# Someone is in my house. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 12, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613 "2015-01-12T08:17:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JLynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@JLynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLynn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/61 "2015-01-16T21:19:24Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > If the ghost hasn’t killed you yet, its probably not going to. Ghosts are just like people, only dead. If they’re not out to hurt you, just treat them as a roommate. You wouldn’t freak out if your roommate was walking around and staring at you, would you? So who cares if a ghost does it? At least he won’t eat your leftovers Ummm. I don’t believe in actual ghosts like people that have passed on. That isn’t what I meant. Also, I was hallucinating. They switched my med and it’s tapped off and stopped ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/62 "2015-01-16T21:34:32Z")
> [@JLynn](#): > > The thing is I’m just usually super in tune with ghosts or spirits being around and I’ve never felt any in my home and we’ve been here since 2009 What is the difference between ‘actual ghosts’ and the ghosts or spirits from your earlier post? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/63 "2015-01-16T21:43:16Z")
> [@JLynn](#): > > Ummm. I don’t believe in actual ghosts like people that have passed on. That isn’t what I meant. Yeah, because _that_ would be silly. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/64 "2015-01-17T00:09:40Z")
Who you gonna call? ---
**Author:** ![JLynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@JLynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLynn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/65 "2015-01-17T00:12:33Z")
> [@Boogly](#): > > What is the difference between ‘actual ghosts’ and the ghosts or spirits from your earlier post? When I think of spirits I think like either evil or righteous spiritual realm type things. (Examples: angels or demons). I was genuinely seeing a man leering an pacing in my bedroom and was in the middle of hallucinating during my OP ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/66 "2015-01-17T00:46:10Z")
I’m glad you got your meds adjusted … Are you feeling better? I hope so. ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/67 "2015-01-17T00:49:16Z")
I hope this isn’t too much of a thread hijack, because I am interested, were you using the words ghost and spirit to mean the same thing? Or are ghosts a separate entity? What does being super in tune actually entail? Do you just sense a presence or feelings? Can you communicate somehow? I have a cousin who says she is also very in tune with spirits but she is very closed mouth about details saying that I wouldn’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/68 "2015-01-17T14:13:02Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > I’m curious about the sage cleansing. Does that mean a very wise person cleanses your home, or that you use the herb sage in some cleansing capacity? If the former, where do you find said sage, and what is his or her cleansing process? If the latter, do you burn it like incense, or mix it into a cleanser, or what? If you’re a former coworker who retired last year, you burn it like incense and wave it all around the building to clear our workplace of “bad vibes.” And I have an asthma attack. Awesome. Fortunately, even though he was told to never do it again after the first time and decided to do it anyway his last day, I noticed him carrying it around unlit the second time before he got started and left early. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/69 "2015-01-17T14:16:56Z")
I picked up the phone and dialed. As the line rang, an icy wave of terror washed over me when I realized that the call was coming from _ **inside my house** _! ---
**Author:** ![JLynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@JLynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLynn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/70 "2015-01-17T18:39:00Z")
> [@Boogly](#): > > I hope this isn’t too much of a thread hijack, because I am interested, were you using the words ghost and spirit to mean the same thing? Or are ghosts a separate entity? > > What does being super in tune actually entail? Do you just sense a presence or feelings? Can you communicate somehow? > > I have a cousin who says she is also very in tune with spirits but she is very closed mouth about details saying that I wouldn’t understand. I use the term ghost or spirits but in reality I don’t believe dead people lurk around. I feel like I am very sensitive to not only supernatural type of things in the spirit realm that cannot really be seen and also very empathetic to those around me or the feeling a certain place emits. Examples- if I am near a person who is sad even if I haven’t seen them or spoke with them yet a sense of sadness overwhelms me. Example 2 (the feeling of a place) if I am say- in a place where a woman was raped an murdered her feels though she be dead, linger in the place and it fills me with shame or scaredness ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/71 "2015-01-17T18:46:50Z")
