they will wake up screaming and the screaming lasts up to 30 minutes.
During a night terror, your child may be agitated and restless but you cannot wake them up and you cannot comfort them. Again, they may look wide awake but they're not. They may sit up or run or scream or talk. They may appear to not even realize you are there, again even though their eyes are wide open and they're staring at you. They can also mistake objects or persons in the room for dangers like shadows. In the morning, your child won't remember a thing that happened. You may not get any sleep but your child is sleeping during the whole thing."
Obviously this would be a more real world explaination.
I'll do it again. Because I wonder if some self-preserving part of my mind doesn't want me to tell these tales. So if I'm repeating myself, chalk it up to cognitive slippage.
On the second or third night the night blew up. I felt the windows shaking but that didn't alarm me. Calgary winds can be sudden and my daughter's house is on a hill. I heard something pawing and knocking into the window (near my head). If I was here (west coast) I would have expected to look and see a bear at the window.No bears in Calgary. I huddled in the bed and probably fell asleep in the middle of it. (An old response to danger - "fall asleep."
A day later I heard a thump and shouting and feet hitting the deck above my head (their bedroom). Their oldest son (almost two) started shouting and "talking" as he does with us. Earnest conversations, sprinkled with recognizable words. This time he was talking loudly in the dark before he flung himself over the rail. His Dad said he said, "They got me." (his son did not (while awake) speak in past tense or complete sentences.)
You can imagine where my thoughts went. I believe my father was visited or abducted. I know (as much as I can) that I was. My son and daughter both have their Visitor stories. Now my grandson? Or grandsons??
Or it could just be night terrors - Jessica looked up bad dreams (happening to someone his age) and apparently they can be subject to them.
Here is one expert's opinion:
"
Dr. Gellner: Night terrors are an inherited disorder in which a child tends to have dreams during deep sleep and it's hard to waken them. These occur in about 2% of children. Getting over tired is a major trigger for night terrors. That was the primary cause of night terrors for my two boys. Night terrors usually occur in children from one to eight years old. You'll know it's a night terror because usually between one to two hours after your child going to sleep, they will wake up screaming and the screaming lasts up to 30 minutes.
During a night terror, your child may be agitated and restless but you cannot wake them up and you cannot comfort them. Again, they may look wide awake but they're not. They may sit up or run or scream or talk. They may appear to not even realize you are there, again even though their eyes are wide open and they're staring at you. They can also mistake objects or persons in the room for dangers like shadows. In the morning, your child won't remember a thing that happened. You may not get any sleep but your child is sleeping during the whole thing."
Obviously this would be a more real world explaination.