I started to have experiences when I was in grade school. My first encounter was at night in my room, I saw a demon like head with green eyes as a reflection off my tv screen and there was nothing in my room to make any similar figure. I was extremely frightened. Since then I have always had a feeling that something is watching me and I have had numerous dreams of the devil or other like being trying to get me. I have also had dreams, when loved ones who had just past, would come to visit me (in my dreams) and give me messages to pass on. I've also had dreams of babies being born and then find out that someone close to me is having a child.
Most recently, I had a dream where my husband was going to get an email from his aunt. I told my husband about the dream and the next day his aunt emailed him, and this was from an aunt that he never knew he had. My husband also just found out that his father died when he was 13, we went to visit his grave and other personal places and I would get a heavy feeling in my chest when we would near this places. We met with other family members who shared stories of my husbands deceased father and I was able to feel him there, a clear picture of him came to my head with him just hanging out with us and talking. Was that really him there, or was I just 'trying' to imagine it?
I've also had experiences where I would be half awake and half asleep but not able to move at all, but I could see my room perfectly. I would become so scared, like something was there to harm me, I would want to scream or move but wouldn't be able to at all.
There are other experiences that I have been through, but I don't know if I have a 'special gift' or if this is just something weird.
I always get these 'feelings' where I know something is going to happen, etc. What am I considered? A psychic medium? Does anyone know of a psychic medium mentor in PA?
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Secondly, while it can be a scary thing to have this when you do not know how to control it, you should also take up Zak-Saturday-Is-Kur's wonderful offer of help, when you need it.
Sometimes just knowing you are not alone is a great help, and since Zak is also in PA, and also a medium, you may find some answers to puzzling questions you will have a long the way.
Also, before I go on with what I think you are experiencing, I want to say I had no idea that the Gnostic Church offered free classes, (I had no idea they offered any classes) in astral traveling! Do you know, Dragonsflight, if this is all Gnostic Churches? As I have often done astral traveling, and have very little control over that ability, but am interested in trying to learn to. Thanks!
Now, bellabmbna for you, when you mention that "I have also had dreams, when loved ones who had just past, would come to visit me (in my dreams) and give me messages to pass on. I've also had dreams of babies being born and then find out that someone close to me is having a child." I would say this is the ability of clairvoyance and clairaudience.
Clairvoyance is the ability to see. Since you do 'see' these spirits, it is easy to verify you are clairvoyant. And, because you 'hear' them giving you messages, you are also "clairaudient". Clairaudient is the ability to hear/listen.
Often times spirits come to us when we are asleep, because this is a time when we are well rested, and it is easier for them to make contact with us. So, it is not unusual that you see and hear them while asleep.
Now, because in the 2nd paragraph, you also had a dream about a future event that was to take place for your husband, I'd say you also have claircognizance abilities. This is the ability of knowing. It often is the knowledge of things that will occur in the future.
I would guess that you most certainly did see your husbands father-who was in spirit form. This also leads me to believe you are quite psychic, but also have medium skills. Not all psychics are mediums, but all mediums do also have psychic abilities. It is important to know that.
Psychics are people who have the ability to receive information through their six/or one of their six senses, where the information is not ordinarily known.
A medium is someone who is able to communicate with spirits-most usually the deceased people, but not limited to that.
As for your last paragraph, where you say you are 'half awake and half asleep', it sounds to me like sleep paralysis. I've never experienced that myself, and I imagine that is quite frightening.
I do know that you can locate books with information on all these things as well as information on this on the web. If you are interested in obtaining more information, I would suggest you start by googling this stuff, such as "clairvoyance", etc. And "astral traveling" or "psychic-medium" and reading what you can on the internet. Also, go to your local library and see if there are any books there, or go to the bookstore and pick some up there.
I think you'll be surprised by the number of people who have these same abilities and also the number of books written on their experiences.
Knowing you are not alone, is the first step to feeling more at ease though. I'm new to this site, but I think you have come to a good place to learn this important step. There are many other websites out there that are dedicated to people with extra-ordinary abilities too. Perhaps a search for these will also help you.
If you wish to develop your abilities as well, it may help you to gain more control over them. Again, there are many websites and books and other avenues available to you for this as well.
I happen to be a psychic-medium also, and have clairvoyant, clairaudient, clairalience, claircognizance and clairgustance abilities. I'm also an empath and have also had experiences with remote viewing, telepathy, and astral traveling.
While I'm not an expert in any of this, I do understand what you are going through, because I've been there myself. I do help to run a psychic circle, where psychics, such as myself can go to keep their skills sharp and improve them as well. It's very low key and free, so if you are interested, put another post here and I can send you the information to it.
I hope your abilities do not continue to frighten you though. You've been given a gift. Hopefully as you come to understand them and learn about them and how to control them, you'll also feel more at ease and be able to use them to help others as well.