Unexplained Experiences: Coincidence or Connection? Part 1 – Childhood Signals

I don’t believe in ghosts. I don’t believe in magic. I believe in science — in data, in things that can be measured, tested, and written down in a lab notebook.

Yep, that's me when I was a post-doctoral fellow at UNT.

But here’s the thing: my own life keeps handing me these little “glitches” that science hasn’t exactly explained yet. Some of the weirdest unexplained experiences started way back when I was a kid, but they weren't the most compelling. The year I started to doubt everything I ever knew was in 2022, but we're not there in the story yet.

I should pause here to say this: I don’t think I’m special. I’m not a superhero with powers or some chosen one from a fantasy novel. Honestly, I think everyone has these kinds of connections — call it intuition, energy, or just our brains being sharper than we realize. The only difference might be that I notice it more. Maybe that’s because of my Asperger’s. Numbers, patterns, little details — I can get locked onto them in ways other people might shrug off. So where most people brush past a weird feeling, I catalog it, track it, and circle back later when it lines up. So I encourage you to start paying attention to these things and see if they line up with you, as well.

The Icy Brain Tingles

When I was little, my brain had this bizarre trick. Anytime my mom was upset, hurt, or just in a bad emotional place, my head would tingle. And not a “pins-and-needles” tingle — I mean it felt like my brain was lifted out of my skull and placed onto ice cubes.

Yeah. Weird.

This is the best way to describe the feeling I'd have when my mother was upset.

It never happened randomly. Not once. Every single time, it matched with her being upset — always when I wasn’t with her. Later, I’d find out something had gone wrong, and sure enough, it lined up.

By the time I was a teenager, I’d counted at least 30 times this happened. That’s… not just a coincidence, right? Or is it?

For example, the friends who occasionally sneaked out of the house with me in the wee hours of the morning (yeah, I did that) learned to ask me if we were good or if my mother had caught us and was up waiting (and very angry). If I said we were fine, we were! If I said we had to go back to my house, we ran back and prepared ourselves for the confrontation.

Connected at the Core

I always felt tethered to my mom in a way I couldn’t explain. Maybe it’s DNA. Maybe it’s intuition. Or maybe it’s something science hasn’t cracked yet.

Physicists talk about quantum entanglement — two particles get “linked,” and no matter how far apart they are, what happens to one instantly affects the other. Einstein called it “spooky action at a distance.”

So here’s the thought I can’t shake: if that’s possible at the particle level… could it echo in humans who literally share DNA? Like moms and kids? Are DNA molecules quantum entangled - or maybe a portion of them are?

Not saying I’ve solved quantum physics here. But I can’t help but wonder.

A Random Fixation on 2030

Here’s another one. When I was twelve, I got this unshakable feeling: I would live until the year 2030. Not 2029. Not 2045. 2030.

Why? No clue. It wasn’t based on anything. Just locked in.

Now that I’m getting closer to that year — and with all the chatter about 2030 being some kind of “end of the world” marker — it feels… a little creepy. Was my twelve-year-old brain onto something? Or was it just a dramatic kid thought that stuck around, and with all these crazy end-of-the-world predictions for 2030, it's making me hyper-aware of it.

Coincidence? Probably on this one. But it planted a seed. I really hope I'm wrong on this one, as I'm not ready to go, but if it's my destiny, so be it.

Something is happening in 2030. I've known since I was a kid. Will it be a zombie apocalypse? Yeah, probably 0% chance.

Why These Unexplained Experiences Matter

These were the first breadcrumbs in a trail I’ve been following my whole life: icy brain tingles, a connection I couldn’t shake, and a random future prediction that won’t leave me alone.

Maybe it’s all just a coincidence. Or maybe it’s the beginning of a bigger pattern — one that only gets stranger the more you zoom out. Stay tuned - there's a lot more to this story. I've only just begun.

Covered in part two of this series - Motherhood and the Unseen Thread: Turns out, the connection didn’t stop with my mom. When I had kids of my own, I started getting pain jolts, gut instincts, and sudden “knowings” that tied me to them in ways I still can’t explain.

This series includes the following:

• Part 2 – Motherhood and the Unseen Thread

  • I felt my kids’ injuries, even miles away. Coincidence? You tell me.

• Part 3 – Premonitions, Predictions, and the Strange

  • Dreams that came true… and picking winners of sporting events.

• Part 4 – Echoes of Death

  • Guardian angel coins. Cardinals pounding at windows. Lights flickering with grief.

• Part 5 – So… Coincidence?

  • After decades of weird signals, is it science we don’t understand… or just a coincidence?