Characteristics of Psychic People
Updated August 11, 2012: There is a survey you can take for a small fee. You can find it here: The Survey for Psychic People.Also, you may or may not have noticed the large number of votes, many of them negative. A few months ago a bunch of skeptics came through and downrated all of my main posts and even some of the comments. It was a pretty chickenshit thing to do.
Also, I now have a post specifically on the physiology of psychic people.
I’m moving this blog post to a permanent page because of its continuing popularity. The general lack of information on this subject has moved my article to the top of Google searches on this topic. I will update this as more information becomes known. You can contact me about anything you find or your personal impressions by e-mailing me at craigatweilerdotcom.
If you’re experiencing stress and anxiety I have two posts on this subject as well: Stress and Anxiety in Psychic People, Psychics and Depression.
Other Related Posts:
Some In’s and Out’s of Psychic Ability
When Do You Help? What are the Ethics of Psychic Ability
That Pressure in the Head
Smorgasbord Religion: The Psychic Person’s Way
The Path to Answering the Great Question: Is It Real?
It’s Also About the Joy and Happiness
Alone in a Strange World
As Much as I Hate Doing It, I Admit That I’m Really Different
A Psychic’s Life
The Anger Within
Relationships for Psychics
The Gift of Feeling . . .Insulted?
Stumbling on Psychic-ness
Surviving in an Insensitive World
The Susceptibility of Psychic Ability to Emotional States
Things I Don’t Tell People
Other People’s Emotions: How Do I Get a +5 Spell of Protection?
We are definitely different physiologically. No doubt about it. The traits I’m listing here will no doubt vary from person to person and I hope everyone understands that I have no formal studies to back this up. I am culling information from a variety of sources, but it is certainly not definitive by any stretch of the imagination so keep that in mind. It is entirely possible for this list to be wrong in some areas and I have no way of knowing. I’m doing the best that I can with what’s available, and that isn’t much. Here goes:
First on the list is a love of animals. Rupert Sheldrake did telephone surveys in a number of geographical areas and found that people who reported psychic abilities were significantly more likely to have pet(s).
My own experience is that psychic people, if they can accommodate them, have multiple pets, often of different species. We have seven cats, four pet mice and a snake.
Update: I have now heard from several psychic people that they experience hypersexuality. (I suppose I fit in this category, I don’t really know for sure.) I take this to mean that they have a stronger than normal sexual drive. I do know that I, um, relieve this tension regularly with or without the help of my wife otherwise my brain is constantly filled with sexual fantasies. Whether this makes me a normal guy or not I can’t say. However, some of the people commenting on this are women, where this sexual overdrive would more likely stand out so perhaps there is something to this.
What part of sensitive don’t you understand?
It is well known in scientific circles that psychic ability can be affected by the researcher. A person who is an absolute die hard skeptic will have a huge negative effect on the ability of psychics to perform and in those rare cases where they actually do research, their tests almost always come up empty, thus confirming their beliefs. In paraspychology, this is known as the Wiseman Effect. Named after Dr. Richard Wiseman, a die hard skepic, whose experiments could only detect psi if he wasn’t involved in them.
Why does this effect exist? Because psychic people are far more sensitive emotionally than most people realize. Kyra Mesich, outlines 10 traits that describe this sensitivity in this article:
1. Emotionally sensitive people feel emotions often and deeply. They feel as if they “wear their emotions on their sleeves.”
2. They are keenly aware of the emotions of people around them.
3. Sensitive people are easily hurt or upset. An insult or unkind remark will affect them deeply.
4. In a similar vein, sensitive people strive to avoid conflicts. They dread arguments and other types of confrontations because the negativity affects them so much.
5. Sensitive people are not able to shake off emotions easily. Once they are saddened or upset by something, they cannot just switch gears and forget it.
6. Sensitive people are greatly affected by emotions they witness. They feel deeply for others’ suffering. Many sensitive people avoid sad movies or watching the news because they cannot bear the weighty emotions that would drive to their core and stick with them afterwards.
7. Sensitive people are prone to suffer from recurrent depression, anxiety or other psychological disorders.
8. One the positive side, sensitive people are also keenly aware of and affected by beauty in art, music and nature. They are the world’s greatest artists and art appreciators.
9. Sensitive people are prone to stimulus overload. That is, they can’t stand large crowds, loud noise, or hectic environments. They feel overwhelmed and depleted by too much stimuli.
10. Sensitive people are born that way. They were sensitive children.
There are a couple different responses kids have to their sensitivity. One type of sensitive child is the stereotypical kid who gets picked on by bullies, and is a well-behaved, good student because she cannot stand the thought of getting into trouble. The other type of sensitive child more often experiences the stimulus overload mentioned in the previous paragraph. These children are thus over stimulated and have difficulty focusing, which causes them problems in school.
Sensitive people typically exhibit all or nearly all of the above descriptors.
One of the sure signs of a truly sensitive person is that he feels animosity toward his sensitive nature. Most sensitive people whole-heartedly wish they were tougher and more thick-skinned. They feel like their sensitivity is a weakness. They wish things didn’t bother them so much.
You can search this by the initials HSP, which means highly sensitive person. Ms. Mesich goes on to say that this emotional sensitivity is linked to psychic ability. This link between emotional sensitivity and psychic ability is well known and has been well documented by others as well.
We are not Muggles
In addition to to this sensitivity, there is apparently some interesting brain wiring going on, something that researcher Dean Radin mentions in his book Entangled Minds.
