I have temporal lobe epilepsy (left part of my brain) and Ive always felt like I had certain times when I could see, hear or smell things that were not there to others. I recall when I was 13 years old, after my aunt died, I experience my "first" time where I was with my little cousin, actually "seeing" my aunt, after she passed away. It was so weird, Its like this happened yesterday and I recall it so well.
My aunt lived in a small little town, and after she passed away, we still stayed in town for a few more days after her funeral. I took my little cousin downtown to a store that had a cafe in it. We ordered a pop and sat down, when I happened to look up, the the table just one table over from us, there sat my aunt. I had to take a double look! This lady sat there, looking down, reading a book. When I kept looking at her, she finally looked up, smiled and looked back down at the book again. She had her face and everything. The hair was the same, it was like I was imagining her! I recall wanting to so badly go over to this person, but apart of me was like "stuck" to the seat. I just couldnt move! I recall not wanting to say anything to my cousin, she she was so young, and she wouldnt understand. I looked to the back of me to see if our ride was there yet. When I turned back to where the lady was sitting, she was gone. Like she vanished in thin air. The book was gone, the cup was gone she was drinking from. I went over to the counter to see if the waitress gal had saw her, like she picked up the cup she was drinking from? The lady said there was no lady there! I didnt know what to think. I was in disbelief. Whats even more odd, is that my aunt's parents kept hearing her cries at night coming from her old room in their house. Her mom was awaken by them one night and she got up, and kept trying to figure out where the cries were coming from. She opened her daughters old room she had as a child, her stuff from a child was still there, things she wanted to keep. And they found a picture frame that was moved from the night stand to the floor across the room!
Now since my aunt's passing, ive had 3 other dear family member pass away, and to this day, Ive had encounters with them too. The smell of their colognes or perfumes. Seeing a person that looks JUST like them. Songs that come on the radio that were their favorite, and then the smell of them comes out of no where with it. Its just a "odd feeling" i get sometimes. But its been 9 years since my cousins passings, and 16 years since my aunt passing, and Im now comfortable with these signs. I kind of smile and depending on the signs I get, I may softly say "hi" to them. Just to aknowledge them.
I know it may sound weird, but since this has all happened to me, and Ive gotten use to it, Its just my way of dealing with this.
