Who believes in psychics?

[AMJ]

I had the craziest experience the other day. My aunt gave me a gift certificate at the place she likes to get her nails done for my birthday. She casually mentions, oh they do facials there too. I go in and start getting my pedicure, and the woman who gives facials is being super friendly and talkative the entire time.

 

When I go into the room to get my facial, she starts asking me typical get-to-know you questions (where are you from, what do you do), but something was very different. It's like I felt her poking around in my mind. Then she says- you've had a really traumatic experience, haven't you? And honestly I've had a few, but what was on my mind at the moment was the car accident that happened a few years ago. I think about it every so often when pain in my neck and upper back starts to flare up, which is happening right now. She says- a car accident right? Me- yes, how did you know? Her- you were hit by a truck, weren't you? On the freeway? That was like, okay...WOAH. Her- It was a big white truck, right? A newer one? Something was very frightening about the experience, something with the driver of the truck...

And this conversation goes on.

 

She just knew things about me, and kept finishing my sentences which was also crazy. She said she was a clairvoyant and could easily see into my mind because I also have psychic abilities (?!) and asked me if I knew that about myself. She said I'm very perceptive and observant, which is definitely true. I've always thought I had a high emotional IQ and do notice tons of details all the time about everything-people, environment, situations. She predicted things about my future, even going into specifics.

 

Sooooo now I'm thinking I may just start to see her more often and the worst that will come of it is having really amazing skin, lol. Does anyone have experience with this sort of thing? I've had my palm read once. I've always thought it was interesting and never really believed in it. But experiencing it firsthand was just nuts.

Edited May 2, 2016 by AMJ

[Jabron1]

A girlfriend that I had when I was a teenager had a sister who is a semi-professional psychic - even been on a bunch of TV shows. The whole family was bloody nuts.

 

I was a 'sceptic', and they knew that, but I respectfully kept my opinions to myself (I was always at their house, and I respected it). That wasn't good enough for them though . They would badger me constantly about it.

 

The funniest part came when their other sister got pregnant. The 'psychic' had predicted a girl, and they all took that as gospel: until it turned out to be a boy

 

So, I'm thinking 'that settles it', and now I won't hear so much BS from them. But then one day, the 'psychic' said to my ex 'if you don't slow down you'll end up on drugs!'. Well we went to raves a lot, and took ecstacy, so my ex took this as some sort of 'message from the other world'.

 

'How could she possibly know that I've been taking drugs?!'.

 

Yeah, that's when I lost all hope.

 

People are going to believe whatever they want to believe. Just got to accept it or not.

Edited May 2, 2016 by Jabron1

[AMJ]

Did she ever read your mind or predict things about you?

 

I have to be a believer...not only how did she know I was thinking about my car accident, but she actually saw it and described it to me. She knew the color of the truck. She knew other things too- it was so, so weird.

[BlueIris]

I didn’t believe in them until I heard that a college classmate had become a well-known medical intuitive, which seemed bizarre to me, so I started learning about it and eventually had a reading with her. It was pretty amazing. She changed my opinion.

[Cablebandit]

Psychics don't win the lottery.....coincidence?

Faith healers don't do their work at hospitals.....coincidence?

[AMJ]

What is a medical intuitive? What did she tell you?

[Jabron1]

Did she ever read your mind or predict things about you?

 

She didn't like me because I didn't have her on a pedestal like everyone else. She 'predicted' bad stuff

 

'I'm going to die tragically in my 40s' was a particular one I remember.

 

There is a 'psychic' test, apparently. It has something to do with cards. And this one night that me and my ex were out, one of our friends kept seeing things. Well he was on all sorts of drugs ffs! Course he was seeing things! But my ex started getting all emotional and told him that she's going to take him to her sister for this 'psychic test' (which he failed miserably, by the way).

 

I was there for that test, and I thought I was in a bloody comedy or something. So, then I suggest that her sister take the test, and she refused

 

Thing is, being around that, I've seen that it's a matter of perception. I won't put down your experience, because you aren't harming anyone, and it made you feel good.

 

Just don't spend money on this stuff is my only advice to you

[BlueIris]

What is a medical intuitive? What did she tell you?

 

This describes it, and her:

 

 

She was accurate with me and with my ex.

[AMJ]

Tragic death in your 40s! That's a terrible thing to tell someone.

 

I definitely think lots of people claim to be psychics who really aren't. I think the fact that she didn't want money from me at all is what made the experience more real, for me. She didn't even try to sell me on coming in for future sessions.

[AMJ]

This describes it, and her:

 

 

She was accurate with me and with my ex.

 

So interesting! That's actually exactly like what I experienced, except her assessment was based mostly on skin issues.

[Jabron1]

I definitely think lots of people claim to be psychics who really aren't.

