Is my daughter psychic?

[Mynight]

You really think you're going to get an unbiased answer on here? (for the record I'm on the fence - not enough evidence)

Is there any evidence?

 

[WYNIR0]

Yes definitely she is. You are not mental no matter what anyone says.

 

[dowie]

Is the surname either your surname or your wife's maiden name? And is the first name particularly rare or fairly common?

 

[SexyGreyFox]

REALLY weird thing happened at the weekend witnessed by at least 2 adult family members.

My 3 year old daughter started repeatedly shouting the name (firstname and surname) of her deceased great grandfather whom died years before she was born and has never heard his name.

Strange huh, anyone else's kids do strange things related to long gone ancestors?

Something similar with my eldest when she was around 3.
She had an imaginary friend that she called her Great Grandma and after a few months my Mum decided to quiz her about her.
We thought she was on about her living Great Grandma but she started talking about the one that died 7 years before she was born.
She even talked about her dogs that even I never saw and said she couldn't see out of one eye.
At this point my Mum started crying because only my Mum and her siblings new their Mum was blind, I was nanny reared but I had no idea.

I don't believe in the supernatural so I still firmly think my Mum had told her this stuff even though she swears she didn't.

 

[antijoke]

Call derek acorah

 

[Efour]

No

 

[marc2003]

REALLY

...is your favourite TV channel? 10pm...

 

[J.T]

Kids are like sponges. My daughter when she was 2 or 3 pointed at photos of her dead great grandfather and said "Jim", they take it all in and just because you can't recollect saying it, you will have.

This 100%, either you or another family member has said the full name, she may have even been in another room and overheard it.

Just out of interest, why is it more believable to you that she could be psychic than the much more reasonable explanation of she just overheard the full name at some point and it stuck in her head?

 

[XeNoN89]

No. Psychics aren't real, just like werewolves or God.

 

[jimmynaetroots]

On a related theme, I had a discussion with my other half last night regarding Reiki. I explained to her that is the classic example of pseudoscience and that it's place in therapy for whatever reason should be used alongside, and not instead of, conventional treatments. She wasn't having any of it and firmly believes that it actually influences the "energy flow" in your body. Then things moved onto my explaining the placebo effect, which she denounced as "rubbish". I gave up then lol.

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

There is no such thing. You or your wife said the full name at some point.

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Can I get my 40 seconds of my life back for reading this thread please?

 

[Jono8]

No

 

[snips86x]

Since everyone else is saying no, I'll be the first to go against them and say yes.

Can you ask her to pick 6 numbers between 1 and 59 plz?

 

[muffins]

Psychic? No. possessed? Yes.

 

[Tunney]

Has she mentioned the names of any horses racing soon?

 

[Evole]

Put her up for adoption asap.

 

[Calabi]

You could at least have more substantive evidence, like a series of events, before coming to the conclusion that she's psychic.

 

[~>Dg<~]

well give jeremy kyle a call you will get a pair of nike air max out of it.

 

[MookJong]

If we are doing pseudo science then let me throw genetic memories into the ring as the answer.

 

[Avenged7Fold]

New thread: 'My husband keeps acting weird around my daughter who enjoys repeating a name (of which a family member first said) because of his reaction. Is my husband an idiot?'