It appears that people with psychic ability can form habits, just like everyone else, but have more difficulty holding on to them. That is to say, the habits don’t “stick” as well as with less psychic people. I’ve noticed this myself with some of the most ingrained habits I have. I’ll forget which shoe I normally put on first, or I’ll suddenly put a sock and a shoe on before I start on the other foot. I will do it normally a thousand times in a row, but then the next time is different. Improvising, on the other hand, comes easily to me.
For her book Your Sixth Sense, Belleruth Naparstek interviewed 43 professional psychics to find out what traits they shared. She did her homework and the results were interesting . . .
Traits that popped out were bilateral dominance (some degree of two-handedness or two-sidedness as opposed to leading strictly with the right or left side.), the presence of some talent and experience in the arts, usually in more than one area.
She referred to a tendency towards minor dyslexia, but this could be the trait mentioned above.
They showed a powerful need to spend time alone and time in nature on a regular basis.
They showed a tendency to be a night owl and sleep very little, with frequent interruptions in sleep. (More than what can be accounted for by aging. and menopause.). She goes on to say that all of us are wired for psi from birth, but some are more wired than others.
Other traits include inborn right brainedness; imaginativeness, spontaneity and strong spiritual leanings from a very early age. Most people can point to one or two family members who also had exceptional psychic abilities.
Puberty accelerates psi expansion and for women, pregnancy and menopause do as well.
One thing I have in common with another psychic guy my age is that it has been hard to focus on just one career. Boredom is a killer and I left many jobs because of it, or they left me when I lost interest in them. Now I work for myself as a handyman. I am ideally suited to this because the randomness of the jobs and not knowing what is going to come next is not only not stressful for me, it is a comfort. I suppose there are probably other psychic guys out there with similar experiences.
And another thing . . .
Clearly, there are some unique, identifiable traits showing up that pertain almost exclusively to psychic people. The distinctness is a clue that psychic ability is much more than just something people do. It involves specific differences in physiology for the people who possess the talent in abundance.
I’m of the opinion that this really should be looked into by health professionals. I did a poll recently and found that 60% of highly sensitive people felt that they had an unusually high tolerance to physical pain. I read somewhere that psychic people tend to avoid hallucinogens and of course, love their barbiturates. (Alcohol.) But, and this is purely my own subjective observation, psychic people seem to avoid addiction rather easily. I’m sure there are prescription drug related differences as well . It would be useful to identify these differences to provide us with health care more specific to our bodies and minds.:
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I’m setting up a list of helpful links for people having spiritual experiences who need some help in dealing with those experiences. It’s a work in progress and suggestions are welcome. Here is the page:
http://psisigh.blogspot.ca/p/blog-page.html
I am physic thow my family believes its a lack of faith in god. I do suffer from axitey. Thow lately i ve encounter a tall man black hat and black coat no face standing just wacthing any advise how to find out what the sprit wants or what i can do? Thanks bella
Hi Bella,
I’m going to refer you to a forum I visit which has a section for psychic people. The people there are very informed and decent. You’ll need to sign up.
http://forum.mind-energy.net/psychic-support-forum/
Go to the psychic support sub forum and post your comment there. It’ll be better than what I can do.
Sincerely,
Craig
I have been physic my whole life and tried to avoid it I’m now In my twenties and have noticed that it is hard to ignore and I can’t hide it that we’ll anymore everyone that knows me notices it its kinda scary because I predict death as well as life I DON’T like it what can I do to make it stop???? Or how do I use it without being scared I need help I don’t have a email but I have a face book jacklyn Votaw is my name on there let me know if you can look me up and give me information
Hi Jacklyn,
As of about a week ago I now have a resource I can refer you to: There is a forum for you and people in your position: Here it is.
http://forum.mind-energy.net/psychic-support-forum/
I’m on that forum, as well as other psychic people who are VERY knowledgeable.
Hi there. You might want to research the possible part the endocrine system, especially the adrenal glands, plays in psychic ability (and also in the ill-health, physical and mental, so often suffered by sensitives). It’s a fairly new area of study, and significant connections are just being made, but if the seat of psychic ability is found to be withing the physiology, i.e. the brain and hormone system, as I’ve always thought it would be someday, then it explains why psychic sensitivity runs in families, and why it sometimes is acquired after serious stress and trauma
Hi again, and thank you for the great blogging, I’m slowly working my way through them all, and find myself nodding as I read. I
very much appreciate your clear and efficient style of writing, thank you again.
I’m not really sure (I actually do know, but it is such a strange gift that I shy away from owning it)…I’m really struggling to type it, that’s how uncomfortable it makes me…
I don’t know if it has a particular name/title, but I “dream rescue”, for lack of a better term.
I’ll be in my normal dream state, then suddenly like a changing of channel I am in a completely different setting, and know no one or anything. Being a part in someone else’s dream. It is their story and the role I usually play is as a friend (even though we’ve not met in “real life. I can not have any influence over what is happening, unless they ask me what they should do. And if they don’t ask for help, I am just there for company, and in some nightmarish theme, there so they don’t die alone.
I’ve been in and out of counselling for many years since i was 8, I’m in my late 30′s now. So I can confidently say I can do dream interpretations easily and accurately, symbolism comes very easy to me. And I “Know” these are not my dreams.
When thinking back on the dreams, there is a knowing connected to the person who’s dream I’d been in (past life? soul/spirit family? a familiar voice in the collective consciousness? ~shrugs~ who knows)
I think it is the strong emotions that call me to them.
Sorry Craig, but I am looking for some validation that I’m not imaging it. Even though I know it’s real.
Sorry again, and thank you for your time.