 

That reminds me about one of my favourite comedy shows 'Shirley Ghostman'.

 

He is a 'psychic'. It'll give you a laugh . Check it out:

 

 

Edited May 2, 2016 by Jabron1

[jen1447]

Who believes in psychics?

 

Not me. Too many real world challenges out there to worry about other stuff.

[AMJ]

Well I was thinking...if this lady is right, and I do have this mystic ability to read other people's minds that I haven't yet tapped in to, how much easier is my life about to be? Reading minds is a kick ass super power.

[bathtub-row]

I have been to a few of them over the years and a lot of them have talked of things that were spot on. Sometimes they were off the mark but some things were uncanny - very specific and nothing that could be guessed at. All in all, though, nothing they ever said changed my life or made any real difference.

 

Think about the real life woman in Arizona that the Medium series was based on. I definitely believe there are people who have this ability. I personally tend to pick up on the emotions of a person before anything else but I'm not phychic. If you think you have this ability, then you probably do. The woman you were talking to sounds extremely phychic.

[jay1983]

Alright I think they're fraud, but entertaining. last time I was on a date we stopped at one and had our palms read. It's fun, it's like watching a movie you know it's fake, but it's cool.

 

Okay, now for the ancedote.

 

I was hanging out with my friend in his shop and along comes this guy with something like a turban on his head I think he might have been Indian or Arab or something. Told us he'd read our Fortune for $10. We were high as a kite and said sure it's $10 what the heck.

 

So he gave my friend a piece of paper and told him to write down a number and the name of a flower, then to put the paper in his pocket. So he started spewing the typical stuff, kinda true, but could've applied to anybody. When finished, he said take the paper out, rose, 7. Out came the paper and my friend wrote rose 7. Out jaws dropped, like WTF!

 

Now I now rose and 7 are common, but what if my friend didn't pick 7 what of he picked 6 or 10 of a different flower? We'll never know.

[todreaminblue]

I do believe if people have gifts like this and i do believe in gifts like this.....that no monetary gain should come of it.....that its a gift for a reason......and the reason is to help people..gifts like this are of god.....

 

 

..because they come of god they are meant to truly help people....i met a psychic in a fruit and veg market....she was charging people....my exes mother in law got a reading i sat beside her....then she read my palm and aura for nothing....she knew i had miscarried......i was a mess i guess.......she told me i would go on and have three girls......which at that time i didnt believe.....because before the miscarriage i had another pregnancy fail traumatically........i was beat......

 

she told me that i would have two paths to take i would come to a cross road...... one path wound right around my palm an unbroken line...the other path short.......sudden end......the choice was mine to make to believe her or not.....at the time i didnt............i do however...have three girls now.....

 

i do believe that gifts such as these shouldnt be taken lightly.....and that its not something you use when you have the gift..... for personal gain or advantage.....deb

[bathtub-row]

I don't think there's anything wrong with them charging money for their gift. It's no different than a painter or a writer. How else are they supposed to make a living?

[Gloria25]

Psychics, golddiggers (even blue collar golddiggers), sociopaths, sugar babies, escorts, etc....don't have special powers, they just can "read" people better.

 

It's a skill that can be developed or you're born with it.

 

I've learned some techniques on questioning people...some people say I'm meticulous and can see things others don't.

 

Well, I think I'm good...but not to the level of the types I mentioned above...maybe it's cuz I have a conscious and manipulators don't.

[todreaminblue]

I don't think there's anything wrong with them charging money for their gift. It's no different than a painter or a writer. How else are they supposed to make a living?

 

 

i do see an issue with making money from a gift like this..where it becomes more about the money and the fame...than the actual gift......and its true purpose..........deb

[Gloria25]

Oh gosh, I'm catching up on my DVR recordings and watching how this psychic swindled this guy on 20/20.

 

I hate manipulators with a passion...

 

But, gosh darn, what's the matter with these guys? Are they so lonely/desperate that even though a woman is whispering lies into his ear - he's just happy to have someone showing them attention?

 

The guy, after they showed him she was swindling him and prosecuted her, he still loves her!!! He says she gave him "life".

 

OMG:eek:

[Buddhist]

Well I was thinking...if this lady is right, and I do have this mystic ability to read other people's minds that I haven't yet tapped in to, how much easier is my life about to be? Reading minds is a kick ass super power.

 

Um no.....it isn't. It's neither a super power nor particularly rare. Quantum physics can actually explain this stuff. Everything is energy, even supposedly solid objects are just energy moving at a very slow rate. That's what makes them appear solid. Human thought is also an energy. Some people can tune into that easily, others have no practice nor inclination so they filter it out.

