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Nerea

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It's hard for me to start writing about this but since I joined this forum in order to find out more about what I believe it was my past life, I think I should really begin somewhere!

Firstly, I am obsessed with everything that has to do with the 40s: from hair, to dresses, pictures... literally everything. I do actually dress and do my hair how "they" used to do it, I've recently started and I feel like I'm "myself".

Whenever I hear someone talking about WWII, whenever I see pictures from that era or whenever I watch films that have to do with those years I feel so nostalgic, I actually cry if I'm alone thinking about those times. I feel like I really miss them and this is not my place at all. I feel so sad when I think that time is going so fast, that soon everything that had to do with that era will be nothing more than a page of a history book.

Well, talking about memories I had my first one when I was a child, as I wrote in my introduction, but since I was a child I knew nothing about reincarnation and since the memory was nothing pleasant I tried to forget about it. Anyway, I remember being left alone in a dark room with no windows and no lights, there was nothing in it and I was sitting near the door (that was locked). I remember I was fearing what would have happened next since I couldn't even see a single thing in that place. Unluckily I'm not sure what kind of place was that nor where it was located at the time.

The other one I have is more vivid and it came to my mind while I was in trance, I was told that I started crying and I actually remember being very scared in the memory. I was in what it seems to me like a hotel, a nice one, between the mountains. I'm not sure about where I was exactly but I think somewhere between Austria, southern Germany or northern Italy. It was spring, something like may, and it was sunny, warm but windy. The air was so refreshing and I remember the beautiful landscape of the mountains.
I was at the entrance of the hotel and was waiting/looking for someone (I'm not sure) but the room was empty. I was about 18/19/20 and was there with my family, I had younger siblings and I remember hearing them laugh and play outside while I was feeling sorry for them because they knew nothing about what was happening. I'm not sure about what was actually happening but it felt like my family and I were hiding/escaping from someone/somwhere. I don't remember the exact year but it may have been around 1943/1944, I guess.
I also remember having shoulder lenght red hair (maybe that's why I've always liked red hair :P) and greenish eyes. I was wearing a brown dress with little white flowers.

That's all I got until now but I definetely want to learn more about my possible past life and what happened.

Oh and a thing about my present life is that I have fears linked to war. Since I was a child I was so scared by the sound of military airplanes (and I still am) that everytime I heard one I would cry and scream.
I also fear the sound of bombs, I mean I luckily have never heard them falling from the airplanes in my present life, but whenever I hear them in a video or film I get so scared! Also, I'm afraid of gas masks, if a friend of mine comes towards me wearing one of those I can't let him get close to me.

I believe that's everything for the moment!

I would love if someone could help me finding out more about the memories I have or anything else that may be related!

Thanks for reading and sorry for my english, it's not my native language! :S
 
Your memories do sound like they are from a past life connected to World War II, Nerea. Did you visit a professional hypnotist?
 
Hi Nerea, welcome to the forum!


First things first, your English is just fine. Also, thank you for sharing. I really understand that it can be hard to put all your feelings together and present them, but I'm glad that you did and that you've the courage to start making some progress and discovery.


There are several folks around this forum, myself included, who've had lives in the WWII era. Whether soldier, civilian, or otherwise, emotions seem to run pretty high and so what you're saying rings true for me. Personally, I was involved with that time as well and totally felt the same way as a kid and during my adolescent life. When I read about how you feel about the era, I totally get where you're coming from and I really understand how painful and misplaced you might feel. Feeling 'stuck' back then is a pretty common symptom of some past life involvement.


Well, everyone around here seems to have a different way that they find their memories. Have you ever looked into meditation or regression? Have you ever had a 'flashback' or something like that, a sudden feeling or other perception really suddenly? Personally- this is what I think and maybe others disagree- that while other people might be able to help you regress or meditate, in the end, the memories or feelings that you get are yours. If something 'indicates' to you, check it out. If you have a hunch, follow it. It just might lead to something that turns out to be really important for you. So you're thinking Southern Germany/Austria/N Italy? Go for that, check out some of the languages, old pictures of the towns, etc. You mentioned that you live in Europe and so if you have the chance to investigate in person, do so! If 1942/43 seems to be the first thought, go with that and look around. Only you are gonna know what feels right so don't be afraid to be honest with yourself and explore something.

I started thinking you might have been Jewish during WWII, until I got to the red hair part. I have never seen a Jewish person with red hair
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No, and even a quick google search will say otherwise. Ashkenazic Jews are famous for a high occurrence of red hair.


Nerea, you didn't mention anything about feeling Jewish but if you do, of course I'd recommend looking into it.

Also the part about the gas mask doesn't fit very well with WWII. At the beginning everyone was afraid gas was going to be used again, but they never did. At least not in Europe. Maybe it was an oxygen mask instead?
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No, gas masks were a standard part of German equipment in WWII. Whether anyone ever used them outside of drills is another thing, but gas masks were certainly around in Europe during the 40's.


Regarding the use of gas, in 1943 an Allied ship was destroyed in an Italian harbor and its cargo of mustard gas bombs added to the loss of life- both civilian and military. More info can be found on Bari so I won't go on, but this was worth mentioning in order to make the point that just because something isn't a common theme of a part in history, doesn't mean your memories or hunches are 'wrong'. Some things do take some investigation and one would be surprised to see what things may share a common theme or are EXACTLY how you remember/feel about them.


Nerea, it's worth a wonder that you could have been involved in WWI as well, by the way, even if it was a separate life. I know your focus is on the 40's, mine was too, but how do you feel about WWI and those times?

