"Like when a skyscraper falls down", page 2

reply to post by kosmicjack

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A very interesting question about your child. I must say in reading the thread he reminds me of myself at that age. I was a very intellectually precocious and introspective child and very aware of the nature of the "grown-up" world at a very early age. Children can be extremely perceptive beyond their apparent maturity, and can also sense things, often very acutely, and I know I certainly could. In fact my aunt said to me at that age, "What is it? You're such a serious child."

The nature of his comment is perplexing, but I believe it is almost certainly an oblique reference to 9/11; the event is so omnipresent he must know of it somehow, and the anxiety of his stomach problem has somehow been linked to that greater anxiety by simple transference. I remember during an intense childhood fever dreaming of blood-red scenes of old b&w WWII documentaries, because I'd seen so many on TV. Same principle at work I believe.

reply to post by gottago

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Thank you. I suppose that it is very possible that he is linking one extreme event with the other and this has nothing whatsoever to do with a past life or preconscious memory. Simple as that.

But as a mom, I can't shake my feeling that there is more to it. Whether it is physical, mental or psychological - I don't know yet. Rest assured I am trying to be objective - to Deny Ignorance.

reply to post by kosmicjack

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Keeping as much objectivity as possible is very important in my experience, or else one might just run out screaming into the night at every odd thing that comes along.

For 2 of my children 'skyscraper' would have been an ordinary word for them and where we were living they saw skyscrapers every day.

I think there is one more thing I would like to say. All of us have a story to tell about what living as a human being means to us -- what life means to us, and we start very early trying to tell our own stories. Sometimes we are shut down by parents, by teachers, by conventions, by religions and we go through a sometimes agonising process to learn to tell our own story about what it means to be a human being and have this experience.

So I regard children telling stories -- whether they are memories or not -- as something sacred about being human being, something needing to be honoured from the start and reproved or corrected only when there is harm or danger to self or others.

reply to post by JimmyBlonde

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Thanks for your reply! A parochial preschool. I am 90% sure this would not be discussed. But you never know.

reply to post by forsakenwayfarer

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Read the first page. Again.

The OP has already stated that the child is no longer having any pain!

Furthermore, consultation with the child's physician has, also, already been reccommended.

What you appear to have failed to comprehend was the OP's perplexity with regard to her child's characteization of his symptoms.

Your assumption was that the OP's first thought, when confronted with her child's distress, was to seek our input.

A fact not in evidence.

reply to post by kosmicjack

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What you have is a fairly bright child. Specifically, you seem to have a child who is capable of making analogies and metaphors at a pretty young age and who is fairly advanced in terms of linguistic and cognitive abilities.

Obviously you don't have to have been inside or near a falling skyscraper to be able to make a metaphor about falling skyscrapers. I know that you're wondering how he'd even know what a skyscraper is, or how he'd know that they sometimes fall. Kids, especially smart kids, know weird things because they are soaking in so much information from so many different sources it's phenomenal.

The story about going fishing with a grandfather he doesn't have...I can see how that might give you goosebumps, but that's actually pretty common in imaginative children. Inventing grandparents, siblings and friends is something you see frequently when you work with (especially gifted) kids. They make up stories and then they populate these stories with people they have made up. They only know so many categories of people at such a tender age, one of which is "grandpa".

Is it possible that your child is psychically sensitive or reincarnated? I guess, sure. But you might be happier, and your child might be happier, if you go with the much more likely solution that he is perhaps well advanced verbally and unusually creative.

The stomach problems may be something physical that needs to be treated. If the doctot can't find anything physical, one thing he will probably suggest is that your child is frustrated about not being challenged. At such a young age, this frustration often comes out as stomach aches and headaches. I'm sure you already read to your child, keep doing that and telling stories. If he hasn't already learned to read and write a little, try to help him do that.

It's totally up to you, but I think this is going to be way better for your child's longterm development than any kind of "reincarnation research", hypnosis regression, etc etc etc. If nothing else, even if you really think the child may be a sensitive or reincarnated, by helping him to develop even better linguistic abilities now he will be better able to communicate with you.

What you probably have is a child who is going to do well in life, especially when it comes to communication and the arts.

reply to post by kosmicjack

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I would encourage him to elaborate on the memories of this other grandfather......asking a few leading questions about other things they did.........these would be more comfortable memories, a safer, happier time to recall, one that would be less likely to create any stress. ( And if it is a real case of reincarnation, perhaps some verifiable information would come to light?)

I am also curious.......has your son had a chance to ride an elevator?? The 'sinking' feeling of falling ( that zero gravity moment ) whether in a collapsing building, moving ferris wheel, or descending elevator should be somewhat similar.......you might be able to use an elevator ride to discuss the subject casually. But.....
If he's not familiar with elevators yet, you might find that he has an 'intense dislike' of that falling feeling as soon as he experiences it....be ready for that.

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