Anyone With Paranormal Abilities or Experiences?

  • sabrina's auticorn;

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    By paranormal abilities are you an empath, medium or just sensitive? Also, this isn't a discussion of whether this stuff is actually real or not. It's basically asking those that do believe if they have any kind of power.

    For me, I'm an empath. I can sense the emotions of other people around me, especially if I'm close to that person. I know, it's odd for an autistic person to be an empath. Believe or not, but we do have empathy. We just experience it differently than normal people.

    Anyway, I once had an experience at an old prison I went to. I was going to a wear a red shirt that day, but it was dirty. So I didn't wear it. Well, we arrive at the prison and I was fine at first. As we got closer, I started getting these overwhelming feelings like I was being watched or that something was there.

    I go into this dark cell and what I sensed was even worse. I don't normally get that overwhelmed by anything. Well, we go back to the gift shop, and I'm looking in this book about paranormal happenings. I looked up the prison we were at and found out that a little girl in that dark cell loves to annoy people wearing red shirts by poking or tugging their clothes.

    I also learned that the prison became a home for families and the homeless, which would explain this girl's presence there.

    So yeah. If you have any experiences or abilities, discuss them here. :D
    June 28th, 2013 at 05:54pm
  • SitaRose97

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    The band room and auditorium at my high school are haunted, I was backstage one day after school working alone to finish something for our upcoming musical and I heard her talking I couldn't quite understand what she was saying though. Its a little girl, our school is built in the spot that used to be the old hospital. My band teacher says that she saw her one night, and last semester after we all took our exams everyone was sitting near the door and one of the storage closets slammed shut on the other side of the room.
    July 10th, 2013 at 03:56am
  • psychotic secrets;

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    I've been told I'm an empath and a sensitive. I just know things sometimes and I can sense when things will happen. Without those abilities I would be dead right now.

    Like once I had this terrible feeling when my dad went out of state for work. I had a feeling something would happen to him and his truck. So I made him cards and begged him not to go. On his way, a large hawk flew into his windshield. It crashed in and broke and shattered his windshield. It just missed his face, if it would have he would have died. When I was told I sobbed for hours. I knew that would happen, I just knew. And that's how it's been for years and years.
    July 10th, 2013 at 06:20pm
  • sabrina's auticorn;

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    @ psychotic secrets;
    Wow... that must be scary. O_O I have an ability like that too. I can sense if someone is being truthful or fake. It's kind of weird. I've also noticed I can tell what kind of person someone is, if I'm close to them.

    I did that once with a friend of mine. She never told me what she was like in real life or anything. I was able to sense her to tell her that she's very shy, she's gone through a lot of trauma in her life and that she's really sensitive... and she said I was right about all of that.

    But I can only do it if I'm close to the person. I can also break someone's barrier or connect with them. I don't do it often unless the person is in trouble. I can even sense my boyfriend's love at times. I have an ability to connect to people's hearts and when something bad happens or I get upset... those people I'm close to allow me to sense them to let me know that everything will be okay and to not worry.

    Also, growing up, my mom told me my grandfather, who died when I was only a year old, was my guardian angel. I believed her. I don't really believe in prayer nor am I religious... but if I've prayed to my grandfather before and a lot of the things I pray for have come true. Plus, I can sense he's there with me and I have this vision of him when I'm scared or frightened.

    Another time, I was sleeping on the couch. Mind you, I have never met my uncle Larry, my dad's brother. He died before I was even born. There's a picture of him with my dad that is in a frame. Well, in this picture he wore a flannel shirt with his hair kind of slicked back. Anyway, I was sleeping on the couch one night and I opened my eyes briefly and saw a guy standing in a flannel shirt, jeans and slicked back hair. At the time, I was really scared because I didn't know who it was. Upon later inspection of the picture of my dad and my uncle larry, it occurred to me that this was him. I could sense his presence. I knew that he wasn't trying to harm me... but perhaps he was just curious about my dad and probably wondering how he was doing when he met me for the first time. I sense him from time to time. There is one time when my friend, who's also a sensitive/empath tried to help calm me down when she saw this image of a guy trying to stop her. It surprised me because I didn't know he was still around. He was probably protecting me like my grandfather does.

    I haven't sensed him for a while so it makes me wonder if he passed on. I don't know if he was an angel or not. He may have been attached to my dad too.
    July 11th, 2013 at 05:08pm
  • thelastpainter

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    Sometimes I just know things. Sexualities of others, sometimes or when someone is going to walk through the door. It's usually with those I'm close with if it is in regards to others. Sometimes I'll think or say things and they'll come true. Such as someone coming out of a building, or leaving me, etc...It's just a higher sense of perception. It's really, really weird sometimes. And painful when I know something will not last.

