Could my 6 year old possibly be seeing spirits?

[Nicolina]

My youngest has always been very sensitive. He feels ALL his feelings very BIG. Since about the age of three, he has had this need to be attached to me non-stop. I’ve jokingly nicknamed him Barnicle Bob. But seriously, if I go in the kitchen, he HAS to be with me. And not just follow, but touching me and either directly infront of or right behind me to the point that I’m literally shuffling room to room. He is always peeking around me into the room we are going into first, before entering.

I also have to go wherever he goes (ie, bathroom, kitchen for water, bedroom for Lego’s) because he is TERRIFIED to go alone anywhere. He refuses to be in any room alone, period. And it real panic when I get up to leave a room without telling him.

I know some of the behaviors are age specific and he will eventually grow out of them, but when he looks around a room before we enter, I sometimes wonder if there is something/someone specific he is hoping won’t be there. He has never SAID there is anything specific that’s scaring him, just that he is scared. (All the time)

I don’t know how to ask if or what he is seeing (if anything). I don’t want to put thoughts in his head that there IS something to be afraid of if we are just stuck in this “phase” but I also want to support him if he is seeing things and doesn’t know how to explain it.

Maybe it’s nothing, but my husband and I are exhausted and not sure what our next step should be. Any thoughts, ideas or people who have experienced something similar would (maybe) be comforting.

Thanks Reddit folks!

Discussion

[rvadom]

Hello,

He’s picking up on the unseen. He is gifted. Sage is magical for dispelling any ill willed spirits. I also use a homemade shaker (metal soup can, filled 1/4 way with sand and BBs)

Also Black Tourmaline, Labradorite, and Tiger’s eye are a must for protection.

We invite Archangel Michael to protect us. Michael has authority over the spirit realm that humans are powerless over.

Blessings to you both.

[ChapterMaster87]

My advice comes from a slightly different place than my fellow redditors.

Could it perhaps be a behavioural problem ? It sounds a lot like he has a great deal of anxiety. Have you been to a doctor about this ? Perhaps even a child psychologist.

I’m not a parent myself but many of the people on this sub will jump straight to the child being a medium when he could have a medical issue. I always say check the physical first before we explore the supernatural.

I hope you find the answer however as it’s never nice to hear about a little one suffering.

[PrettyPeeved]

I experienced things when I was young. I figured out how to block them.

I have a young son who I suspect sees
things. Not as strongly as yours though.

I researched certain stones that I thought could be useful to him, and made a “protection necklace”. He knows now that whenever he is away from me that he has his stones.

You can also reinforce somehow (not sure what your dialogue is with him) but reinforce with him that he has the power to tell things to go away.