Zx
If you want validation, here it is. This doesn’t sound particularly weird to me. Interesting things happen during dreams and barriers come down. It is entirely possible that you are actually helping someone else while you dream.
Thank-you for your insights! Well said!
L.
I actually just got chills reading this. My friend and I call it “the shine” from the movie The Shining. We both “shine” and so does my mom. We sense bad energy, have spiritual dreams and connections with living and dead people, sense when something bad is going to happen etc. I always had it since I was a child and I knew it was real and I was different. I want to develop this gift further. If anyone has suggestions of reading materials or ways to get in better tune with these traits please let me know.
This does discribe me for the most part ,accept I seem to relish verbal confrontation in that I like to discuss and or debate things. I’m strong willed ,and very opionated,but if you can prove me wrong with evidence then I will go along. My temper cause some caustic verbal confrontations . These ventures usually depress me or are on my mind for some time. Of course some other experts ( personallity disorder analists ) will say these traits are strickly from chidhood experiancs, rearing practices etc. Very keen to being disrespected
Psychic people can kind of be hot heads. I’ve learned to temper it over the years, and like you, I’m willing to be wrong.
wow, fits me perfectly, glad to know there is a reason for my anxiety, now i know i think about growing up and its not fair i got into trouble for things like that, its not easy being a sensitive person and a lot of people just dont understand
There is an answer I’ve found for all being a “sensitive”. In my 30s now I’ve realized I have these amazing gifts I’ve been using all of my life without KNOWING it. Now with intention I use the and don’t suffer anymore. I’m able to shut out everyone’s else’s feelings and only feel my own unless it’s for a greater purpose and my guides tell me when it belongs to someone else. I earlier on in life thought I was nuttier then a fruitcake;0) Now I know what I am, very sensitive/empathic. I feel free and happy for the first time since early child hood with my “imaginary friends”. I’d been misunderstood for YEARS. Now life is fantastic!!
craig i just want to say thank you i thought i was looseing my mind after reading what u wrote todays and most the other people on here i no longer feal alone everything is getting so much stronger i wasnted as much scared as protected i have at least one ghost / angel with me at what seems like all the time i met a new one to a child who i fear has drowned i been tryin to find a answer i never sleep im always up late im covered in tattoos and pain dont bother me i do have a borderlin personality disorder anger dipression and 15 other digonosis and also with the slight dixlexicia i cant go anywere cuz of the hyper stimulating like u explained i feal like i here everthing and the preshure in my head after everthing i read THANK YOU! everything finially made sence i had a good idea that i wasnt just goin insane but is there something i can read or some how harness this gift or like another said and strenghen it like a muscle i want to help i feal like i should be and i could be doin so much more…..
I just think you should know my impressions. I just spent around 5 hours or more reading your blogs.
I just survived a near death experience and my mind is expanding rapidly.
I found your story of animal psi touching and incredible and was blowen away; bring tears to my eyes.
I found the story of plants psi and the inter connection of everything inspiring. inter-special communication gave me chills. My partner and I were blowen away by that alone.
The talk about consciousness inspiring and absolutely true. And I appreciated your writing style too ^^
how ever – I found your discussion about types of psychics not only contradicting to the previous touching consciousness awakening blog but also extremely excluding to any one who would be “normal”. I dont understand how such a detailed and in my case excluding and diss heartening description of “who is psychic or can be” even exists? Majority of psychics per character type by the looks of things, would not understand what their going through, or have the confidence to come forward. I E existing studdies may not be entirely correct and im sure the deepest psychics on earth probably are not on line, making money off the industry or partaking in studdies.
more to the point is on one side you explain honing your psychic ability is about your consciousness and sensitive awearness and ability to silence and flow; and on the other side you explain Its scientifically linked to your brain; your predetermined path, genetics and social flaws.
But basicly what it boiled down to for me is; if you have certain attributes it means this part of your brain is ‘worked’ and you will have strong psychic gift; based off current studdies – but what I hope you grasp is what linda rampey was talking about with time manipulation and the understanding that through time manipulation im sure any one can enhance that muscle putting true psychic strength at any ones fingers. because when we slide within plains, manipulate time as we comprehend then we advance far beyond any ‘earthly’ study.
just an annonamous oppinion from a new believer who got a little diss heartined
thx
I’d like to say a bit more about the sanity thing, as far as it relates to myself. I don’t think I explained it very well in my comment above. Well, for a long time I’ve had fears that I am already insane, or that I will go insane eventually, or that other people think I’m insane, or that other people think I will go insane eventually. I don’t really dwell on this very much, but it’s there. I’m grateful that I’ve somehow managed to face this pretty well all these years, but it’s not exactly totally gone (if that makes sense?). Also, I grew up in the AA/Al-Anon/Alateen program, and while I do see some problems with the program, I think overall it’s a very good one, and it helped me to focus on my own psychological health from a very young age. (I forgot to mention that my dad was a recovering alcoholic.:. Not anymore, though, long story!)
Hmm, where was I going with this? I have too much to say! It’s just, I wonder if my fears of going insane sort of made me stifle my psychic abilities a bit? I’ve been pondering that possibility. I remember as a small child, not sure exactly what age, sort of “putting it out there” that I “didn’t want to see things”. I don’t even know if I used to “see things”, but maybe so, and maybe it scared me because of what was happening to my mom? I don’t really know.
