Bi-Polar Disorder: Are These Repressed Psychic People?
Bi-Polar disorder (a.k.a. manic-depressive) is an unusual mental issue. While nearly all other mental disorders involve having a severely limited ability to express real emotions, bi-polar people express too much. Their emotions get away from them and they cannot hold them back. This can interfere with people’s lives because high emotions distort our ability to think and reason, often allowing our irrational fears to take hold and run the show. The travails of Mel Gibson, who had the misfortune of having his problems exposed to the entire world, are a perfect example of this.
The Mayo Clinic has the following list of symptoms:
Manic phase of bipolar disorder
Signs and symptoms of the manic or hypomanic phase of bipolar disorder can include:
- Euphoria, Extreme optimism, Inflated self-esteem, Poor judgment, Rapid speech, Racing thoughts
- Aggressive behavior, Agitation or irritation, Increased physical activity, Risky behavior, Spending sprees or unwise financial choices
- Increased drive to perform or achieve goals, Increased sex drive, Decreased need for sleep, Inability to concentrate, Careless or dangerous use of drugs or alcohol
- Frequent absences from work or school, Delusions or a break from reality (psychosis), Poor performance at work or school
Depressive phase of bipolar disorder
Signs and symptoms of the depressive phase of bipolar disorder can include:
- Sadness, Hopelessness, Suicidal thoughts or behavior, Anxiety, Guilt
- Sleep problems, Low appetite or increased appetite, Fatigue, Loss of interest in daily activities
- Problems concentrating, Irritability, Chronic pain without a known cause
- Frequent absences from work or school, Poor performance at work or school
The first thing that strikes me about this is that you probably have to be a highly sensitive person to have bi-polar disorder. This only makes sense. For a person to have wild emotional swings, they have to have wild emotions. There is apparently no scholarly research on this connection, but I am not the first to think of this. On a help site for highly sensitive people, one man writes:
Is it possible that being “highly sensitive” is an illness brought about by a chemical imbalance similar to bipolar disorder ?
I lived with bipolar disorder and have had periods of deep depression. I was born with a heightened senses as was my mother and her mother as well. they both had symptoms of bipolar disorder. It has occurred to me that my being HSP may be why I was open to bipolar disorder and related depression.
The second thing is that bipolar disorder is strongly linked to creativity in the manic phase.
Memory and creativity are related to mania. Clinical studies have shown that those in a manic state will rhyme, find synonyms and use alliteration more than controls. This mental fluidity could contribute to an increase in creativity. Moreover mania creates increases in productivity and energy. Those in a manic state are more emotionally sensitive and show less inhibition about attitudes, which could create greater expression ((3)). Studies performed at Harvard looked into the amount of original thinking in solving creative tasks. Bipolar individuals, whose disorder was not severe, tended to show greater degrees of creativity ((5)).
So here we have people who are highly sensitive and creative, which are strong attributes of psychic people. Is is really so very much of a stretch to imagine that psychic ability is somewhere nearby? No. And surprisingly, for a change, I am not the first person to think of this. A website I ran into basically states the same thing:
The most common psychiatric diagnosis among experients of psychical phenomena is Bipolar Disorder. Also known as manic depression, manic-depressive disorder and bipolar affective disorder, this diagnosis describes a category of mood disorders.
And treating people with this disorder as though they were psychic would probably do a lot for their mental health. Let me explain:
Once you know you are psychic, a number of things can be dealt with:
- You are aware that you are picking up the thoughts of other people and that this affects your moods. From there, you can learn to deal with it.
- You stop asking yourself the question: Am I crazy? No, you’re psychic.
- You understand that you can’t change who you are. So you don’t try.
- You can begin to carve an identity for yourself that matches what you are actually capable of. So you stop spending energy trying to be someone that doesn’t fit you.
If you are not dealing with these things they will catch up with you. And it just might be that the people who are most vulnerable are highly sensitive, creative types that have not learned the first thing about dealing with the psychic onslaught of the world and are trying to pretend that they’re normal when they aren’t. This can push people to the brink.
