Exploring 3rd Man Syndrome & more
Added 2025-01-22 22:56:32 +0000 UTCThroughout all of these "forward thinking" episodes we've touched on different moments akin to guardian angels - when people in moments of near death or survival believe firmly that someone physical is helping them out, only to find out when the paramedics arrive, that they were all alone. Today we explore the definition of this, stories, the science truth of it, and of course - the part I love - the woo woo theories behind this!
We also end with a few trending topics.
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anxious people have night terrors because that’s just how our brains are functioning 24/7 lol
al
2025-01-28 15:34:20 +0000 UTCnot to be that guy but i’ve had nightmares since i was younger and having a regular meditation practice helps more than anything else i’ve tried. that and mind dump journaling. for me, i think my dreams are just the chaotic thoughts in my mind throughout the day clearing out. i still have them, but they’re more clear and controllable and it’s easier to separate the fear from the dream! i used to drink myself to sleep to avoid them but that made it worse. i do 10-15 min meditations on the insight timer app a couple times a week. i hope this helps ☺️
al
2025-01-28 15:31:31 +0000 UTCOh wow she totally should lol this is such a game changer to watch
Collier Eberlin
2025-01-27 23:21:06 +0000 UTCSuch a fun episode. Also… side note… if you get advice on the constant night terrors I’d love to know!
Collier Eberlin
2025-01-27 23:20:49 +0000 UTCIv been leaning into the misandry lately for sure. Just everything that has been said and done in the last month is really disheartening and difficult to witness. Im allowing myself this because its justified. I have a right to want only female leaders for the foreseeable future . However, I’m also using this time to fuel me into action into doing everything I can to create safe spaces for women and people who are impacted negatively by this presidency.
Jacqueline
2025-01-27 21:27:00 +0000 UTCNot sure if this is 3rd man syndrome, but my grandfather once had stomach pains and kept complaining about it to my grandmother. She didn’t take it seriously because he complained about everything. He went to sleep that night and a bright light appeared and he could make out the figure of a person in it. They told him to go to the ER as soon as possible. He ended up going and it turned out his appendix had just erupted and if he didn’t go to the ER when he did, he would’ve died. He didn’t tell anyone except my grandmother and mom because he didn’t want people to think he was crazy.
Jessie
2025-01-27 17:52:55 +0000 UTCshannon you should watch the l word
Alex
2025-01-27 05:13:44 +0000 UTCOmg I so want to go to that convention in palm springs too. How do we sign up to go?
Michelle
2025-01-25 20:02:56 +0000 UTCLoved this ep! Also - wasn’t sure where to comment, but in regards to your public telepathy episode - I’m a speech language pathologist with experience in AAC and had a brother that was nonverbal (due to a diagnosis other than autism.) If you want to pick somebody’s brain about aac/controversies around other methods for helping with communication hit me up! I do have some telepathy adjacent experiences with my brother, although I considered them to be more spiritual personally!
Camille
2025-01-24 23:21:11 +0000 UTCSo now I’m at the end of episode now lol thank you for calling out the nazi salute. You’d be surprised how many people will say “it’s not a Nazi salute.” Like okay then the sky isn’t fucking blue like idk girl. I am STRESSED living in this country.