I really see myself as just mildly psychic, like I said earlier, and maybe I’ll share my experiences elsewhere on this blog, but I’ll just say a little bit now. Basically, I have dreams that come true in some way, but not very often at all. Whenever it happens, the evidence is right there in front of me, which I suppose I’m grateful for because some other kinds of psychic phenomena seem that they would make a person question the reality of what happened much more (ack, does that make sense?). Also, synchronicities seem to happen with me an awful lot, but maybe they happen just as much with everyone and I just happen to notice them? I don’t know. Also, I just seem to be very intuitive in general, as far as understanding myself, other people, animals, etc… but I don’t have the sorts of fantastical experiences that I see described on this blog, except for a very little bit.
I’d also like to mention that I’ve done a good bit of reading about archetypes, and I especially like a few books I’ve read that describe the archetypes in terms of Greek gods and goddesses. Any psychic person might want to consider reading up on the Persephone archetype. My reading on that archetype helped me tremendously, even though I consider myslef to be just mildly psychic. (Maybe I’ll get into it another time.) For me, it’s really helped to balance that archetype with some of the other archetypes, to sort of keep myself grounded. What I do for a living is especially helpful, I believe. (My significant other and I are self employed potters, and we are also renovating a house.)
I’ll stop again, but I’m sure I’ll have more to say another time. I hope this is helpful to someone out there. No pressure to respond, Craig… I see your plate is very full! It really helps me to write about this stuff, and to know that people might read it, too. :^D
Melanie
Thank you so much for this blog, Craig! I have so much I’d like to say in response (for you, and for anyone else who is reading), that I really don’t know where to begin… so I guess I’ll just do a stream-of-consciousness thing here… :^D
Oh, before I really begin, I have to say I think it’s terrible that a bunch of people downgraded your posts and some of the comments! I’ve been putting in my five star ratings to try to counteract that a bit, and I hope others will do the same if they feel it’s right. I’ll probably get around to giving out some positive ratings to the comments, too. By the way, do the low ratings make it so your blog doesn’t show up as high on google searches? I certainly wouldn’t want that to happen, since your blog is so helpful to so many people.
Anyway… a bit about myself… I feel sort of silly posting here at all, since I seem to be only very mildly psychic, but then I do relate to so much of what you’ve written here. I’ve known for quite a while now that I’m an HSP/highly sensitive person (since my mid 20s I believe… I’m now 39), and that knowledge has helped me tremendously. (Making HSP friends online has been wonderful, too.) It doesn’t seem that most of them are what you’d call psychic, though. Perhaps all psychics are HSP, but not all HSPs are psychic? I don’t really know.
Boy, I’m having a hard time here because I’ve read so many of your posts and have so much to say in response… Haha, I have to remember that I don’t need to cover it all right now. :^D
I am especially glad that you write about the fear of other people thinking you’re crazy, as well as the fear of actually being crazy. My mom was institutionalized for mental illness when I was five and a half years old, and so as you may be able to imagine, I have a fear of losing my sanity (while also feeling so much sadness and compassion for my mom and others like her). Once I hit my late 20s, though, this fear started diminishing greatly, since I realized that it was becoming less and less likely that I’d lose my sanity (according to statistics). Still, I’m sure the fear is still there a bit, and it helps so much to read your blog because I realize I’m not alone in this regard.
Okay, I’ll just mention a few more things for now, and then I’ll comment on various posts of yours down the road. Oh, I think it’s intriguing that apparently a lot of psychics have multiple pets… I have six cats, a dog, and four chickens, so I do fit that characteristic. Any idea of why this is a common thing? Maybe you already gave your opinion on that… I’ll have a look once I’m finished with this. Also, over on your post about the physiology of psychics, you mention that a lot of us have allergy/sinus problems, which I do (but just mildly). And I also have low blood pressure, but just at the low end of normal I believe. How interesting that we tend to have certain physiological traits in common! By the way, I’m not left handed, but I do believe I’m more ambidextrous than most people are.
But I will stop for now. :^D Thank you again, Craig! I’m so grateful that you have decided to help people in this way, and your posts are such a joy to read. I’ll keep on reading, and you’ll definitely be hearing from me in the comments. Take care!
Melanie
Thanks Melanie,
I look forward to hearing more from you and thank you for sharing. It is always a pleasure to know that I am helping people.
Hello, my daughter, now 19, has begun to have panic attacks. She was diagnosed with ADD in 5th grade, and while she doesn’t like how the medication makes her feel, she is reliant on it to study for long hours in college. She was tested for dyslexia, but we found that her difficulties were in math more so than with reading or writing. She has always been hypersensitive, emotional, and very sympathetic. She is left handed, has an amazing ear for music (she has taught herseft to play several instruments) and is is profoundly loyal and honest. She recently saw the color blue “weeping” off from a fellow classmate, someone whom she had never met before. When she was a child, she saw angels all around her, and found comfort in them. She has always been more comfortable among older people, and often finds herself disappointed in people her own age. We are extremely close, and I feel her fear when she experiences the overwhelming drowning feelings of a panic attack. She has saught help from the psychology department at her college, but I wonder if there would be better counseling for her. I should also mention that my mother is psychically sensitive. I am not so sure about myself. I saw things around me as a kid, and have strong feelings of having been here before but as someone completely different.
My question to you is what might be a more helpful form of counseling for her. I see her sensitivity as a gift, but I don’t want it to be painful for her.
Thank you.
I just came across your article and i must say it was as if i was reading a description of me. I know for sure i am about 9 of those 10. I have been suffering with anxiety for a long time now and i would like to know how can i determine if i am psychic for sure? Or just emotional and anxious. Please help. I sometimes think I’m loosing my mind. And i feel bad for my family because of my anxiety there are a lot of things we do not do because i cant be around large crowds.
