Don't freak yourself out.

Don't freak out!

When I'm falling asleep at night sometimes I hear someone in the distance yelling my name, and sometimes it's right next to my damn ear. I know this is just me going into my subconscious but if I were insane it would definitely make me think I was being yelled at by a ghost.

The subconscious works during the day too. Many people who think they are psychic are just nagged by their subconscious that has analyzed a situation in more detail than your primary brain function and has sent you a warning or observation. This is called intuition.

Fatigue, stress, sensory deprivation, sensory overload, drugs, and alcohol can all cause the subconscious and conscious to miscommunicate or go haywire. This is when 99.9999999% (Guesstimate) of all paranormal activity is observed.

Ghosts are real?

Your reality is your perception. Nothing more. At the time those things you see or feel are real, because in a very real way it effects you. At that point it's not just a thought but a reality. It's part of your surroundings.

A bad habit we have is to sense other's fear and have it become our fear. Just because someone is noticeably scared or intrigued and points somewhere and says "did you see that" the answer would probably be yes. You are not lying because you've been psyched into thinking something was really there. This happens more the close you are to the other person, or if the person is in a position of authority.

In that moment the "ghost" may be real for two people, no matter how false it is for everyone else in the world.

Control and Survive

An important aspect of survival situations is to know how to control being freaked out by nothing. Often times this is the reason why a flashlight destroys the fears of ghosts and other things that go bump in the night. It gives some more control and understanding to the person in that specific environment. The illusions go away. It also eases some of the sensory deprivation.

Find out what makes you in control and use it to your advantage. Your delusions will start to go away. The more control you have over a situation, and the more action you take to control it, the more you can cope with it and understand it.

Someone who hides during a gun battle and is not harmed is more likely to have PTSD than someone who maybe was harmed but took action. Just be careful not to put yourself too much in harm's way.