    Occasionally I can read snippets of folks thoughts. It's involuntary and out of the blue usually. Few and far between as well, but I can always tell that they did not speak it. Their mouth was closed, always. Or occupied. (drinking something, etc...) The most recent time it happened was when I was outside with my parents and I was on the ground, laying on a blanket. I had a headache then and my mom was sitting in a chair near me. She was drinking something and watching my father who was painting the deck. When she was taking a sip I heard her voice say, "What is he doing now?" while looking at him. It was sort of...static like, but in her voice. I hear longer thoughts from those I know, and shorter from those I don't.

    Like I heard this one kid's thoughts who was sitting across from me one day in school and I was facing towards him and looking at him, and he looked at me and I heard, "What?" in a sharp, slightly annoyed tone of voice. But his mouth didn't move.

    It's odd, aha.
    July 12th, 2013 at 01:02am
  • vanete.

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    My dad's been telling me I'm an empath for a while. It's only recently that I've started to listen and try to understand it, since it's gotten to a point where it is so overwhelming and triggers panic attacks easily. I tend to take on the emotions of the people around me, particularly if I'm close to them. It gets to the point where I have a difficult time distinguishing what is actually my emotions versus other people's. And when I'm around a lot of people for an extended period of time, it tends to drain me, to the point of physical and emotional exhaustion, and I essentially become a zombie. I also have the propensity to taken on the syntax of the person I'm talking to - their accents/way they talk and formulate sentences. It's entirely involuntary and I get really scared that one day someone is going to think I'm mocking them when I really cannot stop.

    It's funny because even though I've subconsciously dealt with this my whole life, it's only now that I'm starting to connect the dots and sort of see/understand why my emotions have always been so fluid, and why I've confused even myself with my own actions.

    Right after coming to terms with this, I started watching the show 'Hannibal' and felt a very strong connection with the character of Will Graham. The way he describes his emotions as well as how he uses his empathy resonate very deeply within me. Certain scenes in the show actually gave me panic attacks because it was so well written and acted that I was reflecting Will Graham. It was slightly terrifying, but I love the show too much to stop watching. I've also read the book it was based off of, Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, and experienced a similar reaction. The way Will Graham is written is just...that's the way I feel and think, goodness.

    As for paranormal things - a group of friends from Frightland (a haunted attraction I've been involved with for a very long time) decided to put together a paranormal investigatory group because of the rumors of Frightland being haunted. My mom and I joined on a whim, if only to just hang out with them because they're cool people, and...wow, it's been quite interesting. During the investigation of Frightland we were paired off in two's and three's to look at different areas in smaller groups. My partner, a woman named Alicia, and I both experienced two full-body apparitions at the same time; once, by the side of a fake horse and carriage, just walking, and the second time, running straight forward as though to attack us by the side of a silo along a barn. To this day, I still feel uneasy near that silo, to the point of almost tears I can't stay around it. It fills me with such weird emotions of both fear and sadness.

    We also did an investigation of a nearby anime store. While nothing happened to me personally, being in the store drained me so badly. We were only there for a few hours, early on in the evening, and when I arrived I was completely rested and feeling fine. But just as the night progressed I felt heavier and heavier, and like I could barely keep my eyes open. And I also got really cold, which made zero sense because it was the middle of May and already incredibly warm. The sun had only been down a few hours. Most of the people there were actually warm, and feeling too hot - one girl stripped down to her spaghetti strap undershirt. But I couldn't stop shivering, and finally asked if anyone had an extra coat. My friend JB had a heavy parka in the backseat of his car, and I was still cold under that, but it at least stopped my shivering. I was so out of it that I tried to get a cup of juice and didn't have enough of a grip on the cup that I spilled juice everywhere (and I must have looked it too because JB rushed forward to clean it up for me and was looking at me a bit concerned).

    I also hated the back room of the store. I did not want to be anywhere near it, I deliberately avoided being near it or even looking in that direction. Even with the lights on, it unsettled me, and when we turned the lights off it was downright terrifying. I was told later that the people who came in during the "witching hour" shift had a lot of issues with the back room, where two people actually blacked out and went crazy for a period of time.

    On top of all that, my dad's side of the family (particularly his mom, my grandma whom I refer to as "Rainbow") is very spiritual. Not really all that religious, just...spiritual. It's hard to explain. Rainbow is also an empath, and I'm pretty sure my dad is too. And I'm also pretty sure my sister is "a sensitive" as well, if you will, but just...in a different way, I can't really explain it. It's all a bit peculiar. But anyways one night I got up to use the bathroom from a dead sleep and didn't bother to close the door, and happened to look over into my parents room. They had their door open too, and I could see the edge of their bed - and there was somebody sitting on it. At first I thought it was my dad waiting to use the bathroom or something. But it was a completely black silhouette, and it slowly turned his head and just stared at me.