Marissa
2025-01-24 19:04:54 +0000 UTCI’m also high every night lol I used to have nightmares but you know what helped me? Turning off the tv/phone at least one hour before going to bed. Additionally, whatever tv I watch at night (after 6 pm) CANNOT be stressful. When squid game first came out, I would always watch it in the evenings, and then I would have the craziest dreams that were stressful. It’s not even that they had anything to do with squid game - but I would have scary/stressed out dreams. I wasn’t extremely stressed out watching the show, but it made me feel a bit uneasy. I can’t watch Dexter before bed anymore either because I think seeing people get stabbed before bed probably ain’t reducing my stress at all lol I am a highly sensitive person and everything fucking affects me, so this might not work for you but turn off the tv before bed or anything that causes stress (the phone, the laptop, etc.) Good luck with your sleeping 🫶🏼
Marissa
2025-01-24 18:08:28 +0000 UTCantphrodite did a video on sleep paralysis and THAT made me want to get a dream catcher lmao there was a period of time where i kept waking up every night at 2:30 am on the dot, weirded me out and messed with my sleep, so my very spiritual witchy sister made me a little bag to keep on my headboard and it worked! placebo? probably, but it worked none the less. anyways, this episode was super interesting and i would love to hear an episode about lucid dreaming / astral projection. i love that woo woo stuff
Emily Chisholm
2025-01-24 16:19:14 +0000 UTCThis was an outstanding episode Shannon! Absolutely loved it, it’s given me so much to think about. I’m currently going through a bout of sleep paralysis (it’s come and gone throughout my life) and it’s absolutely the worst. I have extremely vivid dreams at the best of times even when I used to smoke weed every day. Also my dad has epilepsy and had an experience of the Third Man Syndrome when he was a young teenager and suffered a life threatening seizure. It’s a fascinating phenomenon and I can’t wait to do more research. Really feeling for you and all the beautiful people of the US suffering under the current presidency, I wish you could all come to Australia and escape it (not that Aus is a perfect utopia either!). Be kind to yourself and take extra care right now ❤️
Shelby
2025-01-24 13:34:45 +0000 UTCHonestly the amount of women in my friend group that have given up dating because of the men situation over here is wild (UK) like there's a huge sense of more and more women I know finally just laying all our trauma out that's happened from men and honestly a lot are really scared of men now. It's like a weird collective thing happening right now. I know it's not healthy to be scared of men but my god am I so cautious
Tilly Hart
2025-01-24 10:06:08 +0000 UTCShannon I also sleep talk and have said some WILD things lmao. I have no idea if it’s a neurodivergent thing to sleep talk often bc I am very neurodivergent as well, but happy we can entertain 😂 also, alcohol used to exacerbate it a lot, but that could have just been me!
Addie
2025-01-24 05:07:37 +0000 UTCThis was a great episode!! It reminded me of a childhood friend who told me that one day her mom was driving alone and fell asleep at the wheel then started to hear a voice say her name over and over which caused her to wake up and she was able to pull over safely.
Lauren Lapping
2025-01-23 20:06:00 +0000 UTCOMG Cadee thank YOU for sharing!!! This truly gives me hope 💓
Janelle
2025-01-23 17:21:37 +0000 UTCI had terrible nightmares as a child and in my teens started taking Vitamin D, in hindsight that’s when my nightmares stopped! I never put that together thank you for sharing
Cadee Morris
2025-01-23 16:42:13 +0000 UTCMy name is literally Roman and I had no clue what a Roman salute was 💀 scary times rn
Roman Roberts
2025-01-23 16:04:43 +0000 UTCFor anybody else that has nonstop nightmares like I do - I was recently told that a vitamin d deficiency can cause that. Working on getting blood work done to verify, but maybe someone else can get help from this info in the meantime.
Janelle
2025-01-23 14:05:47 +0000 UTCThis was such an interesting episode. My grandmother who had Parkinsons used to think my grandfather was "the bad Sam" and she would get really upset when he was trying to help her with things. She also hallucinated that there were babies in her hospital room which was a little nicer. Apparently hallucinations are more often a symptom of the meds than the parkinsons. My brother also had a panic attack in the sistine chapel, but that was because it was unbearably loud and he's neurodivergent
Rachel Gentile
2025-01-23 13:52:59 +0000 UTCI experienced this 3 times in my life, when I had to make life changing decisions. I feel blessed.
Callitwhatyouwant
2025-01-23 12:49:33 +0000 UTCYessss. I've experienced the 3rd man & he saved my life. He explained what was happening (my bed was on fire). I was asking him what was happening, because my glasses were off. He helped me get out of my room before the air pressure exchange more or less sealed my door shut. Whatever we call it, I can never be grateful enough for the love and guidance they gave me. I'm so glad you're talking about it.
kombucha kin
2025-01-23 01:07:19 +0000 UTCThank you mama I’ve been so bored at work today
Margaret S
2025-01-23 00:50:27 +0000 UTC