But you still could have been the enemy
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This brings up an interesting thought. Nerea, since you do feel so connected to the times and to WWII itself, how do you feel about the concept of 'the enemy'. Do you feel as though there was one, and if so, who or what was it? There were a lot of different groups back then and it's worth a look to see what, if any, you might have been associated with or around. Again, this is something that you would have to answer for yourself and paying attention to your fears and your hunches is important!


On somewhat of a more casual note, I think it's interesting and honestly pretty cool that you still like the fashions of the time and dress and do your hair in the styles of way back when. I'm a swing dancer and I dig those styles too. I can never get my hair right! Do you like the music also? In any case, Nerea, I wish you the best of luck. I read through your intro post and I agree with you that reincarnation is quite logical. I'm around your age and dealing with feelings and the other 'side effects' of war past lives is something I've dealt with all through my childhood and young adult life. WWII in Europe is still among my interest these days and I always enjoy the company of those who might have been there too, so thanks again for sharing and if you have anything that you want to discuss (or some great things from the 40's to talk about!) feel free to do so with me if you would like to.


Cheers,


Spatz
 
Another Austrian?


Hi Nerea,


I also remember a past life in Austria. My memories actually started occurring in my dreams after I lost my mother in this life. (I was 29 this time but in that life I lost my mother at the age of 5).


I had always been extremely protective of my mother as a child, but I never had much of a memory of my past life, except that I adored England. (Since my memories have cleared I realized that after my mother left me in 1920, I was sent to live with my grandmother on a little farm in England.)


As a teenager in that lifetime I was sent back to my mother's sister and her family in Vienna, and NEVER felt like I fit in.


But the most amazing things that i have remembered as time has gone by seem to have validation as I find real information that proves my memories as real.


I will say that in the beginning I used a self recorded


visualization tape to just relax myself and allow my mind to


visualize what it wanted to. Of course occasionally you get those thoughts that make no sense, but I advise you to keep a log of everything that comes across. I have found that my mind does some interesting things to help me deal with more difficult circumstances (including the habit of using cats to symbolize children-the cats do human things but they still look like cats).


I look forward to hearing more of your memories.


catseye


coffee
 
Nerea said:
It's hard for me to start writing about this but since I joined this forum in order to find out more about what I believe it was my past life, I think I should really begin somewhere!

Firstly, I am obsessed with everything that has to do with the 40s: from hair, to dresses, pictures... literally everything. I do actually dress and do my hair how "they" used to do it, I've recently started and I feel like I'm "myself".

Whenever I hear someone talking about WWII, whenever I see pictures from that era or whenever I watch films that have to do with those years I feel so nostalgic, I actually cry if I'm alone thinking about those times. I feel like I really miss them and this is not my place at all. I feel so sad when I think that time is going so fast, that soon everything that had to do with that era will be nothing more than a page of a history book.

Well, talking about memories I had my first one when I was a child, as I wrote in my introduction, but since I was a child I knew nothing about reincarnation and since the memory was nothing pleasant I tried to forget about it. Anyway, I remember being left alone in a dark room with no windows and no lights, there was nothing in it and I was sitting near the door (that was locked). I remember I was fearing what would have happened next since I couldn't even see a single thing in that place. Unluckily I'm not sure what kind of place was that nor where it was located at the time.

The other one I have is more vivid and it came to my mind while I was in trance, I was told that I started crying and I actually remember being very scared in the memory. I was in what it seems to me like a hotel, a nice one, between the mountains. I'm not sure about where I was exactly but I think somewhere between Austria, southern Germany or northern Italy. It was spring, something like may, and it was sunny, warm but windy. The air was so refreshing and I remember the beautiful landscape of the mountains.
I was at the entrance of the hotel and was waiting/looking for someone (I'm not sure) but the room was empty. I was about 18/19/20 and was there with my family, I had younger siblings and I remember hearing them laugh and play outside while I was feeling sorry for them because they knew nothing about what was happening. I'm not sure about what was actually happening but it felt like my family and I were hiding/escaping from someone/somwhere. I don't remember the exact year but it may have been around 1943/1944, I guess.
I also remember having shoulder lenght red hair (maybe that's why I've always liked red hair :p) and greenish eyes. I was wearing a brown dress with little white flowers.

That's all I got until now but I definetely want to learn more about my possible past life and what happened.

Oh and a thing about my present life is that I have fears linked to war. Since I was a child I was so scared by the sound of military airplanes (and I still am) that everytime I heard one I would cry and scream.
I also fear the sound of bombs, I mean I luckily have never heard them falling from the airplanes in my present life, but whenever I hear them in a video or film I get so scared! Also, I'm afraid of gas masks, if a friend of mine comes towards me wearing one of those I can't let him get close to me.

I believe that's everything for the moment!

I would love if someone could help me finding out more about the memories I have or anything else that may be related!

Thanks for reading and sorry for my english, it's not my native language! :S[/QUOTE


-I actually remember having a dream it was very clear and normally I have very few dreams but I was sprinting through this mist and all around me looked as though I was fighting somewhere urban I remember rushing past my allies who all were dressed in German uniform I had run out of ammunition and picked up a Russian sub machine gun, specifically the pssh I could see gun fire and fire everywhere as well as smoke I remember pushing up from our lines behind a destroyed vehicle for cover then I woke up.
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I've had a lot of flash backs to that era! Sometimes I'll be doing a chore or something random,where I'm not even trying to remember anything..and then I'll find myself thinking of the 1940s.Sometimes I also feel like I miss it.Sometimes it seems difficult how we leave one period and go to another,just like in this life where we leave years behind.I sense that I died young in the war.So I'm not sure what to think now, because my life was left in that time,and now I'm trying to accept that I came back to a different world!
 
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