Do you ever remember when you were young, and you'd run into your parents bedroom terrified of the dark shadow hiding in the dresser? You loving parents assure you that there's nothing to be afraid of by simply saying "Don't worry, it's just your imagination."

Well, when I was younger, a lot younger (3-5), I can recall a handful of these experiences. They included hallucinations of characters popping out of the posters on my wall (before I'd gone to sleep), a lot of voices which seemed to come from know where, and even an imaginary friend which my mother told me she seen me talking to (She said it looked like I was talking to thin air). And the vivid dreams I would have - I would actually wake up thinking it was possible to fly.

When we are young our more open minds hold the key to things such as Lucid Dreaming, Astral Projection and who knows what else, but somewhere along the way we lose it. Was it the early nights when our parents put us down to sleep? Maybe it was our innocence, and thinking that anything was possible. As we grow, and learn what is and isn't, what is fact and fiction, are these ties to a more extraordinary realm severed?

I'm just curious to know how many others have had similar experiences like this when they were young, and if any in particular stick out to them.