I can speak from personal experience here. The more comfortable I’ve become with being psychic, the calmer I’ve been and my emotions have been much more steady. I’m not as prone to depression or simply malaise. It’s easier to shake out of it. Not because of anything I’m doing psychically, I’m just more comfortable in my own skin.
It seems to me that having emotions go through such intense cycles is a symptom of suppression. That is to say, the individual is trying hard to repress something about themselves and failing at it. That something may be their psychic awareness. Those of us who have been through this know how difficult it is to hold back spirit. (for lack of a better word.) I can easily imagine the psychological demolition derby resulting from someone trying too hard to adopt the “rational” mindset when it doesn’t suit them. (It’s in quotations because people are often far less rational than they think they are.)
I don’t have any answers here, it’s just something to think about. If bi-polar people were taught to embrace their psychic side and understand it, would that help them? I think it’s a good question.
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A short summary of me: At age 23 I was diagnosed with major depression and hospitalized. Anti-depressants ALWAYS triggered suicidal thoughts. Twenty years later the diagnosis of Bipolar came with a couple of more hospitalizations. Then the mood stabilizers were even worse for me. I do not currently take any medications. Now I am so confused because everything I read seems to fit what I am going through. So am I Bipolar, going through a psychic and/or spiritual awakening, am I highly sensitive, an empath or menapausal?
Well, as you might imagine that’s a really tough call without knowing you. If the mood stabilizers don’t work for you though, you’re definitely highly sensitive. Psychic people are sensitive to everything, so there’s that.
Awakening is an intentional process usually, so if you’re not making the effort, you’re probably not moving along very fast.
My approach to the strong emotions is to try to allow them, feel them and intentionally let them pass. That seems to work for me and it’s all I can recommend.
Alright, since the anonymity of the Internet makes for boldness…
I’ve poked around here on occasion, from linkage on HuffPo, and I think this was the first article I ever read here. Revisiting it. I can’t say that I’m truly a “believer” in the psychic side of things (ask me for money and I’m gone) – I’m more like a “person whose faith is in flux and who feels kind of stupid for believing in anything at all.” However, I’m also a person who “thinks in science fiction” and is drawn to spooky-stuff. I like to read things that are out of the ordinary and intersting.
I am bipolar. I was diagnosed a few years ago, with signs-in hindsight that I probably had it all my life. I’m a “mixed state,” which means the highs and lows come rapid-fire. There’s a lot of creativity (and/or a lot of anger) in my “highs.” I’ve never considered myself psychic and, in fact, when I first came across this article, I was mildly offended (as in rolling my eyes wondering if yet another person was trying to pull the “inspirationally disadvantaged” card on those of us with disabilities and disorders).
But sometimes, I wonder, just a little bit. One time, when my mother sent a gift of money to my guy and I without us even asking for money (but being in a bad state), my guy said “It looks like your mother has the same ESP as you do.” Cue me going “WHAT?!” Cue him telling me that I seem to be able to sense things.
Then there was how I sometimes feel I accidently “predict” things with stuff I write. I some of the fanfiction I write (yes, I’m a geek) it would seem I predicted a character before the official series I was writing for created her. (Said series being created by people who are very unlikely to read and get ideas from random fanfic written by Americans in the English language).
So, I dunno. Is there such thing as an “ignorant seer?”
Yes, there is such a thing as an ignorant seer. If you grow up with psychic ability in a society that pretends it doesn’t exist, and that’s all you know, then unless you have something completely obvious that can’t be explained any other way, it’s relatively easy to ignore it.
Life, God, Spirit, Guardians, The Universe (whatever you call your higher power) only operates with/through love.
The opposite to this is fear.
So as a Bipolar (diagnosed manic depressive at a very early age) when I am overcome with a crushing sorrow, there is no fear, dread, memory or bitterness attached to this feeling, then I know that I am picking up on “the outside world”. I can not control or change this feeling, all that I can do is acknowledge it and send it love, healing or chant a positive affirmation (may write it several times also).
