by Lipstick Mystic
If you've ever felt negative energy in a home or woken up in the middle of the night feeling a sense of unease, then chances are that there is a ghost in your living environment. It might not be an actual discarnate, though - it might just be some energy residue from a previous resident.
Both things can cause a noticeablly heavy atmosphere in a home. For instance, in my years working as a professional ghostbuster, I often encountered what I call "old lady energy." This was common in homes where an old woman had lived for decades, even if she didn't actually die in the home. That sense of heaviness, of someone hanging around, unwilling to let go, is very common in cases where an older person lived for years as they began to experience declining physical and mental health. That energy really STICKS to the walls.
You don't have to be an energy sensitive to sense it, either. Most people will pick up on something just not being right in such a home.
Whenever we live in a home, apartment or dorm, we leave behind an energy trace. This energy deposit consists of emotions, thoughts, and experiences we had while living there. Sensitive people, especially children, will immediately pick up on these energies when they come into that space. And even adults will often sense this stuff, especially when they spend quiet time alone in the space.
I worked on a haunted home years ago in northern New Jersey owned by a couple named Glenn and Jackie Wershung. The Wershings invited the Sci-Fi Channel's Sightings show into their home, and I was called in to investigate and clear out the ghosts I found.
The house sat on a vortex with very complex and intense energies. I worked on clearing out a bunch of different presences from their home, including several ghosts and also a very angry elemental spirit that manifested to Jackie one night as terrifying black, doglike creature that attacked her when her husband was away on a business trip.
Since I cleared it out, the hauntings grew less intense, but they have still had the occasional incident in the years since then.
The main thing to realize is that you can claim your living space and take ownership of the energies there. If you are firm in your intentions and are clear that you want any negative energies to leave, they have to go. Lacking clear intent, though, those presences might stick around for a while. It's all about you taking charge of the quality of energy in your environment.
While invoking God/Goddess/Great Spirit or the presence of a healing being like Jesus, Buddha, or the archangel Michael can also be helpful, ultimately it's all about you sending these presences off to the Light and setting them on a course to reach a better, more peaceful, place.
