As a psychologist with experience in transpersonal psychology, I’ve seen many children who speak to what adults often call imaginary friends. But sometimes… they are not imaginary at all.
They may be:
✔️ Beings of light who offer comfort.
✔️ Deceased relatives bringing messages or presence.
✔️ Or, in more complex cases, lower-vibrational entities that confuse or frighten them.
These children are not “crazy.” They are sensitive, porous souls—deeply intuitive and often alone in their perception. Children are incredibly intuitive, especially up to around the age of seven. Their boundaries between worlds are still open.
Many carry spontaneous memories of past lives, traces of something they haven’t learned in this life—but that still lives in them (For research about it, one can visit the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia.)
What breaks my heart is the disbelief these kids face. Sometimes, one of the parents senses what the kid says is real and wants to help… but the other resists, afraid or skeptical. And so the child doesn’t get to come to me—or to any professional who can truly listen with an open mind. Instead, they end up in psychiatric consultations and very often… on pills. Medication can be helpful when truly needed—but not when the underlying experience is misunderstood.
Children need presence, not suppression. They need someone to look at them and say: “I believe you. Let’s explore this safely together.”
I invite parents, caregivers, educators, and therapists to stay alert, be present, and—above all—give credibility to our children’s inner worlds.
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