I am a “typical” Bipolar, on and off my medications many times.
Most of the time I accept that I’ll be on these meds for the rest of my life. They do affect my sensitivity, but as an active participant in managing my “illness”, I collaborate with my doctor to use the medication to help me not become overwhelmed with what I “pick up”.
The way I see it, its a bit of both…I do have a chemical imbalance, the medication helps with stabilizing the levels (so I’m not overwhelmed), but not being so medicated that I am unable to “feel” at all, which creates a void or flat line existence ( where life feels like your a waiting for something, that never comes).
I guess the key to all things, balance.
Blessings to you all, and take care, Zx
I’ve always felt that I was intuitive to the point that I can sense people’s thoughts and also how something is going to play out before hand almost on a psychic level am I crazy ? or just truly born with a gift to sense and feel regarding people places and things ?
Not crazy, just psychic.
It’s more normal than you think it is.
Amazing – so many comments and you still find time to reply to most!! Only a sensitive can do that – most blog authors seem to write and forget – sensitives can’t. {or some don’t want to
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I have had the same hypothesis you mention in the article , based on personal experience, and a lot of reading in metaphysical matters:-). And yes, realizing this and acting accordingly has changed my life.
Also, from experience, medicines, especially the mood stabilizers, don’t reduce but kill creativity, and any trace of genius. They make one flat like a robot rather than a human – not a good trade-off ! Only help to fit into an artificial definition of normality. Anti-psychotics are worse – brain numbing effects for anyone not outrightly having hallucinations, where it might be relatively justified?
Well, nicely presented article and good information.
Thanks.
Thanks for your comment. How could I not reply? So many people have so many heartfelt things to say! We all need to feel that connection.
I don’t know… I’ve found lithium supremely helpful to me, as in, it helps me to focus. I actually think my art has gotten better in the years that I’ve been on it because of the increased ability to focus. That, and being able to think through suicidal impulses instead of giving into the impulse to act on them… that little bit of chemically-induced balance helps.
Psychatric drugs are tricky… different affects for different individuals.
I’m not a big fan of drugs, but since I wrote it I’ve had numerous conversations about this with bipolar people and I’ve softened my stance. Of course I’m not really qualified to have an opinion here . . .
I have a significant psychic aspect to my daily life experiences, and diagnosed mental illness. I don’t find a disconnect between them.
I’m diagnosed rapid cycling mixed bipolar with “cluster B” personality disorder. All of that encompasses a self that is excruciatingly sensitive to others, their energy, self, my own energy.
I exhibit pretty classic signs of a highly creative side, intense experience of mood and emotion, a vivid experience of the energy of others, and an apparent ability to express or communicate outwardly with others in a psychic sense.
My life is a battle to manage these forces and energies in a way that i can stay in a center place, from which i function at a high level. When destabilized I can spiral.
Not sure what else I have to share, except that from my experience there is a connection. I understand the temptation to attribute my perception of psychic communication to my illness, it is possible, but my illnesses do not make me irrational, they make me emotionally highly reactive outside societal norms.
I think this deserves some respect, my life path is to search for integration of the self I am, rather than suppress through drugs this intensity of experience.
It’s somewhat scary that I completely understand where you’re coming from and what it means to be not entirely in control of my emotions and particularly the desire to stay off of meds. A bipolar friend of mine uses meds and she says that it dampens the sense of aliveness, but that it’s worth it for her. I can’t imagine making that trade off.
I’ve gotten better by dredging up and examining and facing every unpleasant deep seated fear I can find in myself over the years. It has helped a lot.
Go ahead and email it to me. I do occasionally publish articles on this site from other people.
Here’s what I tell everyone:
My requirement for publishing on this site is that it be in standard composition format. An opening, a body that supports the opening and a conclusion.
No rambling, no sweeping statements, use links to support facts where necessary.
If I think it’s close, but needs some tweaking, I will make some specific suggestions for you to approve. If it’s not close, and would take a complete rewrite, I will make some broad suggestions for you to consider if you want to go to the trouble.
