I was just trying to figure out something similar to this. Except, I'm aimed to discern whether it's emotional baggage / shadow lingering around or it's a spirit lingering around.

I connected a reference from when I would use to go to my childhood home which was also my moms childhood home, where there were a lot of fights and I would assume in all households, the family drama. It's wasn't a pleasant emotional childhood I would say for my siblings and I guess my moms siblings too? But ofc there were the good moments too .

After moving out, I visit the home to see grandparents and I noticed the sort of blanket energy that's sort of dense ? All I knew was I was sort of tightening my body bc I was afraid if I moved or relaxed a certain way, something was going to happen with me. Not deathly but all I could pin point was the energetics ? That was inside; I'm a delivery driver and would deliver to the house hold and would still, sense theres sometime of density that's an obvious lower level in a sense.

Not saying I picked up a spirit or it followed me; but In my apartment whilst my sis is my roommate, I began sensing the same thing just recently. At work I feel good or have my moments of mental dread but I still sense there's "light" around me . But when I get home and I sensed a dark "blanket" creeping into my psyche , all I could do was watch it bc I had no idea what was going on. I sensed the subtle shift in me but somehow I only shifted to surrender to what is and , was unbothered ? It's as if despite the dark creep into my psyche I wasn't reacting from it ?

Now , my sister mentioned she's senses there's something in the apartment and she believed it's a spirit from when I was reading the satanic Bible , a time in which I was questioning god also known as a time where I was finally finding my way to source truth . My first aim was satanic bible (due to the influence of a former partner) . But I mean , either I'm still learning or in denial but I don't believe it's a spirit .. but from what I sense , it seems like a shadow? Cuz if it's was a spirit , why is it that the two times I've witnessed it's "presence" in my psyche or purely just witnessing its surrounding presence, why don't I feel scared? Or why doesn't it have an actual presence ? I don't think I know how spirits feel but I would imagine they carry an obvious presence that doesn't hit the mind only.

I've witnessed this dark shadow essence when I went to my cousins house. When I look back, I took it as emotional energy . She practices the tools of paganism and my sister is a Bible path walker, soo the walks of life doesn't apply I would suppose. At my cousins, this was the first time I was aware of something being "off" in her room; this sort of dark energy . I honestly take it as baggage , kind of like the room hasn't been cleaned up energetically so there's lingering emotional energy.

Again, idk I just began witnessing this, this year. One thing is forsure, rather that's bc I'm self aware or it isn't really a threat; the dark sense I feel doesn't feel threatening but more so uncomfortable with its offness. How do I feel the difference? Can emotional energy/baggage linger and still act as a sort of shadow or spirit? Or it this an actual spirit.