I have always been very sensitive to everything.. for the past two years, i have been seeing a little girl around, and i have no idea who she is. She randomly appears, sometimes just to watch me, and she jist stands there. I have been too afraid to try and talk or comunicate. And also, i can always feel what everyone feels, all the time. I can sometimes read anyones mind. Is that psychic, or simply stupid?
Stupid? Hardly. Read some other of the comments on these articles and you’ll find a whole boat load of people who are experiencing similar things.
i have some unusual abilities. i don’t know if you have heard of a case like mine. i can see my future only thing is if i do not know the people around the incident. i can’t see their face or hear their words. i can tell what they are wearing but not much else. i have seen things far off in my future. at a very young age i saw me become a great man, and do wondrous things however. i have also seen my fate in different scenarios. i have even ended up altering my own visions later down the road by missing a couple key steps, but that’s not all i have also seen entities i don’t know what to call them some terrible, and some benevolent, but i have seen one in particular over the last couple of years. i can’t make out any features, but i can tell it’s a woman she seems kind, but she never actually makes contact. she seems to follow me and has saved my life at least once have you ever heard of a case like mine?
Your descriptions of what you experience aren’t as far out there as you might think. I don’t see faces either and I’ve also experienced the more-than-one-path feeling.
I don’t feel the presence of others around me, but other psychic people do. Spirits hanging around and doing good isn’t all that unusual either. Among psychic people, I think that you fit right in.
Oh my god thank you thank you thank you. I’m fifteen and I’ve been having all of this stuff happen to me since I can remember it’s always confused and scared me. Your blog has offered so many explanations so I don’t feel so alone. Thank you.
how to cultivate my psychic ability please help me”
I’m sorry for taking so long to reply. I’ve been knee deep in work.
My best advice is to find classes near where you live. Finding like minded people and learning with them is the best way.
Thank you! It’s been so hard to get past all fluff the fluff and sales pitches disguised as information. It seems what’s ignored, is not the type or believe in ones gifts, but the struggle within and the doubt. Do I have mental issues, a huge ego, or a need for attention. How do u explain it when it fit into certian category. Will I look like a fool to explore and open up more. Most important were do you find real people to advise others without all the fanfare.
I also talk to people whom have passed over in my sleep..they even tell me when i joke that they are quite pale…”well that’s cos I’m dead”.. and it’s always in technicolor and I can remember fragrance too..! My Son has the same dreams on the same night sometimes ( passed partner / stepdad) and it worries me as I haven’t handled this ‘gift’ too well..!
Before I read your site (Been here for 4hours). I’d never write this stuff as I know how crazy it sounds …. Ps, have read Tarot I got as prezzy from my sis and its always spookily accurate for the 3rd party.. pps She is an artist I am an actor… The arts play a big roll in our lives..
Thank you Craig Wieler.
OMG.. I stumbled on your whole web site by accident ( no such thing as coincidence) after telling my Son to trust His inner voice and listen to his ‘knowing’ ! Am ambidextrous dyslexic and suffer from anxiety and depression only when I ignore my own knowledge of what’s best for me.
I care greatly for everyone and call my soft heart “my Achilles Heel” and have hated my weakness but known also that was what drew people to me and my strength.
I question my sanity and others motives daily but have faith that it will all be ok ‘somehow’ …
THANK YOU just when I needed a voice to reassure me.. Without even looking.. I found this and felt that when you ask questions out loud somehow an answer will come to you xx
Hi, I know most of the other people commenting are older than me and probably know a lot more about what they are saying. I don’t mean to disrespect anyone if what I’m saying is just stupid and just related to being a teenager. But I’m 16, when I was younger they thought I was border line dyslexic though later with extra lessons and stuff they told me I grew out of it. I suffer from migranes and I have panic attacks, I only get them now when I’m upset but they started when I was 13 so i have a general axiety disorder. I feel like I feel people’s pain sometimes, I get ‘vibes’ off people (excuse the cliche). When I say vibes I mean it feels like I can feel them, their essence, either personality, their traits. I’m normally pretty accurate. I can feel my best friend very strongly, I know when he’s upset or distressed, sometime I see it in dreams and sometimes I just know. I feel really close to my granddad who died when I was two, I feel like I know him so well but yet how can I of I was two when he died? It upsets me because I feel false in my knowing of him. My best friend thinks I could see him if I tried but I’m too scared to fail, I don’t know if that’s true or even if I can feel him now. Maybe it’s just all in my head. I know psychics tend to be sensitive, and with some thing I am, animals always, certain people…but in also very judgmental and manipulative. Ive very guarded against people, and other than my bestfriend i cant honestly say i can spend much time with anyone for a prolonged length of time with out getting frustrated, angry or down. Because I know how people work I guess I know how to pull their strings, most of the time I try use that to help people, to help them with the pain I feel. I don’t know if all this is in my head, it’s not out of character for my mind to run away with me. I’m quite creative I write and draw a lot but sometimes it’s easy to get lost it all. I guess I just need an outsiders perspective. If anyone could just tell me if this makes sense to them. If I’m just saying something that’s totally irellavent then please just be brutally honest. Please if anyone has a little insight, I’ve tried to reach out to people before about this stuff on Wiccan websites and no one has given me any help. Please just be honest with me. Charlie.
Hi Charlie,
The feelings you’re describing about people are typical of highly sensitive people with psychic ability. Migraines, panic attacks, anxiety disorder and such are all typical ailments of sensitive people. You’re not alone.
Judging by what you’ve described, you have a fairly rare personality type, which can be quite stressful because you’re different in so many ways, but you’re not sure exactly why. I can’t go into all the reasons here, but let me just say that there are good scientific reasons for why you are the way you are. It’s not a bad thing, you’re just different.