    It scared the shit out of me, tbh. I saw it again a few more nights. I called Rainbow and asked, and she called them shadow figures, and said that my dad's had them around him his whole life. She sent me sage, and I went through the whole house burning it in every room. The next day, I saw another shadow figure, only it was in the middle of the day and it was outside in the backyard, looking into the windows, as if wanting to be inside.

    And wow this is a really long post, sorry about that. Um last thing: I kind of made a blog to talk about these things too (although I'm not very active on it, not as active as I should be at least) but if you guys are curious it's here.
    July 12th, 2013 at 07:26am
  • sabrina's auticorn;

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    That first part sounds a lot like me. It took me some time before I learned I was an empath. What's funny too, as that autistic people are said to lack empathy. I find this to be untrue. We do have empathy, but we experience it differently than others do. It's weird to be autistic and have the abilities of an empath because no one really gets it.
    July 13th, 2013 at 03:51pm
  • vanete.

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    I'm sorry that people aren't very understanding. Arms Quite frankly, I don't see what's so hard about the idea that people can experience or express their emotions in a different way without immediately assuming that those people are emotionless - but then, as an empath, I suppose I find it easier to see other people's point of view. I wish I could offer you some advice, but I've not really had any experience with autism. However if you ever want to discuss your empathy my inbox is always open. Cute

    More paranormal things: my house has been feeling more and more uncomfortable lately, since I've been behind on my saging. My parents were out and I happened to be watching Supernatural which reminded me to sage the house. When my parents got home, my dad asked me, as simply as discussing the weather, "So, are you performing a ritual then?" I wasn't, but I thought how normal he made it seem was funny. I'm a Winchester, oops tehe

    In all seriousness though, it helped before, so I'm hoping it will help again.
    July 14th, 2013 at 01:46am
  • peach kitten

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    I've had some paranormal experiences a few times in my life. The most recent one was a month ago. It was my sister and me alone in the house with our dog. It was late in the evening and it was just starting to get dark. My sister was downstairs cooking while I ran upstairs to change. My room is right across the hall from my brothers, so when I came out of my room I automatically saw him in his room. He had his back turned to me for a second, until I stepped into the hallway and he looked over his shoulder at me and went out of view to his bed. I walked to halfway downstairs thinking nothing until I remembered my brother wasn't home.

    I ran to my sister in the kitchen and started freaking out. She told me my brother still wasn't home.

    At first I thought an intruder was in the house but when my mother arrived home and we checked the house armed with a bat just in case, we found that no one was in the house. After hearing this I could not stop crying. I suddenly felt like my brother was in danger. My brother turned out to come home safe but I never understood why I saw a ghost resembling my living brother.
    March 4th, 2014 at 01:16am
  • Rachel-Marie

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    I've had several experiences throughout my life. My family doesn't believe in the paranormal at all, so they think I'm just being dramatic about the things that have happened. When I was super young and lived at our old house, I used to see things. I woke up one night to a cowboy in my room. Another night I woke up and felt drawn to look out my window and saw soldiers in my back yard. I don't know, it was weird.

    Anyway, we moved and I used to sleep on the same floor as my parents. As I got older, I wanted more privacy, so I moved down to the basement and that's when weird things started happening. Things would start moving in the middle of the night, I'd hear music, and I'd hear whispering. One night, in particular, was especially bad. I was in my room, and I was with my cat. I was trying to fall asleep, but the whispering wouldn't stop and I couldn't fall asleep. I started getting scared because the whispers started getting louder. I got out of bed and turned the lights on. The whispering kept going and I had enough, I was going to go upstairs, but when I tried to leave, my door was locked. I never lock my door. I started freaking out and grabbed my cat to take him upstairs with me. As I was about to unlock the door, it flung open and all the pictures on the wall next to my door came flying off. My cat got so scared that he cut my neck, jumping out of my arms. My mom blessed my room with holy water after that, but I still didn't sleep down there for awhile.

    This is a more recent one. I was sleeping over my boyfriend's house on my birthday and during the night I kept hearing like little knocking sounds on the wall and it was quite annoying. The next morning my boyfriend said he had heard the same noises. I checked my phone, as usual, and I had a text saying that my Aunt had passed away during the night. She was only 42 and mysteriously died in her sleep. My boyfriend jokingly said, "Maybe those sounds were your Aunt." But ya know, maybe it was?
    March 4th, 2014 at 05:21pm