This is not the path to fame. Most of the articles on this blog have under 200 views. craig@ weiler(dot)com (remove space)
really i’m just sharing with you a piece that resonates with what we’re discussing. call it a bit of inner dialogue i’m sharing personally that’s off topic. i’ll try replying to this email, otherwise would need your email and don’t want to fill you piece with our discussion. pasted below:
I like what you wrote. It’s not long enough for a blog, but it’s interesting all the same. I formatted it just a bit in order to present it properly.
Hello my name is kelsie and i was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when i was fifteen but just recently had my worst episode of psychosis a few months ago. At the time i was not on my medication and i began hearing voices and having delusions. When i was in the hospital i kept picking up on a lot of subliminal messages…and i kept doing certain things to to show people what was about to happen. Shortly after i got out of the hospital i still kept picking up on signs but i no longer do…is it because im on my medicine? And am i psychic?
People who are bipolar share some very distinct characteristics with people who have psychic ability, but are not bipolar. High sensitivity, high creativity, high intelligence, etc. It is very likely that you have psychic ability, but if you’re also having psychosis, things get a bit tricky. There is a fine line between what we create in our imagination in our heads and useful information that we’re receiving. They look the same to us. If you’re making predictions that are consistently coming true, then this is definitely psychic ability. You need to write them down as soon as you get them to make sure that you’re not misremembering after the fact.
According to a bipolar friend of mine, the medicine does dampen psychic ability. For her, it’s a useful trade off because it also dampens the noise and anxiety. I don’t have any personal experience on this and I haven’t run across any literature on the subject.
O okay thankyou, i wish there was just a way to be stable and still have the intuition that i used to. I can never go off my medicine again because of what happened there are just so many missing pieces…i wish i had a better grasp on it.
There is a way to get off your meds and still keep your intuition, but it is a long hard road. Here’s the formula:
1. You need to develop excellent skills in logical, linear thinking. You need this to help you recognize when you aren’t thinking clearly. It also serves to help dampen the emotional highs and lows.
2. You need to spend time every morning meditating on things you are afraid of so that you can get familiar with how you feel when you’re stressed and how you can use that knowledge to mentally calm the stress down.
3. By having the logical ability to stop when you’re going off the rails and the emotional ability to recognize your own stress and calm it down, you can begin to tackle the huge waves of emotion and even them out somewhat. If you can get to the stress before it gets to you, then you can think clearly enough recognize the difference between objective reality and personal reality.
This is much harder than it sounds, but it is doable. My experience is that it takes a few years to accomplish this, but that it’s worth it. People who are highly sensitive usually have great powers of self reflection. This ability is crucial to this kind of healing.
Yes that is true, i just wish i could have the intuition and stay on my medicine. If i were to go off my medicine again i would risk everything, my whole career. I just remember clearly some of the premonitions i was having and they were right on…it was like watching myself on camera. But everything happens for a reason so i feel if i need a warning about something it will come.
I forgot to mention that the path I’m suggesting doesn’t require you to go off your meds right away. In fact, that would probably be a bad idea. It’s better to stay on the meds, begin the process of training your mind and keep it up so that at some point in the foreseeable future you will simply come to an understanding that you can manage without the medication.
I was diagnosed Bi-Polar at the age of 30 and I am now 39. Growing up, I had psychic experiences that range from communicating with crossed-over souls to clairvoyant dreams to seeing auras. I believed I was crazy for a long time. When I was diagnosed and put on Depakote and Lamictal, my emotions finally settled and I was very happy with how calm my life felt. I no longer had bouts of depression or spent thousands of dollars at the drop of a hat (I was once $30,000 in debt). BUT that medication has come at a great price. I no longer have the sensitivities that I used to. I still have a clairvoyant dream from time to time, but I can no longer “read” people the way I used to. I really miss it and I feel like all I do now is work and try to lead a normal life.