You can meet other people who share many of your experiences at the INFJ forum.
http://www.infjs.com/forums/forum.php
Feel free to ask me more questions. I will respond when I can. Craig@ weiler. com (remove spaces)
Hello, I am in my thirties and i just read your paragraph. It felt like i was reading my own bio. So, no you are not alone. This is the first time anyone has listed all my quirks (that’s what i call them). I have a hard time being close to people because I feel to much, almost in an itchy way. I have struggled with anxiety and depression most my life, i am not sure if you are the same there. But it got worse after i had my two kids. I am on medication but i am often sleepy. I am tired a lot, but my dreams are vivid and in color. sometimes i see stuff that i am compelled to tell the one it is about. this usually is a good thing and i always feel better afterwards no matter how off the wall it is. the closer i am to someone the more i get off them. So i hope this helps. I have recently found communing with nature ie pagan rituals, have helped me connect and ground myself so that i am not walking wide open for everyone’s vibe to break in. It has helped with my energy level and depression.
Tonya
What pagan rituals have you practiced? I have recently obtained all my memories which my alter ego has kept from me till this month when I became mature enough to understand what I can do. So for the passed year my family has witnessed me move things with my mind or predict what happens months later on tvshows/realityTV in a trance like mode & seconds after doing such things I have no recollection of them. I can do other things but I won’t get into that.. All this time my alter ego instructed my family to not mention it to me, my core personality of what I can do. Clairaudiesence, Clairvoyance, &Clairsensing are all that I have tapped into so far.
Don’t know if the words “Thank you”, is enough. It was like looking in a mirror when reading your blog and all the information. Surpressing the Truth with ignorance of not understanding why you don’t fit in the world and with others and then being made to feel like such a terrible person can weigh so heavily on you that for me…? I almost didn’t recover. Too far gone….until God came to rescue me. In the last 7 years Jesus and our Heavenly Father has restored my mind, healed my emotions and restored me anew with the power of His Love. God gave me much understanding of how good and evil works and the realm we stand in, His Light that with our awakened state truly live in the reality of Truth. It is hard, grievous and many days filled with sadness that can take your breath away…if you let it. But God has led me to your site for more revealed truth to help me cope and not have the weight of the world and it’s burdens on my shoulders thinking it’s my job to fix it because I see it and feel it and do love and care so much and thinking it’s my responsibility becasue of understanding so much darkness. Change is a must for me….the world around me has to be moving and grooving forward in a way better…..It is my hearts desire. God is teaching me to focus more on me and make my boundaries smaller within my mind and guard myself better in what I see and feel. It’s too much for me to handle now in my life of what I have been given in my enlightened mind. But I will never give up in fighting darkness in being in the world that wants to keep my light away from people. I can’t tell you the battles I fight spiritual, it too much. But I will tell you this….It is possible, to walk in Heaven on earth in the fullness of Joy, love and peace from above, not as the world gives but from above never moving out of it, and have nothing around you ever bother you again…..NOTHING, and that my friend, is walking as Jesus did in His authority and ruling and reining as He did to make this world a better place with just a spoken word…..Everything has to line up around you when standing in the light of Truth, it is the trials that come when your presence is around, that you fight to just stand and endure, while God raises up a standard. Yes, we do fight darkness with just standing in this light of Truth in a realm that most never seen in the unseen…..
I am still working on standing strong, and I will never give up trying to introduce our world into the darkness, never, while enduring persecution! God Bless you ! Praise God for you, and I love you in Christ Jesus! If you ever want to talk, I would love to share all the knowledge and understanding that God has given me, if it will help you or anyone else….I can’t tell you the joy, love and peace I have…Still will always have struggles, it comes with the territory, but to better understand, makes all the difference in having and keeping my peace.
Melissa Hyatt
i’ve had dreams that have come true
i never even think about such things about which i have dreams.For eg.death of osama bin laden was the most recent one.
sometimes i start thinking deep about some very random things and exactly the same thing is a headline the next day……..
last night i had a dream about my brother dying and i m very scared,if it turns out to be true today morning he even called telling he’s not well
hope i can get some help
That sounds like a very uncomfortable situation. I wish you and your brother the best! Good luck to you.
Hey, Im 15 and your blog is really starting to take my fancy. I have recently just beaten 3 years of depression and about 2 years of self harm. My class mates hit me on my knuckles and I barly felt a thing. This blog is really speaking to my, so thankyou for taking your time to do this
I’m glad I can be of help. I hope it goes easier for you through your early years than it did for me.
Here are a few links related to Dr Persinger’s work:
http://njprg.com/blog2/?p=23
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4292093832329014323#
http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/13/4/515
Hi Craig,
I’m one of the fortunate few who have gotten the opportunity to visit Dr Michael Persinger’s lab at Laurentian University. I was tested for environmental sensitivity and they considered various things that differentiated me from a “normal” person. The work he did with me hasn’t been published yet, but he has published work on Ingo Swan and Sean Harribance.
In my case, I don’t have a normal EEG. I’m so sensitive to environmental influences that I have to be placed in an electromagnetically shielded room for about 10-15 minutes in order to produce a normal looking EEG.
I haven’t seen the results of all the testing yet. They did consider things such as handedness. (I was given a number of standard cognitive functioning tests). I was told that the EEG tests suggested that my brain functions in a very unique way. I’ve been to Dr Persinger’s lab twice so far and another visit seems likely. So someone is actively researching this topic.
BTW, I’m enjoying your blog!
Sandy
Thanks, I’ll look into the work of this gentleman.