 

The hundred monkey syndrome is a demonstration of this. Once 100 or so monkey's figure out how to do something suddenly other monkey's with no contact with that colony at all spontaneously discover the same thing. Human's who have no contact with each other can often come up with identical idea's at around the same time. Human thought exists in a shared energy field that anyone with enough practice can actually tune into.

 

Your beautician is just more practised and open to it than the average bear. Being a skeptic is pretty much a mindset of refusing it, hence they don't experience it themselves. I've been able to do similar things to your beautician in the past, what mattered was not how well I knew the person but how relaxed and open I was to just receiving idea's without filtering it. If she claims clairvoyance then what she's really doing is acknowledging the existence of this field of energy and learning how to consciously navigate it. You can't do that until you believe it's possible.

 

It's laughable really that people the world over can understand electricity or digital data but deny that a similar thing exists when it comes to the electrical impulses in people's brains. Hello....the brain was the planet's first computer, an organic one. Is it so inconceivable that it actually runs on WiFi as well?

 

I think we are probably only a decade or so away from some brilliant white coat individual in a university 'discovering' the unique capacity of the human brain to transmit electrical data just like a computer. It only took a few million years and artificial intelligence to figure it out. We already know it runs the human body perfectly. Something science still can't replicate. Gee....I wonder if it can do more than we think it does?

Edited May 7, 2016 by Buddhist

[bathtub-row]

All you doubters need to read up on the phychic in Arizona - Allison Dubois. She has solved numerous murder cases. Also, it's becoming very common for police to turn to psychics in order to solve cases.

 

Of course there are manipulators out there and people who have learned how to get info out of people without them realizing it. There will always be those who prey on gullible people. And they just flat out lie to you. I had a phychic tell me once that someone had out a curse on me and, if I paid her $120, she would remove the curse. Yeah, right. The trick to going to people like this is to make sure they're reputable. Even then, they will always tell you that the future is not set. That we all have the power to change any outcome.

[salparadise]

I dated a woman once who claimed to be clairvoyant. She said, "I bet you really enjoy a good blowjob, don't you?" How could she have known? She proceeded and convinced me that she knew her stuff... and she swallowed. How could she possibly have known? Now I'm a believer.

[Phillip]

I had the craziest experience the other day. My aunt gave me a gift certificate at the place she likes to get her nails done for my birthday. She casually mentions, oh they do facials there too. I go in and start getting my pedicure, and the woman who gives facials is being super friendly and talkative the entire time.

 

When I go into the room to get my facial, she starts asking me typical get-to-know you questions (where are you from, what do you do), but something was very different. It's like I felt her poking around in my mind. Then she says- you've had a really traumatic experience, haven't you? And honestly I've had a few, but what was on my mind at the moment was the car accident that happened a few years ago. I think about it every so often when pain in my neck and upper back starts to flare up, which is happening right now. She says- a car accident right? Me- yes, how did you know? Her- you were hit by a truck, weren't you? On the freeway? That was like, okay...WOAH. Her- It was a big white truck, right? A newer one? Something was very frightening about the experience, something with the driver of the truck...

And this conversation goes on.

 

She just knew things about me, and kept finishing my sentences which was also crazy. She said she was a clairvoyant and could easily see into my mind because I also have psychic abilities (?!) and asked me if I knew that about myself. She said I'm very perceptive and observant, which is definitely true. I've always thought I had a high emotional IQ and do notice tons of details all the time about everything-people, environment, situations. She predicted things about my future, even going into specifics.

 

Sooooo now I'm thinking I may just start to see her more often and the worst that will come of it is having really amazing skin, lol. Does anyone have experience with this sort of thing? I've had my palm read once. I've always thought it was interesting and never really believed in it. But experiencing it firsthand was just nuts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well that sure is interesting.

If a psychic can tell you things that happened to you without questions , I am very interested. I think most tarot readers, astrologers & Palm readers are full of bs but every now and then you get the odd one. I agree with Richard Dawkins regarding religion & the paranormal , however I do try to keep an open mind.

I do have an interest in telekinesis , mind reading, etc . But I tend to agree with science.

[Tayla]

my former mother in law had this talent on a level of social /environment. she could sense things. one day we were watching the news... And with a "basic" news line the media was asking for any information. out of my mother in laws mouth came- it was the mother. We all just went silent. Months went by. The media died down... Then one night the news popped up with the News and the arrest.. Of the mother. We all just looked over at my in law and she said... took them long enough... And the "bag" they are still seeking is in her one sons toy chest. This lady would randomly make these odd statements and was not wrong.

 

I've met the genuine.. the sensitory readers... And while I've had premonitions, it's been random and rarely worth a career.

 

I don't entirely dismiss the heightened skills some have... Just am keen on weeding out the con artist..

 

James randi, was intriguing for his ability to scientifically disprove some of the shysters. he made a book and a few studies on this subject. I liked his tenacity to expose the truth.. He really was entertaining .