How do others deal with this? I sometimes wonder if it would be different if I was not on meds, and I worked through my psychic experiences. But then I have to ask myself, wouldn’t I be crazy to do that?
I’m glad to hear that the meds have been helpful to you. I grew up without meds and had to deal with the high sensitivity. I eventually settled on a routine of constantly confronting my fears in order to be calmer.
It has been a long hard road, but the payoff is just now coming into focus and life is getting better rather quickly.
Thank you a lot for the help. I really enjoyed the conversation and glad to meet you on here.
Glad to be of assistance. With all the disinformation about psi out there peddled as “the truth” it can be a bit crazy making. It also denies people the help to deal with problems such as yours.
Where do I find the way to do this?
There are various websites that detail techniques for psychic protection, and a lot of this depends on what you feel comfortable with.
Mostly it comes down to this. The sensitivity and psi and all that aren’t just a curse that makes our lives miserable. We can use it to our advantage. Our intent is incredibly powerful and we can use it help ourselves. If you make it your ongoing intent to block out your high sensitivity to others emotions, eventually your brain will make the adjustments for this to happen. It takes time and effort, but it is worthwhile.
I shut out an awful lot so I know that it can be done. It has to do with your belief in your own power. I have a very strong intent not to be in other people’s heads because as you well know, they’re all f**ked up and full of fear regardless of how they present themselves.
I have been Bi Polar for a long time. I am Manic Depressive. I noticed even as a small child I saw things and it was so clear as a child.Like an Indian woman who use to show up when ever I was scared. Now, I have loved ones that has passed that comes to me in my dreams when I am scared or something happens like a passing of a loved one. I found my dad dead right after he shot himself and it was just minutes after, things got worse. I started seeing black shapes in the corners of my eyes and I and my family would smell strange smells like smoke and my dad was a heavy smoker. I was with my mom years later when she was ill..my dad passed when I was 21 and mom when I was 37,I am now 40. I was sleeping next to my mom in a nursing home and I dreamed she came and gave me a hug and said good bye and she loved me, then I woke up and took my mom’s hand and she took her very last breath that second as I woke, her chest decompressed for the last time. I also feel that I am really depressed cause not of my own feelings, but almost like others feelings. I have had strange things to come over me and I would just get mad or cry and I felt that they were a part from me, but yet me. I have had strange dreams of people never met but feel as if I known them for years. I dream of a military man that accidentally killed a young boy and he was crying so hearty. I would wake up and cry inconsolably. I took on the feelings of another that I had no idea why. I touch someones hands and my eyes and head would start with great pain and I could see flashes of things. I can get something from a second hand store and just feel drawn to it. I am miserable like this. I feel as if I crazy.
It sounds like the important thing for you to do is to decide who to let in and who to shut out. It is possible to create some barriers to all this influx of emotion and pain. It’s usually accomplished through some form of intent.
Well I have Bipolar II and a Hypothymic temperament, also I’m pretty much de-sensitive to peoples emotions and also experience no fear. Also use my Bipolar to my advantage to keep me happy and also it teaches me things and even surprises me at times (in a good way).
Also my BP helps me to retain and improve memory, concentration, judgement and also gives me an accelerated learning curve, plus also makes me highly intellectual and lets me connect things together like a puzzle.
Long story short, I inherited Bipolar from birth (from both parents) and as such… I consider it to be a gift and not an illness. Also my Bipolar II, keeps me locked in my childhood state but I don’t mind at all, as it’s rather fun.
My understanding of years of personal research and experience, being diagnosed with bipolar disorder almost a decade ago, is individuals with diagnoses of “mental disorders” have a strong connection with the “paranormal.” The issues arises when these natural gifts are unknown and/or out of balance.
Countless esoteric knowledge can be deciphered from such areas as mythology, “fairy tales” ;p, and similar sources. The strongest individuals are more often than not the ones with heavy burdens, lack of self-esteem, and a tendency of not being accepted within the “social norm.”