How did I miss commenting on this one? ;p
It’s an awesome article. From personal experience, though, something you didn’t know–PMS is essentially THE psi-booster. Also, instead of dyslexia, people can wind up with dyscalculia, which is essentially math dyslexia. But on the upside, you can also sense patterns in people’s behavior which I DO NOT espouse using to get shiny new computer games (much). ;p
Hello, Monica – your comment about PMS being THE psi-booster caught my eye, because in my experience it’s the great shut-down!
I was also interested to read the term dyscalculia, which I hadn’t heard of before. Being completely unable to do mental arithmetic, I looked it up, and I certainly have a good few of the symptoms. So a double thank-you for your post!
hi could u just give me your email? I have alot to ask u doubt this blog would be enough please reply to me need your help
I have just found this blog. I want to thank you for “putting yourself out there.” It’s extremely interesting to read your thoughts. Thank you again.
Thank you, glad to help
Do you think that psychic people, that are born with their abilities, are more alien than human genetically? We have had our DNA tinkered with millions of years ago in order to speed up the process of our evolution, so it would make sense if a few strains of DNA would have more alien DNA than human in the mix. My father when he was little saw a Zeta (Grey) in his room. He got up to try to speak to him, but the Zeta panicked and ran through a wall! My grandmother told my dad and I that when she was pregnant that she does not remember a few nights of being awake. My grandmother and father are both extremely psychic and so am I. Ever since I was little, I have felt that I was more alien than human. We all have child like faces even though my grandmother is 67, my father is 46, and I am 25. I somehow gained the knowledge that most of the alien species of this universe are ancient. Most of the different kinds of beings in this universe are a few centuries old. I doubt we’ll live that long, but I noticed with other psychic people that I have befriended that they look unusually young for their ages as well. What is your opinion on this??? Thank you very much for your reply.
I would definitely have to agree about the hypersexuality part. I can literally have intercourse 4 to 5 times a day if I pushed myself, ever since I was a young man. It also seems that non telepathic people are heavily attracted to our sexual prowness, like moths to a flame, no matter how much we keep our aura to ourselves in public.
Wow! That’s a bit more uh, enthusiasm than I can muster myself. I absolutely obsessed on sex when I was younger, but I’m finding that the more removed stuff, such as porn, no longer catches much of my interest.
Hi!
I’m a college student and have been aware of my ability for 6 years now. I have many friends with gifts and we work very well together, but we’re a bit confused about one thing, though. One of our professors–he’s really more of a friend to most of us and really a father to me–is a very very strongly gifted individual. I can sense gifts, both conscious and subconscious, and I have never come across anything like his. The worst part is, he is extremely disciplined both physically and mentally (3rd degree blackbelt if I remember correctly as well as just all around strong-willed) and uses his gift frequently. The issue arises because he is a skeptic and a scientist. And stubborn as anything. I love him dearly and we have a very strong link between the two of us (I can sense his emotions when he’s in Texas and I’m in Ohio), but I want to try to help him. Any advice?
Pax,
Marisha
Hi Marisha,
To understand this, you’ll have to know the difference between a logical viewpoint and an emotional one. You can identify a logical viewpoint because it will change based on new information. (i.e. “That restaurant was bad, but they’ve improved.”) An emotional viewpoint on the other hand, will not easily change despite new information. (Just because the ice caps are melting doesn’t mean it’s caused by global warming. Al Gore can kiss my ass.) The insult is a dead giveaway.
My experience with most psi skepticism is that it falls in the latter category. It is an emotional viewpoint even though it is wrapped in the pretty package of rationalism. Skepticism towards psi is not just an ordinary idea that can change. A materialistic viewpoint is comforting and safe for people who feel drawn to authority and structure. To embrace the concept of psi is to toss that all out, so people aren’t going to do that easily.
I don’t think you can change his mind on this and you’re probably better off not trying. If you must though, keep it to an impersonal discussion of the evidence for psi. Challenge him to come up with more than just arguments.
Here’s a website that can help with this:
http://www.debunkingskeptics.com/Contents.htm
Hello!!!
First off, thank you very much for your prompt reply. After reading both your reply and the treatise, I have noticed a few patterns in “skepticism” which I’m sure you have already discerned. The type of skeptic that you are thinking I am dealing with (the type I normally encounter) is a person whose denial is rooted in fear rather than science; someone who is focused on their view of the world to the exclusion of all others–what the treatise refers to as a pseudoskeptic. I generally have little use for these people… I don’t tend to like them much.
After consideration of the nature of the person in question in my situation as well as a bit of… I suppose it would be considered superficial subconscious examination of his mind–I have come to the conclusion that his skepticism is not, thankfully, based in fear, but rather in plain ignorance. Despite his stubbornness and general practicality, within him there is a certain desire to have mysteries in the world and I hope that I can, with great diplomacy, appeal to both that and his rational, scientific side (he’s a physicist… I don’t quite understand why, especially because he has a plethora of other talents…. but to each his own) in my attempts to convince him of both his gift and those of his students (there’s several of us…. And I keep finding more). The article was very useful in coming to my decision and I have sent it to a few of my friends as well.
Hi Marisha,
I happened to be at my desk when your reply came through. I have a couple of things to add based on your reply. First, you won’t really know what type of skeptic this gentleman is until you engage him. People can be very reasonable on other subjects but be very stubborn about accepting any evidence for psi. I’m reading about this right now. It’s a complicated sociological issue. (ref: The Trickster and the Paranormal by George Hansen.)
Second, acceptance of psi may very well threaten his status and his job. Physics is an extremely conservative field. (ref: The Trouble with Physics by Lee Smolin.)
