never thought I'd post in here..

[turtleschell]

I'm a total skeptic about sixth sense type stuff, but lately, I have been predicting the future. A lot. Very specifically.
I can't think of many examples but a big one was when my wallet got stolen. That morning I'd said to myself several times, "Take the cash out of your wallet coz it's going to get stolen today."
I always carry a lot of cash, so it wasn't an unusual day. There have been a few big things like that, just can;t remember now.
And then other weird little things, like having a phrase in my head. The other day I suddenly stopped and kept thinking "it is what it is." And I wondered why that phrase kept popping into my head, and I never use that phrase. 5 minutes later, I hopped on to the computer and it was in an article I was reading.
Anyway maybe these are all coincidences, but I really have a feeling about it. I think there's something going on with me.
To those with special gifts, how did yours start, or how did you discover it?
What should I do to encourage this new skill?

[*Sparklez*]

Wow this is interesting...
very fascinating turtle!!
im very interested to see the answers..

[Nettie]

I play deal or no deal by watching it on the telly and trying to predict what's in each case or what number they'll pick next!

I'm not very good...

[AnyDream]

practice predicting the colours of your clinkers or use it to find carparks!

Only joking..best thing you can do is keep listening to it and respecting it. Looking after your emotional health, maintaining healthy relationship boundaries, and looking after your body can help with staying "clear" to hear the whispers more readily when it matters.

Mine started like yours...starting asking questions about it, answers started popping up when I needed them.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

I play deal or no deal by watching it on the telly and trying to predict what's in each case or what number they'll pick next!

I'm not very good...

DP and I do that all the time.

No idea myself hun, i have had dreams that people were pregnant and they were but thats as far as it's extended for me really aside form 'seeing/smelling' things in my house.
I'd suggest anything that 'stands out' to you, write it down, keep it safe and then look back on it.

[Turkish Delight]

FFS. I just lost a whole post. May be who i was going to write about next didn't want me to. Spooky.
In short.
I see people passed on in my dreams. This all started when i was about 13-14 when a friend commited suicide. He came to me in my dream. I even saw him hovering above me, with my eyes open. He had bright orange hair, so it was hard not to assume that it was him.
My friend died of an overdose when i was about 19-20. Til about mid last year, i saw him in my dreams every 2-3 months without fail. Finally, i took notice of it and saw a medium. He came through and had messages for me to pass onto his mother, which i did. Haven't seen him in my dreams since. I can sense him around me and in the house when i am going through a bad patch. The rangehood light used to blow without fail every fortnight when i turned it on ( before i saw the medium) and now it doesn't blow.
I also get premonitions in dreams. I have to keep it to myself otherwise it doesn't come true. I dreamt that my SIL had packed her bags for overseas (last week) in a mad rush and a few days later when i called, she had gone. There was no inkling that she was going to go at all. I spook myself out.
I feel cold air in my nose and face, so called that i can smell the cold air and freezes my nostrils. I went to a spiritual meditation once and my whole left arm was paralysed (Rouge was there too) afterwards. Apparently, i can't control my energy as yet.
I can sense someone (from BB) who has passed with me at times. She is making me notice her and i am noticing her. I awoke to hearing her childs name repeated to me over and over the other morning. Other things have happened too, but i won't write what they are. I've acknowledged her. I've told her i will listen.
I spook myself out ALL the time!

[Queen]

Wow...this stuff I LOVE...
I love mediums, dreams..
I like to think I have it...but I do not know....

Wow.....

[~Stoked~]

At times I have a very strong 'instinct'.. I just know the answer to things. I find that when I have alot going on in my life, or if I'm stressed out my instinct disappears a bit.
Classic examples for me are guessing pregnancies, genders of babies, answers or numbers on quiz shows, what people are going to say next, what song will come on the radio next, guessing the total of my shopping at the supermarket... Lots of other stuff, i just cant think right now! I feel like I can read my daughter's mind sometimes.. But I don't know if that is just because I'm her mother!

[Turkish Delight]

in my dreams, i see whom i will see in the next few days or hear from.
Once, i told a lady that she would be offered a reduncacy package from work as i had dreamt it. I told her it won't come true because i had told her. Well, 1-2 days later she was offered a package!

[~Stoked~]

I always wondered whether deja vu (sp?) is a vague memory of a dream that you may have had..

[Enchanted]

I agree with MD hun.

I have the same thing, I know when someone is going to call me and I know who it will be. I know when someone is going to knock on the door unexpectedly.
I know in the morning if I am going to lose something. Just little things here but I surprise myself sometimes. You've gotta start somewhere

[Astrid]

practice predicting the colours of your clinkers or use it to find carparks!

Only joking..best thing you can do is keep listening to it and respecting it. Looking after your emotional health, maintaining healthy relationship boundaries, and looking after your body can help with staying "clear" to hear the whispers more readily when it matters.

Mine started like yours...starting asking questions about it, answers started popping up when I needed them.

Clinkers is a great one. Used to have the comp of the first person to get 3 picks right in a row would win the bag of clinkers. I often won

[turtleschell]

Some interesting stories here.
And LOL at Clinkers, I love clinkers purely for the guessing part.

I'm curious as to why my new skill is suddenly appearing now? Or have I always had it but been a) too cynical and b) too cluttered, mentally and emotionally.

I think becoming a mother has something to do with it. How can I just hone in on this skill? I suppose I just have to let it grow on it's own. I also need to learn to actually stop and listen to it, accept that yes it is a real vision and I should respond accordingly. Previously, I've just heard it and thought little of it, only to see it pan out inevitably, when I surely could ave changed it/been prepared for it, eg my wallet! Even whilst shopping, I still kept thinking "wallet going to get stolen".
But instead of being extra vigilant, I ignored it.

[Turkish Delight]

You know i think mine is getting stronger as i get older. May be Turtleschell, i may be paying more attention to it, i dunno.

[zap]

I personally don't have any special gifts but went to see a man who does. He does healing and spent two hours praying over me. At first I was trying hard not to laugh out loud but about half an hour into it I started seeing things from my past that have caused alot of heartache for me. Once he was done he explained that he knew the things I saw when I was "sleeping" and he started crying. I felt so overwhelmed by this that I started crying too. He also said that mother Mary is with me all the time and that in two weeks time she will bring me a gift. Four weeks after that I found out I was pregnant. So can you guess what the gift was that mother Mary gave me two weeks earlier? My fourth son due in September! I still get chills when I think about it!