Almost 2 decades of experience, being mainly self-taught and using innumerable sources as highly-respected guides and none as having “the answer” on a particular focus has shown me, the Most Important step in beginning and continuing to understand one’s own gifts is protection. I suggest perpetually developing new ways, and also strengthening the foundation of ones that resonate with the individual. This advice stems from many quirky, humorous, and frightening twists and turns in my path of self-discovery.
“The fruit of your toils is the sweetest of pleasures.” <~ A Fav ; )
At this juncture, my most developed gift is my intuition. This gift actually makes me laugh within, and at times out-loud for how quirky and comical and how frequent my "otherwise knowing" informs me what will happen, say 10-20+ times a day. This has become as natural as walking in my day to day life. I experience others as well, here and there, especially when needed.
Aligning oneself with what I'll call the "better than usual" self such as tasks/activities/diet/expression/etc. boosts whatever gifts one is experiencing presently and also opens the proverbial door to experiencing others. Again, stating this out of the imperative importance, keyword: Protection.
Some other advice, be respectful when dealing the paranormal, and stern when needed. There are entities that feel threatened from the more highly-developed individuals. Also, sending lower-energy vibes like malicious anger only feeds these "trouble makers." ;P
Coming back to the subject-at-hand, whenever I have an "episode", my psychic skills become what I call out-of-control and over-developed, leaving myself slightly vulnerable.
Out of all this, my most important advice is this: While (I'll say even say this) 'I know' that such "disorders" are a sign of psychic gifts, each individual's responsibility is Balance, maintaining within a certain range of fluctuation that allows for normal, everyday life. Consider this gift as a special flame. This 'fire' is wondrous, helpful, and awe-inspiring. . . as long as one does not become consumed within out-control roaring of flames.
Be grounded, and Safe Travels : )
I’m intrigued by your post. I am rapid cycling bipolar, mixed. Also have a rich psychic life.
Your theme of protection interests me because of where i find myself at present on my own path. I’ve been living in almost total seclusion for about ten months processing some traumatic life events, and expanding my insight into my illness.
I’m finding that as I emerge into a more centered space, I’m also becoming much more psychically aware, which makes my occasional trips into public stressful. I am aware of ways to armor, but find them contrary to my path of self knowledge and trying to be open to subtle forces and energies.
Do you see the disconnect? Thoughts?
I would suggest that everyone on hear give astrology a go!
Learn astrology, & then decided from there wether or not you are psychic.
Believe me peoples..it truely starts from here! Astrology has been practiced since the dawn of time & is a mixture of Maths, Metaphisics, Astronomy, Psychology, spirituality ect ect..!
This…. ! is where anyone told they have bipolar should consider exploring!
Peace ,-)
I have been diagnosised with bi-polar for ten years, but never felt it fit..there were many unaddressed pieces, one I am a highly sensitive person, two I am an orchid, three I am an introvert…all of these things explain pieces of the pie….how do I know if I am psychic? How does when tell? is there a test? or a person to talk to?
There is a survey for psychic people which you can find on one of my pages listed on the left of the blog. That’s the only test I know of. I don’t know who you could talk to in order to assess this.
You used the term orchid in a context where it does not seem to fit. Is this a misspelling or did I just not understand it properly?
orchid referes to a relatively new theory that re-explains the vulnerability hypothesis. The vulnerability hypothesis stated that certain people are more vulnerable to life events and so in difficult circumstance more likely to wilt and stubble with special difficult. The orchid hypothesis states the same thing except it adds an upside which is that this difficult to care for person (fickle like an orchid) can also thrive even more than a typical person under positive circumstances. THere is currently no book on orchid theory although one is do out in 2013. For more read “Quiet” a current national best seller or google “orchid” and “atlantic monthly article” for another source on it meaning. Or just goodie orchid. Things will pop up.
the base idea is an orchid is especially beautiful, but requires special care to survive. There are people that share these characteristics.
Thank you Peter. I will look that up. It’s a beautiful way of expressing a difficult concept which I completely understand.
