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Conference hydra::dejavu

Title:Psychic Phenomena
Notice:Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:JARETH::PAINTER
Created:Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2143
Total number of notes:41773

1888.0. "THE ANTIQUE CLOCK" by VAXRIO::LUCIAMARIA () Tue Oct 19 1993 14:56

    My husband is an extremely rational man. Lately though I've been noticing
    that a beautiful old English clock that belonged to my grandmother (which
    she was very fond of) is staying in my living room in the morning when
    I wake up. When asked why he has been doing so he said that he cannot
    explain and doesn't even care why, but when that clock is in our bedroom
    (where I usually keep it) he just can't get to sleep. He says that once
    he gets rid of it he sleeps without a problem. I must add here that
    I've met my husband after my grandmother died. He is also fond of that
    clock (except for this "problem").
    
    Any ideas?
    
    L�cia
    
     
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1888.1Maybe it ticks?GLDOA::TREBILCOTTI can't believe it's only WednesdayTue Oct 19 1993 17:1418
    Lucia:
    
    A possible scientific explanation...
    
    Does the clock tick?  I cannot have ticking clocks or watches near me
    at all when I try to sleep.  Drives me crazy, so I bought a digital
    clock/alarm.
    
    More question:  Has this problem just started?  Was the clock somewhere
    else and then moved into the bedroom recently?  Did the problem start
    out of nowhere?  I.E.  He used to be able to sleep but now suddenly
    can't.
    
    Does the clock reside in a spot in the room where it may reflect light?
    
    
    
    
1888.2HOO78C::ANDERSONOh you are standing up!Wed Oct 20 1993 05:338
    I sleep with someone who cannot sleep without a clock ticking. This in
    no way bothers me. However if there is a second clock ticking in the
    room it keeps me awake. The two ticks are not exactly synchronized and
    they produce between them a third noise that keeps changing and that is
    what I can't stand. So do you have another ticking clock in the
    bedroom?

    Jamie.
1888.3More on the clockVAXRIO::LUCIAMARIAThu Oct 21 1993 12:5912
    Here's more info on the clock:
    
    no, it doesn't tick. It has not been working for years. 
    
    This problem has just started and out of nowhere. The other clock I
    have in my room is a digital one -does not tick. The clock does not
    reflect light. It has always stayed in our room.
    
    My husband has always slept well except for these last week or so when
    the "problem" started. He says he can feel the clock's presence there
    somehow and it bothers him to the point that he has to stand up, get
    the clock, go to the living room and leave it there...
1888.438638::DUMARTThu Oct 21 1993 13:105
    Perhaps there's something else bothering him and the clock reminds
    him of it?   
    Or.........maybe your grandmother is trying to tell you something.
    
    P.
1888.5SHE KNOWS HOW TO CONTACT ME VAXRIO::LUCIAMARIAThu Oct 21 1993 16:0011
    I think that if my grandmother was trying to tell me sthing she
    wouldn't need to disturb my husband. We used to have the closest
    relationship one can have, not many words needed ... I have felt her
    presence very clearly in 3 different occasions after her death. She
    wouldn't need to use a clock or my husband ... really ...
    
    Tks for your help.
    
    L�cia
    
    
1888.6Seems like there's more to it than meets the eyeGLDOA::TREBILCOTTI can't believe it's only WednesdayThu Oct 21 1993 17:2316
    Maybe the problem is totally unrelated to the clock.  Your husband is
    just using that as a pointer?
    
    Does HE have any ideas about WHY it bothers him?  You said he feels its
    presence.  How so?  Bad?  By it being there does he feel afraid?  Does
    he feel bad?  Angry?  Does it remind him of something that happened
    recently?
    
    It kind of sounds more psychological of physical rather than paranormal
    (IMHO).
    
    It seems there'd be more to it if it was your grandmother trying to get
    a message through.  If she is, she is using an ineffective method, it
    would seem, because he is putting the clock out of sight.