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writes:Is there really such thing as a psychic?Ok, strange question, but please read. I'm 26 and a mother of one. I have a degree in genetics and I'm a secondary (high) school science teacher, so I'm slightly skeptical of all the supernatural stuff.But recently, on a night out I had a few glasses of wine and I was pretty drunk. The next day my boyfriend told me that I really creeped him out because I told him that someone we know was going to end up in hospital soon. I don't remember saying it but he said I said it a few times and that I seemed really serious about it. Well 10 days later my dad, who is usually fit and healthy ends up in hospital with a blood clot on his lung. He is fine now, but as you can imagine I was quite creeped out by my own premonition of this event. Then I started thinking back about other events like this that have happened. I remember when I was pregnant everyone kept telling me I was having a boy, I didnt really have an opinion on it. But then I had a dream that a little girl was shouting " I'm a GIRL mummy!" over and over again. Low and behold I had a daughter.Another instance I had a dream about a fire alarm ringing constantly in my dream. I remember it annoyed me so much that I woke up and I mentioned it to my boyfriend. The very next day a kid at school pulled the fire alarm (which never really happens as it's punishable by exclusion).Lots of other small things happen all the time, like knowing what letters are waiting at home, knowing who's calling before I check etc. I'm also very intuitive about people's emotions. Once I couldn't sleep because I felt a horrible sense of anxiety and dread. At the time we were living with my boyfriend's parents and I went downstairs to see if anyone was up. My mother in law was sitting up crying because her mother was ill again after having just gotten out of hospital. She told me she was so worried about her and that she thought she wasn't going to get better.I also get dejavu ALL the time. Usually at least 5 times a week and sometimes when it happens I can finish people's sentences and I feel 100% sure that its happened before.Does anything like this happen to anyone else? As I said I'm VERY skeptical, but some of this stuff has really got me thinking.Thanks for reading.
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reader, anonymous, writes (16 July 2013): Yes these things do happen to many people, some listen and take note of these type of events while others don't give it a second thought.
I have had countless experiences of this nature, since childhood and also have the 'Twin Thing'and have 'shared experiences'.
I think when you are aware of what you are been told, it is good to follow your intuition more, and develop these abilities.
It's the Flat earthers who are the ones who pooh pooh this phenomenon, then they learnt that the earth was NOT flat, say no more.
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reader, anonymous, writes (12 July 2013): I'm quite the skeptic, but I'm going to go with several other posters here who say that this is a very real phenomenon, but is probably an undiscovered *natural* phenomenon rather than a *super*natural phenomenon. After all, the only difference between something being called natural and something being called supernatural is whether we, as humans, know what the hell is going on! :) Our intuition and our minds can do much more than we think, is what I believe. Some bring this ability to life in themselves by reinforcing it and maintaining a quiet, peaceful mind. Others crowd it out with distractions and constant mental noise. My little family of three (fiance, myself, and stepson, 6) shows "psychic" abilities toward each other constantly. Almost no day goes by without my stepson referencing an event, place, or concept that was on someone's mind, but far from the topic of spoken conversation at that moment (we're talking about...ants, for instance, and my honey thinks that he needs paper towels at Target. Ten seconds later, stepson pipes up, "Dad, can I get a toy when we go to Target?" etc.). My man and I are also deeply attuned to each other and can "read" each other's thoughts beyond just circumstantial and body language cues. I think that minds can bond much more deeply than our modern science thinks they can! "Psychics," however...I have only one experience, and it was traumatizing and terrifying. Forty-five minutes over the phone of untrue character assassinations, which I have long since concluded was the psychic's own regrets and bitternesses (she spent most of this time telling me how much my boyfriend sucked, with just enough circumstantial truth thrown in to freak me out, such as the fact that he is stuck in the city we're in because of custody issues)(she also kept telling me how much my mother loved me, how she wasn't all bad, etc. when I have determined in therapy that my mother's narcissistic personality disorder is THE reason I even need therapy!). I had only been dating him for a couple months, and I had grown up in a religion where you were supposed to swallow any such predictions lock, stock, and barrel. So I had a very hard time with that, but got past it and continued to look at him for him and develop my own maturity. Now I see it for the pack of lies it was. She was, however, able to tell me what was on my mind and speak to it, such as the fact that my mother, who has short brown hair, loved me and hoped I did well despite the fact that she disapproves of me having sex with my boyfriend. She told me a couple things about my future based on *what I thought I was going to do* at that point. Why, how remarkable! My mom DOES have short brown hair and she DOES disapprove of sex before marriage! My god! Now let me listen to you for another hour as you systematically assassinate my boyfriend's character and tell me that I'm going to do a bunch of stuff that I will never do! The most interesting part? She painted my boyfriend as a controlling, jealous punk...which, as an abused and neglected girl, is what I was EXPECTING in a partner. The opposite of what he is. He is incredibly supportive and is creeped out when I don't stand on my own and have my own life. She predicted MY OWN INTENTIONS for myself -- but said they were his. Now that these have ceased to be my intentions for myself, I see very clearly what was going on in that reading. The woman was intuitive, but she pretended she was attuned to some cosmic force and "spirit guides" rather than a scared girl's fears. I strongly think it was the latter. Long story short, I do believe that some "psychics" are attuned to something, but it's what we're ALL attuned to -- the thoughts and feelings of others. Once they try to make it into something outside of themselves or outside of the client...some universal truth...that's when it becomes dangerous, harmful and false. Please, people, never get a psychic reading. But do listen to your gut.
