I would like to start this out by saying that I am fairly new to the paracast and that I am brand new to the forums.
I am 21 years old and have noticed that most of my friends and peers are very dismissive anything that is paranormal in general. Growing up I enjoyed reading, videogames, sports and music. I consider myself a pretty typical young adult, and I have to wonder why I think this subject is so fastinating while many of my peers do not. There seems to be lots of speculation on these forums from older people, so I thought I would look at this from a younger persons perspective.
As far as I can see, there are two major factors that contribute to peoples interest in these subjects.
#1 Experience. We all think we see or hear things when we are small. It takes a significant experience, perhaps a little later into childhood or teenhood to really open someones eyes. The experience can happen to you or somebody close to you.
#2 Parenting. This is where I feel I am seperated from my peers. Talking about ghosts or other paranormal phenomenon is not taboo in my house. If something strange happens, we discuss it. Not everything has to lead to a paranormal explanation. It is just the fact that we can discuss this so openly without worrying what others think.
The odd time I do bring up the paranormal with my friends, I was quite shocked to discover that many of them seem to have had experiences that seemed pretty "interesting." When they go to say something to thier parents it is immeadiately dismissed as "you must have been dreaming," or some other similar thing.
Maybe families were more open to this sort of thing in previous generations. I am only 21, I was not there so I can not say. Maybe the reason that older people seem more interested is because they have had more experiences in there longer life time.
This is just the perspective of one youth on why there seems to be less interest from my generation.
I am 21 years old and have noticed that most of my friends and peers are very dismissive anything that is paranormal in general. Growing up I enjoyed reading, videogames, sports and music. I consider myself a pretty typical young adult, and I have to wonder why I think this subject is so fastinating while many of my peers do not. There seems to be lots of speculation on these forums from older people, so I thought I would look at this from a younger persons perspective.
As far as I can see, there are two major factors that contribute to peoples interest in these subjects.
#1 Experience. We all think we see or hear things when we are small. It takes a significant experience, perhaps a little later into childhood or teenhood to really open someones eyes. The experience can happen to you or somebody close to you.
#2 Parenting. This is where I feel I am seperated from my peers. Talking about ghosts or other paranormal phenomenon is not taboo in my house. If something strange happens, we discuss it. Not everything has to lead to a paranormal explanation. It is just the fact that we can discuss this so openly without worrying what others think.
The odd time I do bring up the paranormal with my friends, I was quite shocked to discover that many of them seem to have had experiences that seemed pretty "interesting." When they go to say something to thier parents it is immeadiately dismissed as "you must have been dreaming," or some other similar thing.
Maybe families were more open to this sort of thing in previous generations. I am only 21, I was not there so I can not say. Maybe the reason that older people seem more interested is because they have had more experiences in there longer life time.
This is just the perspective of one youth on why there seems to be less interest from my generation.