> [@JLynn](#): > > I use the term ghost or spirits but in reality I don’t believe dead people lurk around. I feel like I am very sensitive to not only supernatural type of things in the spirit realm that cannot really be seen and also very empathetic to those around me or the feeling a certain place emits. Examples- if I am near a person who is sad even if I haven’t seen them or spoke with them yet a sense of sadness overwhelms me. Example 2 (the feeling of a place) if I am say- in a place where a woman was raped an murdered her feels though she be dead, linger in the place and it fills me with shame or scaredness Are you seeing or hearing anything now? ---
**Author:** ![JLynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@JLynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLynn)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/72 "2015-01-17T19:11:39Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Are you seeing or hearing anything now? I’m seeing a lot of people that are rude and arrogant that I am pretty much done interacting with. Kbye ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/73 "2015-01-17T19:25:35Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > If you watch the ghost shows (such as _A Haunting_) on ID they do the sage thing a lot. I’ve never understood why ghosties and such would suddenly go, “Oh, they’re burning _ **sage** _! Gotta go now!” ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/74 "2015-01-17T19:28:27Z")
> [@JLynn](#): > > Also, I was hallucinating. They switched my med and it’s tapped off and stopped That’s good news! > [@](#): > > I’m seeing a lot of people that are rude and arrogant that I am pretty much done interacting with. Kbye You know, that might be a good option if you can’t take joking and/or disagreement when you post. People disagree with and challenge posts here. They make jokes. If you don’t enjoy that kind of interaction – and a lot of people don’t, they prefer validation and Very Serious Responses – then this site might not be a good fit for you. It happens on the interwebs. _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/75 "2015-01-17T20:07:06Z")
This is like the third kiss off I’ve seen by this poster! Just admit you find us irresistible, why don’t you?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/76 "2015-01-17T21:16:52Z")
> [@JLynn](#): > > I’m seeing a lot of people that are rude and arrogant that I am pretty much done interacting with. Kbye I was only worried for you.☹ ---
**Author:** ![JLynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@JLynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLynn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/77 "2015-01-18T14:23:32Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I was only worried for you.☹ My bad. It’s hard to tell around here. I am not having any more hallucinations. They switched me from Norco to Percocet, but Percocet made me have hot flashes, so they put me on Tramadol. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/78 "2015-01-19T10:24:34Z")
> [@JLynn](#): > > My bad. It’s hard to tell around here. > > I am not having any more hallucinations. They switched me from Norco to Percocet, but Percocet made me have hot flashes, so they put me on Tramadol. OK. But, please remember, the SDMB is rather sarky, but not automatically mean. Keep posting. There **are** people here who care. ---
**Author:** ![straightdough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@straightdough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straightdough)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/79 "2015-01-19T19:48:55Z")
weird the dr. would do put you on percocet after the norco after you told him that, as percocet is stronger. tramadol is weaker than both. personally nothing short of 10mg norco or at least 7.5 mg percocet works for my pain, and i prefer something more like dilaudid or morphine. i have never understood how people get these weird reactions to such medicines as they usually just make me and everyone i’ve seen on them itchy or have low pulse/BP and tired feeling (but in a good way). certainly never seen anyone “high” on such medicines, but i guess my definition of high is more along the lines of meth or crack, not something the opposite, but thats beside the point. the ‘weird reaction’ of the delusional behavior you exhibited is more in line with shit like benadryl, dramamine, and scopolamine. i can’t stand that stuff. is it possible you just weren’t getting good sleep? i know norco has more of an artificial feel than percocet, dilaudid, morphine, and so forth and maybe thats why the dr. switched you, easier to sleep on heavier shit. seems the weaker the narcotic, the more artificial it feels… the tramadol switch probably occurred because they hate writing out prescriptions for anything stronger than norco. and with tramadol being weaker than norco, he figured you wouldn’t be kept awake by the artificial feel… a win for both of you. lol i dunno ---
**Author:** ![JLynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@JLynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JLynn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613/80 "2015-01-20T09:52:55Z")
Yeah I was kind of astonished by the Percocet option as I thought that was the case it being stronger. I’m not sure why it did that to me. Maybe reacted to anesthesia still in my system? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-in-my-house/709613.md?page=5)