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reader, kellyO +, writes (12 July 2013):
 Hi Anom,
I understand you cos the same happens to me. I never thought of it as being psychic but it was more rather intuition or something. At 14 i had a best friend and she comes and goes anytime to the house anything and my mum loved her. But the strange thing is after sometime anytime she is coming to the house i start sneezing. I then told my mum about this and when she noticed it happening herself several times my mum got scared and stopped us from seeing each other because she just couldn't understand it.
Again there was a time when i was at university i was having some bad dreams and feeling something is not right at home. I called several to ask if everyone is alright, my parents would say yes. But i didn't believe i kept calling everyday and insisted to speak to all my siblings.I could speak to everyone except my sister my parents kept giving excuses why was she was never there. I kept calling home and my mum couldn't handle it and told me she was at the hospital just had a major operation and wasnt doing very well. They didn't want to tell me because i was in the middle of my exams. everyday my mum said she would mention my name and said she wished i was here because we were very close.I had to rush home after my exams to see her and she recovered beautifully. I dont know what to call this but it has sure helped me in the past as well.
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reader, Share Bear +, writes (12 July 2013):
 I share your 'skeptism' to the extent that I always question these things when they occur.
I feel such excitement/ awe I feel when I experience or hear about these sorts of things, yet I'm aware that many people inevitably put on a sensible head to this sort of thing and talk it away. I 'want' to believe... yet I guess there's never 'hard proof' no matter how unusual/ sure the coincidence/ feeling is...
I'd love to hear more of your stories. The more 'evidence' there is, the more hopeful I can feel that maybe there IS a little more to us all than the every day!
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reader, DV1  +, writes (11 July 2013):
 Is there such thing as a psychic?
Nobody on this planet has that answer. Only time will tell.
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reader, maverick494 +, writes (11 July 2013):
In hindsight, it is very easy to connect things, especially when you want to. That doesn't make it accurate or reliable--the opposite in fact. Think of all the dreams that didn't mean anything. All the times you didn't predict or connect something and found out later. You tend to forget about that in favor of the other times you were spot on.
You're probably observant and have good instincts. You're curious. And sometimes, you're lucky. But psychic? I don't think so. Don't underestimate the amount of information we accumulate through our 5 senses.
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reader, anonymous, writes (11 July 2013): Hi, I am the original poster.
I understand what you mean about coincidence of course, but as far as what happened with my dad - he hasn't been in hospital since he broke his foot playing football when he was in his teens.
I agree that it is just a sense that some people are more tuned into than others, I posed my question using the general term psychic to try and get some perspective on it.
I do feel that it is a little bit more than coincidence however, and that life isn't just always a completely random sequence of events. There are lots of things that we don't understan just yet, but I'm keeping my mind open!
Thanks for all of the responses :)
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reader, So_Very_Confused +, writes (11 July 2013):
 And had your dad not gone to the hospital this would not be an issue... coincidences happen.
I think that some of us are more tuned into things than others are but that just makes us more perceptive and open to the possibilities of what might be.
My mother once fell down the steps and hurt her leg. I had pain in the same leg at the time she fell down the steps and we did not live in the same home when it happened. I think it was just a coincidence.
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reader, anonymous, writes (11 July 2013): There really isn't any such thing as a "psychic ability" as we perceive it in the dramatic and "crystal ball" sense. We all have a built-in sense of intuition. Particularly where family and loved ones are concerned. We tend to keep our radar keen in a protective way; because we focus so deeply on the safety and welfare of humankind.
I frequently dial before I'm called. I frequently tell people something that popped into my head, and they wonder how I happened to know what was on their mind. I read posts and feel a little more about people than they reveal. They send me a personal message wondering how did I know a particular detail they neglected to indicate. That is the primary element of wisdom.