As I said, keep the discussion on a philosophical level.
Sincerely,
Craig
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Hi Craig,
i havent got a comment back from you. can you email me so soon as you can i have some questions to tell that are privite.
THANKS~HANNAH
hi craig i was looking at other comments and they helped me alot.give me an email
Hi craig im Austins cousin this website helps me understand how to be a better psychic, but the only thing that is hard for me is to control it.can you help me ???????????????
I’m working on a post for young people to help answer your questions. I hope to have it done tomorrow.
Yours,
Craig
hi craig its austin my cousin wanted me to tell you this stuff she says that she can feel spirits when they are around her and she can see them when they are around her too. but i for one dont believe her because she doesnt seem that way all the time so she isnt i think she can do something alot diffrent than that but i dont really know what she is capable of she might be able to do what she stats she can do but she might be able to do somehting alot diffrent than she says so what ever she can do i have know idea what it is
The best way to handle it is to realize that you don’t know and leave it at that. You don’t have to decide one way or the other. It can just be something where you don’t have enough information to decide.
hi criag
and if you have been looking at you ather comments you see that iv been commenting alot its just that im so young 13 is my age and i dont understand a thing of how to control my powers and if you wont to know my powers ill wiat till you comment ack i just woke up and im really tierd i have the swine flu!!!!!! horible i know i hate it i feel like heck sorry for my languge man i say sorry to much but if you have any pointers on how to control it please emial me or just answer my question out in the open. its up to you.
I sent you an e-mail, did you get it?
Thank you for your blog. It’s from a refreshing perspective and is helpful. I feel like I identify with the HS persona but I don’t know if I am truly sensitive to how others feel.I always feel aloof even though I don’t have any trouble fitting in. I’m wondering, do you have any idea how to measure one’s pain threshold?
Thank you
Sorry for the slow reply. Hospitals fill a bowl with ice and measure how long a person can keep their hand in it. I don’t know exactly how long that’s supposed to be. Generally, they turn it into a contest to encourage people to hold out as long as they can.
And feeling aloof is normal for us, but it’s not particularly good for us. It means that you’ve shut down quite a bit. That’s how you can fit in. The trouble with feeling is that you don’t get to choose what to feel.
Thank-you for your speedy reply. I know a great chiropractor and will ad him to my to-do list of health-helping appointments.
I will stay in touch. You may email me privately if you wish.
My regards,
Lin
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Craig
Thank-you for these articles and references. I’ve finally found a counselor who is also psychic and we are working through my “issues” from the angle of “but you’re psychic, and most psychics have these issues”. I’m 49 and have just realized that the depression and anxiety I’ve suffered most of my life is in great part due to this sensitivity and my inability to slough-off tribulations the way others can. Thank God I’ve married someone who is supportive in every way, and was the first person to say, “I’ll bet this is because you’re psychic”. Jeez – I could have had a V8!
I also suffer from migraines, which I’m dealing with from an energetic basis, meaning acupuncture. I have tinnitus at a level that makes it hard to be human sometimes. I’ve not been able to read a book for years because of it. Hypnosis works very well for me, and I’m looking forward to acupuncture.
I’m new to your site, and as I’ve not looked around carefully, would you mind me asking if you have a page here which has an extensive questionnaire for your psychic readers to fill out? I’d love to see a chart on how the data compares. If this request is redundant, please point in the direction to go.
Thank-you again,
Lin
One of the things I’ve learned about doing a psychic blog is not to be surprised when people are psychic. In point of fact, I have decided to do just such a questionnaire, but have not yet taken action on it. And I do intend for it to be extensive. One of the things I have to address is finding a significant number of questions where the answers are known and that are already part of psychological literature. It’s all very well and good to have a bunch of interesting questions, but I think it’s more important to know whether we all have the same personality type and how we stack up against the general population.
Regarding your migraines and tinnitus: I don’t know if you’ve tried chiropractic, but it’s worth checking out. Getting bones in your neck and back in alignment can help considerably. My chiropractor uses electrostimulation as part of the package. This seems to be very helpful.
Please stay in touch. It seems to be important, but I’m not sure why yet.
I was wondering if you have been looking into how psychics see/live in time?
Linda
Hi Linda,
I have not looked into this and I know of no research into this area. Actual research into the personalities and lives of psychic people is non existent. The only research on the subjective experience of time that I know of is that time slows down for us as our body temperature rises. When you’re running a fever, time seems slower.
My personal experience, which is probably normal is this: The more closed down I am, the faster time appears to go. The more opened up I am, the slower it appears to go. As psychic people are generally more aware of other people and their environments than is ordinary, time probably subjectively passes more slowly for us.
My theory of consciousness predicts that when we are accessing psychic information, our consciousness momentarily steps outside of time altogether. Time will be moving for our bodies, but we have directed our attention to a deeper reality where time has no meaning.
I hope that information is helpful in some way.
Craig
Yes, this is what I believe I experience. Carrying it on a bit further, I’ve been thinking that I sometimes simultaneously experience the various layers of time, as it were. It’s only been lately that I’ve become conscious of this, and am still pondering the “craziness” of such thoughts on my part. I do know that we are able to slow/change/expand time, often at will. I was just wondering if you’ve had thoughts on this subject – and I’m grateful that you have, because this is one subject which sounds completely insane to me when I hear myself talking about it.
Linda
I did a post on consciousness today, and part of that is that consciousness is quantum in nature and will bypass our macro reality and behave as though it didn’t exist. If that’s the case, then it would be entirely possible for you to experience layers of time.