I think I'm psychic?
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Well, if it is as mundane as you say it is then your prolly just having dreams about things you know, Ive had my fair share of psychic moments and I don't really see images, I just usually will call an unlikely event. For example my friend was envious of me when I got my test back with a 100, and I was like "well, maybe you'll get one" and he told me he had left an answer blank so he couldn't possibly have gotten one. I was like whatev, you dont know till you get it back. He got a 100. He did leave an answer blank, she marked it blank, there was no extra credit.
Well, part of my point is that what people generally think of as 'psychic' really may not be all that supernatural. I have seen some things that make me believe in such things as powers that affect the outside world, but it's the sort of thing where you can choose to believe it or not. I just like to say, wherever I can, that it really isn't all that strange.green_dude said:
I don't know if this has been said, I can't be asked to read EVERY reply at this hour.
The phenomenon you are experiencing is classical Déjà Vu, and the cause IS in fact your dreams. I know because I experience it as well. However, you are not seeing the future at all. What is happening is that you are remembering a dream that is nonspecific. For example, you have a dream about walking by a person in a blue coat. What's around you? You don't know, it's all fuzzy and undefined because it's a dream. But if you walk by a guy in a blue coat the next day, your brain "remembers" this situation, then fills in the details with what is around you, so it feels like you've seen this before. Seriously, next time you have a dream, try to remember the details. You probably can't. You may get the main things, like you were writing a Calculus test then Peter Molyneux came in and said you would never get a job, but you will not EVER be able to tell me the color of your socks. It's just because dreams are.. well... dreams. Next time you get this feeling, don't worry, you're not psychic, and you're not "possessed" (I thought people stopped believing in that QUITE a while ago, but I learn something new every day I guess), you're just tripping out a bit because the human mind is really, really odd.
EDIT: On a side note, I just read a few posts concerning ESP. Troll response = Prove it or GTFO. Real response = Seriously guys, you must be either gullible or willfully ignorant to actually think what you're talking about is possible. Go outside and stop trying to violate reality, it doesn't work.
The phenomenon you are experiencing is classical Déjà Vu, and the cause IS in fact your dreams. I know because I experience it as well. However, you are not seeing the future at all. What is happening is that you are remembering a dream that is nonspecific. For example, you have a dream about walking by a person in a blue coat. What's around you? You don't know, it's all fuzzy and undefined because it's a dream. But if you walk by a guy in a blue coat the next day, your brain "remembers" this situation, then fills in the details with what is around you, so it feels like you've seen this before. Seriously, next time you have a dream, try to remember the details. You probably can't. You may get the main things, like you were writing a Calculus test then Peter Molyneux came in and said you would never get a job, but you will not EVER be able to tell me the color of your socks. It's just because dreams are.. well... dreams. Next time you get this feeling, don't worry, you're not psychic, and you're not "possessed" (I thought people stopped believing in that QUITE a while ago, but I learn something new every day I guess), you're just tripping out a bit because the human mind is really, really odd.
EDIT: On a side note, I just read a few posts concerning ESP. Troll response = Prove it or GTFO. Real response = Seriously guys, you must be either gullible or willfully ignorant to actually think what you're talking about is possible. Go outside and stop trying to violate reality, it doesn't work.
i dont know exactly what it's called but i was told it was some sort of chemical misfire inside your brain that makes you think you saw this before. you're not psychic your brain just made a mistake with your memories
I knew my grandpa died the night it happened because I dreamed of my grandma grieving. I knew my mom had died because I dreamt of the screams as my stepdad dragged her out of the car and shot her. So yeah I believe it's possible. And as a Christian, I will tell you posession is when your body no longer belongs to you. You would know if you were possessed because your body would respond to something other than your mind.
"...and your old men shall profesy"
some verse from the Pentecost in Acts. You could simply just be talented.
"...and your old men shall profesy"
some verse from the Pentecost in Acts. You could simply just be talented.
Given that many dreams are in part connected to something that your mind has been concentrating on, and that a day is filled with thousands of events, it's not surprising that small, mundane things that happen to you can sometimes match up with dreams. And when they don't match up, they come close enough that you can pretend that they do.
I also expect that you only remember the days where this does happen, and completely forget when it doesn't happen. And it probably doesn't happen plenty of times.
Also, precognition is basically a load of bullocks, as long as you're not making basic predictions of physical events like "if I jump up, I will come back down," or generic cause-and-effect predictions like "if I drink this 2-liter bottle of soda, I will have to pee later." The sad truth is that any "psychics" out there are either con artists or self-deluded.
I also expect that you only remember the days where this does happen, and completely forget when it doesn't happen. And it probably doesn't happen plenty of times.
Also, precognition is basically a load of bullocks, as long as you're not making basic predictions of physical events like "if I jump up, I will come back down," or generic cause-and-effect predictions like "if I drink this 2-liter bottle of soda, I will have to pee later." The sad truth is that any "psychics" out there are either con artists or self-deluded.
DaJoW said:
Are you saying he'd be the 175th to apply about seeing the future?The FAQ from the JREF site said:
OT: I really just came in here to mention Randi, but several people already beat me to it. I think you should start a dream journal. See how many of your dreams come true. Take note of how much comes true, and how closely reality mirrors your dream. Be aware of confirmation bias -- casual observers tend to remember the hits and forget the misses. That's why it's important to have very accurate journals.
Also, judging by your description, I'd say that you're just imaging mundane things that probably happen every day. You just don't really notice them usually because you didn't dream them the previous night. I do not think you are psychic. But I guess it's a possibility.
I wasn't talking about precognition specifically, I was just saying that there are probably things humans can do that modern science (in which I am a firm believer) is not yet able to explain.green_dude said:
Let's just say that those who believe, believe and those who don't, just don't
Out of laziness this is to ben.cWg | Konka said:
So you have evidence that precognition is impossible, and has never happened? Or is this simply what you believe without question? How can I dream of my mom being murdered the night she was murdered? Coincidence? I was in California and she was in AZ, and I woke up in shock at the hour neighbors reported they heard the gunshot. Coincidence? Well it's a pretty f**ing specific coincidence. But you're probably going to say I made it up.
You're not psychic if you think you should do something and then do it. I have dreams of what I will have for breakfast, and when I wake up I usually make that. It's not Deja vu, it's just a good idea that you had and are choosing to act upon. When you see something out of your control and it happens then you may be psychic.
However I do believe I am empathic. Well that or I am one of the last remaining people who can read body language. But the first one sounds cooler even if the second one is probably right.
However I do believe I am empathic. Well that or I am one of the last remaining people who can read body language. But the first one sounds cooler even if the second one is probably right.
If you want a very unscientific test, you got one.
On a friday, tell a friend to take you someplace very unique and recognizable on the following saturday, but not tell you where. Then, if that night you have a dream about, say, the beach, and your friend takes you to the beach, then you have a little bit of evidence to you psychic powers.
On a friday, tell a friend to take you someplace very unique and recognizable on the following saturday, but not tell you where. Then, if that night you have a dream about, say, the beach, and your friend takes you to the beach, then you have a little bit of evidence to you psychic powers.