Sun, 22 Mar 98, Reader writes:
There have been a few things in my life that have always bothered me and made me wonder. Ever since I was a toddler, I have had an overwhelming fear of water. Not just a normal fear, but something that has upset me my whole life. I am nearly eighteen years old, and I still will not swim in the deep end of any swimming pool. I would not even stick my head under water, unless it was to wash my hair, until I was around nine years old. Even my parents said they have never seen anything like it...as a toddler they would bring me in a swimming pool with them and as soon as I get in I would start screaming...while it is not unusual for some children to have an instinctual fear of the water, I reacted so strongly even my parents were puzzled. Basically, I am okay in water if it is not deeper than my height...I just strongly, strongly fear deep water especially if there is nothing, like the edge of a pool, to hold on to.
As long as I can remember, I have had a fascination that borderlines obsession with the Titanic. I don't know why. I've never been interested like this with other disasters such as the Lusitania and the Hindenberg. But I can remember, throughout my school days, I would get books from the library all the time on the Titanic and I would read the same ones over and over, I don't know why. I feel crazy, but I have been fixated on this my whole life. I keep thinking that in a past life, I was on the Titanic and that is why I am so interested in it. It would be much easier for me to explain this away if it had just started when I saw the movie or whatever, but I've been well, obsessed with it my whole life. Is it possible that perhaps I was a passenger on the Titanic and that I'm not crazy.
Also, for the past couple of years, four years or so, I have been completely obsessed about New Orleans. I don't know why. I've never been there before, but it has fascinated me completely, and not just because of the history or the culture. I feel like it's where I belong, so to speak. One night, a year or so ago, I had a completely odd dream and I wonder if this could relate to it. It may just be a dream, but it was very, very odd and I have rarely remembered dreams this long. I dreamt that I was about sixteen years old, and it was sometime in the eighteen hundreds. I was lying in bed, wearing a high necked white hightgown and I was sick with some sort of illness. I believe it had something to do with my throat, and I was dying. And although I knew I was dying, I kept saying "I do not want to die, I want to go dancing". I know it sounds really crazy, but it was so odd and I can't get it out of my mind. I also believe that the dream was in New Orleans. I feel as though I belong in New Orleans. My feelings for the city, where I've never even been before, are so strong that after college I plan on moving there to live. Am I just obsessed with this town or is there something else to it? I wonder if my odd dream has anything to do with it?
Thank you for listening to me...I know I must sound very odd but the stuff I've told you is true and it has been bothering me for a long time. I would appreciate any help in finding out what is causing this :)
Mon, 23 Mar 98, Otherplane's reply to reader:
Ever since we started Otherplane last year and started picking up on the readers with special gifts or something else, it seems that the indicators are always the same. So when you came in with that story, it didn't take long to find out who you are...then and now.
You died as a girl when you were at the age of 17, in New Orleans, and the year was 1876...in fact, it was on June 17. Then you had your first reincarnation, you were a male who was a passenger on the Titanic on that fateful night it went down below the waves. You were 37 years old when you died on that night. And now here you are as the person and present life you are now living. This is your second reincarnation (third life) and this would explain your fear of deep water.
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