Thank you for posting this. I have suffered depression and terrible mood swings whenever I disregard my magickal and psychic abilities. I am also clairsentient and empathetic, so I am greatly influenced by other people’s emotions. I have symptoms that resemble moderate to severe bipolar disorder and I have gone through periods of self-destruction and other suicidal behavior. It was not until now that I saw a pattern: when I participated in spiritual or magickal activity, I did not feel extremely high or low. I simply felt at ease, like I was doing what I was meant to do.
I appreciate that someone like you understands what I have gone through l. Thank you and blessed be.
I’m glad I can help.
Sincerely,
Craig
I can relate, angela. Whenever I veer from my Esoteric Path too long, my experience goes from divine to destructive. I recognize synchronicity perpetually. From this, and where I personally am with my progress, I have the feeling of a strong duty to myself and others around me to embrace and keep up with my gifts.
Yup, experience beyond the focus of the common, physical reality heightens the joys of Life. Glad to hear of the rekindling of your Connection.
Safe Travels
I am bipolar, diagnosed at rehab. The reason I was addicted to drugs and alcohol was because I had racing thoughts, was highly sensitive to my surrondings, could perceive things like emotions and feelings others could not. It was all too much for me so I started smoking pot and drinking heavily in order to suppress this. I don’t sleep more than four hours a night and now I am on medication which I feel has made me worthless. Help!
Here’s what I do, but I have to tell you, this will produce instant results. But the results you get will be permanent.
You need to get into a quiet space. Get a piece of paper and pick one thing that causes you stress and write it down in big letters. Put it in front of you. Now, meditate on the stressful thing. It’s important to feel the stress and while you’re in the middle of it, breathe deeply and will yourself to relax in the middle of the stress.
Over time, you will experience less and less stress in this situation and similar ones. You can choose different stresses, it doesn’t matter what they are so long as you can get yourself to react to them in your imagination and they are not so overwhelming that you get paralyzed.
I hope this helps.
staying positive is the key and loving all
aI’ve been reading minds too since I was in college. Since I was attracted to older men, I would always sit up front and when I thought that a professor was also attracted to me out of a huge group because I was giving off a signal in my mind that I was attracted to him, I would FREAK out! I figured everybody in the auditorium knew about it and I ran out of my economic I class. I missed the next few classes then I started to sit in the back. After that I ran into that professor a few times and it was though he felt “ashamed” to look at me. I thought I did something wrong and it only led to me feeling more anxious, slutty, dirty, you name it, something wrong with me.
Now, during my first month of school at University of Maryland, College Park, I wanted to try drugs b/c I had never done them before. I hadn’t the faintest idea where to find any and neither did any of the new freshman on my dormatory floor. Well, one day (this was before I had an almost fatal accident (only 1.5 months into my 1st semester) which I also had a premonition of before it happened, and my mother said that she felt the same thing that night) I was walking to my Astronomy class and I was staring down at the sidewalk the whole way towards class thinking to myself, “wouldn’t be funny if I found a little bundle of pot buds in the middle of the sidewalk. Well, low and behold, and to my “effing” surprise, but not exactly where I wanted it to be found, almost right infront of this grand astronomy building there was this substance on the ground exactly like I had picture in my mind. I said to myself, no fucking way. And with all these people walking and passing by, nobody noticed it. The area I found it in was a high traffic area ( I was really hoping to find it on my long way on a long “lonely” stretch of sidewalk on the mainroad heading to the building). I bent down and started to scrap it up with a match book end. As I was doing this it appeared to me that if anybody was paying attention to what I was doing they would though I dropped it and was retrieving it, and the fear of being arrested b/c professors and other adults were walking right above me was intense. But, nobody seemed to notice. I thought about it throughout my entire astronomy 101 class, but really kept occilating doubt back and forth in my mind, but continued to be excited in spite of. Well, anyway, I can’t remember if I told anyone about this because it was so early on in the semester but I think i did. I think I shared it with someone. Not sure. But, guess what? It was real! What do you think of that? Chalk that up to coincidence or not? Sometimes I just believe it was by random chance, but other times I believe it was that quantum theory thing going on in my head. You create what you believe. Trust me, I was in a TRANCE as I was walking with my head down! So, who knows! Yes, I am BIPOLAR I, and was diagnosed in the mid 1970′s with ADHD, which was unheard of in those days. You had to be pretty bad to get that diagnosis back then. I always got above average or average passing grades so no learning disability was ever detected in me. It cost me my life’s career too because I could never do well on the aptitute tests to get into Veternarian School, or Medical School. My life is very different because of this. I do have a doctorate in law, and this was when I discovered that ADHD was a learning disability, NOT a behavioral problem, which was what it was considered in the 70′s. Had I known this I would of gotten help. These professional school exams are designed to keeep minorities and learning disabled and mentally ill people out of these professions as best as possible. Good luck people. It sucks sometimes being me. But, I do have a wonderful 2nd husband. Thank god for that, even though we are DIRT poor! lol.
