My son is seeing things! Please HELP!

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Hmmmmm, this is an interesting thread to say the least. I don't believe in the paranormal stuff and part of thinks enabling that belief in a child will simply make the delusion worse but if it helps you then by all means do what you want to. Personally, I'd really avoid freaking yourself out getting caught up in the ghost stuff tho, I'd imagine a lot of paranormal "investigators" aren't completely objective.

Children have lots of irrational fears and some even say they see things like ghosts and what not. Most grow out of it, your child is so young I'm willing to bet he will as well if you allow it.

I came across this thread because my almost 4 year old ASD son is extremely fearful before, during, and after bedtime. He stares at corners and windows, and will approximate "byebye, see you".

I have met with Bill Stillman, author of Autism and the God Connection. He told me about a negative energy that has set up shop in my home that is fed by depression, rage, and jealousy. According to him, my son is sensitive to that negative energy, and because he is mostly nonverbal, he can't say what he sees or tell it to go away.

OP, since your last post was almost a year ago, I was wondering if you noticed any improvement.

Houses do not have negative energy, people do. He may be mostly nonverbal but he may well be picking up on negative emotions being expressed around him. In which case the problem is caused by and can be remedied by those around him.

Thanks. I was told that too. Husband and I are trying to curtail all negative emotions as a family united. We know there's no quick fix, but my son's behavior has been inconsistent since meeting with Bill Stillman and implementing a more positive attitued. Things have gotten worse. He used to not want to sleep in his own bed but be okay sleeping in the spare bed. Now even if he sleeps with us in our bed, he is fearful. And it is definitely fear, not just a child who doesn't want to go to bed yet.

Probably hard for individuals with an ASD to have an active imagination that manifests as visual objects.

If a child is seeing things that aren't there for a month or so nonstop (can come and go during that month), and also has an ASD label; most likely that it's childhood schizophrenia, which can be mistaken for an ASD and vice versa (can be comorbid too). Pretty rare though.

Nothing wrong with just being scared though. I was always scared by myself as a child (I still am now).

The big clue is in what you've said. You are allowing a 2 year old to watch or be in the room when very scary programmes are on. Young children are very impressionable and lack the comprehension adults do, so can't distinguish so readily between what is real and what isn't. Even a young child without ASD will be impressionable and easily frightened, imagine what deeper impact those type of programmes would have on him.

Maybe it's just me, but my children are 7 and 11 and are both hypersensitive and prone to phobias, I have never allowed them to watch anything other than children's programmes and films, other than a couple of episodes of X Factor, because I know they will be terrified of a lot of things. Imagine how a 2 year old that can't tell you what he's scared of, must feel? The only way he can show you is by his actions. Even if a child is in the room when the TV is on and doesn't appear to be watching you don't know how much they are taking in. You have to be extra careful with autistic children. Please have a serious rethink about what you are letting him see on TV.

Please also be very careful about not having him present while the paranormal people visit. You could make his fears worse. Because what is in his imagination now could become more concrete to him by being validated by their visit, not to mention the whole issues he may have to strange people and adult discussions etc.

Good luck with getting everything resolved, I really hope he gets past this problem very soon.

I'd suggest just to spend the night in there with him until he feels comfortable again. As an adult I've freaked out to the point of tears about things that nobody else saw, but was only comforted and able to calm down after my girlfriend showed up and let me know it was okay. People acting like something isn't real doesn't help. Sure as F was real to me and I'm sure the same can be said about your son. I believe he's about 6-7 now so you might to trying giving him a "monster stick". My dad gave me one when I was young and told me all about how powerful it was and I slept with that clenched to my chest until I didn't need it anymore. It was just the security that got me through the scary patches

The original post was made 4 years ago, so I'd imagine that he found some form of solution to the problem a while ago.

Or perhaps the monster got the entire family.

No I didn't get them all, the damned kid escaped 'cos he could see me.

My brother experienced something similar around that age, he has a mild form of autism. He came upstairs from the basement one day shaking, white as a ghost and claimed that he saw a little boy in a purple shirt with no arms whos name was alex. I was home alone babysitting him so you can imagine how scary that would be for me Lol.

seems to be a pretty common thing with kids who have autism

What makes you think it is pretty common?