Ok, I was doing my hair in the bathroom, getting ready to go somewhere, when I looked away to grab something. When I turned back, my reflection was no longer in that mirror, and someone else's was in my place. It completely freaked me out. Can someone explain this to me, and why it happened?

Are you sure that you were looking in the mirror ,cause you've maybe loked in the TV or sth

Yes, I'm sure...I WAS IN THE BATHROOM FOR GOD'S SAKE!

Probably not

looool @ I WAS IN THE BATHROOM FOR GOD'S SAKE!

Now I've never heard of a phenomenon like this outside of vampire stories.
I really don't know what you experienced. but like you said you were in the bathroom, how could you miss *you*?

Who was in the mirror?

--Jon

I haver never heard of anything like this before. I would have been totally freaked out .!!!!!

My bathroom is my office, no one is allowed to look in the mirror with me - unless they have an appointment. *
Anyway, the only reason why that would happen is if you were clairvoyant, and the place is haunted- and you didn't expect to "see" anyone- but they were there anyway.

oh boy that is creepy! A manifestation, maybe? but who from? was it a face familiar to you?

yeah umm...thats SCARY!!! im afraid of mirrors cause i think that when i look away and look back ill see someone else!

i don't believe you.

Honestly. I looked into the mirror one second, then looked away, then looked back. Instead of my reflection being there, someone else's was. A girls actually. And I have no clue who she was.

what did she look like?

Long brown hair, whiteish nightgown, don't remember what color eyes. She seemed like she was from the 1940's or something...

did she look mad or happy or,...no expression?

Could it have been past life regression? Is that the term? BTW dodir, is that a BEK in your avatar?

Thats really creepy. I read some myths about spirits being trapped in a realm, where they use mirrors to switch souls.. Do you know anything about your house, or the land its on?

Now this is creeping me out! Did she look like the girl that I had postes that was in my room?

it would quite easily be explained as an optical illusion. probably the slow reaction of your eyes to the jerk of your head intercepted the light and made your face distorted for a few seconds

That is exactly the same date, hair, and nightgown.

The mirror in your bathroom. Is this an old house? Old mirror? Perhaps even an antique or is a used mirror in some way, like purchased at a yard sale. Mirror, Mirror (link)

I've had dreams where I don't even know it is one. And I walk into a bathroom, turn and look in the mirror and while I know it's me looking back, she that I see is not me. And then again I've had dreams where she is.

Once, I was flying low over the sea, and I looked over at the shore and a girl was standing on the end of a pier, in a long dress, looking right at me. Behind her at the land end of the dock, was this group of people that I knew were her friends and that she was well loved by all. I knew because I could feel all those emotions one feels in that kind of company, in my own heart area as I glided there looking at her. And I knew also that she was me , and saw me there. But yet, she looked nothing like I do.

Seeing something like you describe in a mirror, while easily dismissed as a flash of light (especially if one suffers what is known as visual snow), could mean a spirit is in the mirror, (per the link) or perhaps someone is dreaming and they happened through. (Like my dream above).

I wish you luck in your search for answers. Remember, no fear makes the journey clear.

Sorrowful, and angry.

The house isn't too old, and the mirrors we own are rather old.

In India, it is said that a mirror is an opening to another world. I dunno how far this is true. But people here advice not to look into the mirror late nights as there are chances of u getting possessed.

Looking into a mirror late at night would be a hard one for me, seeing as there's one in almost every room of my house...

I must say I have always been intrigued by the ghost in a mirror concept. usually gives me the biggest startle in pretty much every movie/show I've seen it in. can't say I've seen it personally though, must've been a shocker.

It scared the friggin' crap out of me. I left the room quickly, didn't go back for another fifteen minutes or so.

I would have broken the mirror then and there. kinda out of reflex like
"wow, nice hair me!" look away for a minute "hey, scary lady, did you see where me went?" i'd ask, then break the mirror.

Another possibility is that you may have momentarily tapped in psychically to a former owner of the mirror.....if it is an old mirror.

thats pretty creepy. i hate mirrors, especially in the dark.

Thats what I thought.

That sounds like some tale told to scare the crap out of you, like an urban legend.

--Jon

Yeah, but I have to look into mirrors late at night, only because their everywhere in my house.

1940's- One of my points exactly, your place might either be haunted, or it's a 'past-life'.

That's the first thing that came to mind when I read this post. That old mirror in the dark chant; Bloody Mary. First time I encountered "her", we were in elementary school bathroom. Three squealing girls in the dark and all that glass! I was the only one that stayed stock still and quiet, as they ran from the room. Mainly because I was nearsighted and couldn't see in the dark! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

^^ Funny story!

My cousin did that once and she saw her. She FREAKED out. I would have probably been the one to stay the longest if I was there.

@ Bloody Mary LOL I thought it was only kids who believed in that....

It is an interesting history, that which attends that child like game of Bloody Mary. Did anyone read the snopes. com link?

Pretty interesting stuff.

I found out what kind of ghost I got. A shadow ghost actually. They are: Shadow ghosts, usually found in homes, are rather sneaky and elusive, appearing out of the corner of your eye, or in mirrors.

I live in a very old house and i remember one time i looked in the mirror and i saw myself all cut and my hair was frizzie like i hadn't slepted for weeks and got beat up but i was fine and then as i was staring at myself it dissapeared and i could see no reflection of myself like my soul has just left me and then i started freaking out and told my family and just left my house and stayed at a hotel for a week. One week after i felt as i was reborn my senses was stronger and clearer it felt great. I never really brought it up until today it still gives me the shivvers

Oh wow! maybe it was you in your past life?

I don't know about seeing a past life I personally believe that you wouldn't be able to see your past life in a waking state. I do believe that Mirrors are something very powerful indeed. I heard once that if you have two mirrors in a room and the reflections cross that point could become some kind of portal to another plane of existance, whether that be astral plane, spiritual plane or the shadow plane (or another i have yet to experience). Personally i think you saw a spirit, Are you prone to seeing things out of the ordinary or getting that feeling of someone nearby when there doesn't appear to be?

Your house or mirror dont need to be haunted as many many spirits can come in visitation (they aren't connected to any particular place or item)

LOL, thats incrediable. Its very scary, though.

So, be carefull of mirrors, because they sometimes act stupid and freaky!!!!!

That's pretty creepy. =/

I don't like the idea of past lives. I want to be me forever. If life goes on after death, I sureley don't want to become someone else or part of someone else and not even remember the old me!!!

You could be suffering from some borderline psychotic disease like me.. I get very short psychotic states where i hallucinate and become a bit fumbled sometimes about who i am and stuff. But it's very short attacks and only often within periods.

I don't know if anyone said this yet, but you know how a lot of people confuse a spirit and a ghost. And a ghost is actually a memory. I'm thinking it could be a ghost. Because a friend of mine once lived in this apartment and she kept seeing a shadow of a man shooting a woman, she'd seee it everyday at the same time. So we cam to the conclusion that it was a ghost of something that happened there once before. So maybe a girl once stood where you were standing and looking in the mirror at the same time you were but in a different time. Sorry im not really good at explaining but I hope that I helped.

My closet is(slideing door) a friggin mirror! and if you know the right tricks, a mirror actually can lead 2 another dimention. i havent figured out how yet but i'll tell u when i do!

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lol ya i wouldve done something along the lines of that...


sadly im not joking. i try to be a smartass a little too much.