I don't believe this to be psychic, I think is a hypersensitivity that is interpreted as something more than it really is. Like any ability or natural sense we have, it is more developed in some people. Like a heightened sense of smell or taste. Like the blind who can sense when a silent person is in the room.
There are people who can see images in their minds and supposedly find things or people. It's something nature has built into all of us. It's another sense required for survival. I am of Native-American heritage; and I was surrounded by this all my life. I prefer the more scientific approach to this phenomena.
Who hasn't experienced this ability to some degree? I think there are a lot of charlatans out there making money; because they have a knack for singling out specifics that anyone can relate to. People want to be able to control fate so badly, they grasp for any evidence that it is possible. Why don't all psychics win the lotto?
As a mother, and a sensitive person, you will be more "in-tuned" to the happenings in your family. Every family has at least one or more people like you. My mother, my grandmother, and myself; we are the ones who feel things.
I call when the "feeling" hits me. I get good or bad news.
I didn't really foresee it. I am always cognitive of my family's daily experience. Sooner or later something good or bad will happen. By coincidence, I give in to the urge to investigate.
The difference is, some people verbalize what they foresee and others just dismiss it. It's just a human instinct that we have that we can fine-tune and use like any other sense we have. Those who are believers, will give it maybe more credence than it deserves. They remove the logical element; and attribute it to something supernatural. When in fact, it is quite natural.
I think it's bit far-fetched when people place a lot of faith in psychic readers, tarot readings, and fortune-tellers. These people are fake. There are general experiences that just account to life and the human experience. If we focus on what is foretold; through self-fulfilling prophecy, we see what we expect to see.
I'm not discounting your feelings; because I experience the same, and my friends make more of it than I do. They just don't use it when they need it. It's like some people in law enforcement have good instincts in tracking criminals and figuring out criminal behavior. It is a gift. It is how we use it; and develop it that makes it stronger in some than others. There is a lot we'll hear about it; but I don't believe it is as controlled and dependable as some people try to make it. It happens, there is no true way to make that instinct work on demand. As many will try to make you believe.
If we didn't have that instinct, we wouldn't know how to make life choices and figure out what path we should take for our destiny in life. We wouldn't know what person is destined to be our mate for life, and we wouldn't be able to protect our children when they are out of our reach.
keep using it. Just don't get carried away and start believing everything that pops into your head. Even people well-known for so-called "psychic ability" have a limited percentage of accuracy; only a few degrees above the average person. There are people who are able to create the trends of the future in their minds. That is a talent. You perceive the image in your head, before it is produced in reality.
We can tag any similarity to a thought or perception to something happening in reality. We start to notice it, and then it becomes something we began to believe to be a premonition. It should then be attributed to coincidence; it could easily turn into paranoia.
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reader, anonymous, writes (11 July 2013): My boyfriend told me we were going to get stuck in the lift at work that night, low and behold we got stuck! Creepy eh! He told me something bad was going to happen to our flat when we got home! Low and behold upstairs had flooded us!
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reader, adviceneeded01 +, writes (11 July 2013):
Hi, I get alot of those things, I used to get Deja vu alot, but not so much anymore which is a shame, I also am VERY empathetic towards people, too much sometimes.. I wish I got premonitions but I havent really had much of that, ive had a few small things but nothing big, So yes, I believe that psychic's do exist, and you probably are very open to "that world" its an incredible gift, which we are all open too, but not many of us use..I think if something comes so naturally to you, you should use it as best as you can.. :D
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reader, anonymous, writes (11 July 2013): Since you told you are a teacher and majored in a certain degree, I hope you will understand what "causality" means actually.
Everyone here and elsewhere have his/her fair share of such coincidences and you are not any special.
I am very sure there are many instances in which what you thought would have never happened. You tend to ignore many such signals because your mind is focused on those that turned right.
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reader, anonymous, writes (11 July 2013): I'm scientifically trained too. But there's loads we can't explian.
Two nights ago I had a very vivid dream about one of my upper left molars coming out. The next morning my flatmate had toothache in thesame place. Lots of things like this happen. I bbelieve we can tune into the stuff of the universe - and we call that intuition and psychic ability.
I have predicted the correct sex for eight pregnancies in a row (friends and sister). It wasn't hard, I just knew.
However I hate the world of fortune telling etc as there is such a lot of bullshit and exploitation.
Enjoy your gift x
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reader, banditsmom1124 +, writes (11 July 2013):
 what you are experiencing is precognative...thats the best word for it imo. i have precognative dreams all the time. i also get wierd strong sensations in my tummy that goes away...its hard to explain but it still freaks me out even after 20+ years of experiencing this lol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precognition
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