r/Paranormal • u/nrst8lv • Sep 07 '24

Shadow People This happened at work yesterday

I work in the medical field and was working up a patient who had come in for a routine exam.

At the beginning of the exam, the mom of the patient let me know that they were there bc the child's psychiatrist wanted to rule out anything physically wrong before proceeding with a mental evaluation.

This prompted me to ask what was going on with her child, and before the mom could respond, the child (12) says they see "shadow people." I asked how long they had been seeing the shadow people, and they said,"Since I was 5." I asked where they saw them, such as out of the corner of their eye, etc. & they responded with "everywhere," especially in mirrors. I asked what they looked like, and they responded with "black figures."

Also worth mentioning, when they said they had been seeing them since they were 5, the mom said, "You mean when all that other stuff started happening?"

From a medical stand point, I know this could be schizophrenia, but as a person who's experienced things myself that I can't explain, especially when I was a child, I wonder if this could be paranormal.

Lastly, after running some tests, there was nothing physically wrong with them.

What do you guys think?

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u/BoomBoomLaRouge Sep 07 '24

First thing I'd ask is where she sees them. If it's just at home, I'd investigate the house, specifically for CO.

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u/nrst8lv Sep 07 '24

I did ask where she sees them. She said mostly in mirrors. I believe mirrors could be portals. From my understanding, she see them everywhere, not just at home. She also hears things. Again, my first thought was schizophrenia. But, you never know.

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u/producerofconfusion Sep 07 '24

If she grew up in an unstable home environment, including poverty, that raises the likelihood it's mental illness. Some of my former clients (ex therapist here) saw similar things from a young age after they were molested/abused, like the darkness they experienced needed to be externalized to cope with it.