You were in that Yoda mode of “seeking without seeking.” It’s a psi type skill. I’ve had similar stuff happen more times than I can count.
In other words, in this little psychic corner of the world, you’re normal.
Ask yourself: What if thousands of dollars came your way legitimately? As long as you’re going to use psi . . .
WOW!.
Only fate lead me here another one of my amazing coincedences. My name is Tiffany and Ive been dealing with this problem. I felt.like this was meant for me.
Thank you!
Lol I had a friend named Tiffany. She gave me a highly coincidental prediction that scared the living bejezzus out of me. I asked her if hey she knew if there would be another ‘Caroline’ in my life. And she told me that apparently I havn’t met right girl yet to get close too. Well she scared me by saying next, “Yeah and it’ll be someone here and in this room even. Someone you trust completly.” and I was like not wanting to look at her cause it WAS her. The girl I’d get strong friendship type love for was HER. Man I wonder how the heck SHE felt since it was obviously HER dang prediction. If I was her I’d wanna like go get my behind high or drunk especially considering the fact that she was married. Idk if she actually did use to be bi/lesbian like she told me… And me I see things in dreams apparently, and I SEEN this in a dream. I also SEEN her fainting in a dream, seen her husband accuse me of like, liking her in a dream, seen myself talk to her husband and telling him that I loved her, I seen her reply back with um what we can not see each other again if this is true, I seen her call me when I wasn’t there, I seen her husband and I talking again when I go back to the center on the wife and how when I hugged her I got a warm, fuzzy feeling from it despite not loving her THAT way. She also said she said I knew about ‘us’, and I was like WHAT you’re nuts. And not all her predictions are true, then again the future is subjective ever changable. Man do I feel like I was meant to be here. My nickname is Gabby by the way, and the Tiffany I knew had the nickname of Tinkerbell.
And another thing I just read that dizziness, random tiredness, and moodswings can be associated with a psychic awakening. This might explain how ever since I have started to get more de ja’vu, precognitive dreams, auric sight, and empathy now I have had dizzy spells and random moodswings. Like happy one minute, sad the next, and angry the next. Once I dreamt of a friend fainting on me, and was shocked when the next day she had fainted on me.
i feel better that i’m not alone
THX
I believe I’ve already mentioned this, but yes–you are, in fact, a genius. :p
I didn’t have that much data on bipolar, but I believe Wikipedia lists ‘psychic phenomenon’ as a symptom of bipolar; it’s possible that there are some people who are self-aware as psychic and repressing because society demands they do. Just another little tidbit for ya. :p
Who is a genius? Who are you referring to? You are the 1st reply? This makes it difficult to know who you could be referring to. Can somebody, anybody, figure out this young lady’s 1st reply to this blog and reply to this blog about it for me. And what is “:p” mean?
Thank you,
Lisa
Hi Lisa,
The first person commenting was calling me a genius. It was a compliment. The :p is an icon of a person with their tongue out the side of their mouth. It’s a way of saying “That stinks.” She’s referring to psychics being repressed by society.