Could I Be Medium Or Do These 'signs' Apply To Everyone?

I pre-apologize for how long this is going to be. I honestly just don't know what to do. I'm not sure if I am actually seeing these things, and I thought I was going crazy for the longest time, until I told one of my close friends what was happening to me. He said he would do some research, and the next day he asked me if I had ever considered the possibility of being a medium. I had never really thought about it, so I did some research and I was astounded at the similarities I saw in almost every thread about it. I started researching other things that link to this as well, such as psychics and empaths. I have all the signs for all of them, but I feel like everyone thinks that when they do research. So do you guys think I could be any/all of these? Or am I just crazy? I have always seen things other people don't, and once I realized not everyone saw and felt the same thing I did I started to grow weary and not tell anyone.

Well, here are the 'signs' that I have that the internet says shows mediumship/empath/psychic abilities.

(I copied this list from different websites and have only included those of which I have, so I'm sorry things are a little jumbled up!)

((This is a ridiculously long list so its okay if you don't read all of it. This is hours worth of research (:) )

I wake between 3am and 4am, which may or may not be accompanied by a feeling of having not been alone.

I have vivid dreams involving loved ones who have passed to the other side, and feel upon waking, I feel the person or people in your dreams were actually with me.

When I walk into different buildings or environments, there is sometimes an instant feeling of not being alone, or feeling as if I am being watched.

When I close your eyes at night to welcome sleep, I see many faces of people I do not know, appearing one at a time at different paces. This may sometimes be so fast you are only catching glimpses of a face before another appears in its place. (when I was little)

I have seen people who are out of place (in your home, or anywhere) and dressed in clothing not related to modern dress. I have feelings that show up in association with seeing

I hear voices that others don't hear, or voices that seem to only be speaking to me.

When I get quiet, or begin to be in a meditative state of mind, I often hear a high pitched ringing sound in my ears that may come and go.

I'm a writer, I can sometimes sit down to write, and naturally flow so easily, and later when I read what you have written, there are thoughts such as, "Did I write that?", or not fully remembering the thought process that produced the writing.

I dream about people you do not know.

I have heard voices of loved ones who have passed, even their laugh, giving me the feeling that if I turn around, I will see them.

I often smell scents in your environment that no one else seems to smell, such as a perfume, cigar, cigarette, or pipe smoke when no one is smoking, or any range of various other smells.

I was often described as "being in your own little world" as a child. (I am even still, at 16)

Paranormal occurrences happen around me no matter where you go.

Others in your family have told me they have witnessed me talking with someone openly while you were sound asleep

Seeing spirits in dreams, in the bath, at the end of the bed and in projections

Knowing a spirit is present

Knowing an answer

Seeing golden,silver, or white orbs

Seeing spirit around you at home when not tuned in

Seeing spirit wherever you

Being able to turn sight on or off

Hearing names and clear messages sometimes

Seeing demon

Low self esteem

High in areas of interest (i.e. Spiritual aspects)

Visitations from 'people' at night / terrifying experiences

Inquisitive

Experimental nature

Fear of the dark

Prefers their own company

Hypersensitive to criticism

Little for no close friends (can expand into adulthood if not dealt with)

Childhood - often called a day dreamer since they are caught up in two worlds

Acute sensitivity to other peoples emotions resulting in feelings of anxiety, depression and anger.

Paranoia

Inferiority complex (low self esteem)

Feeling of detactment from the world (feeling unique / defective)

Able to feel a presence when nothing can be seen or heard or physically felt

Feeling of being followed but nothing there when confronted

Tearfulness and depressive episodes

Ability to 'heal' other though conventional hands on or visualisation.

A strong sense of purpose and feeling of being special.

Often having an eccentric nature.

Seeks answers from spiritual sources

Easily distracted / poor school record (living in two worlds)

Pre-cognition i.e. Knowing what someone will say next.

A thirst for knowledge.

A peculiar lightness and buzzing is sometimes experienced in the head, together with sense of numbness in the hands and arms, and sometimes in the feet and legs. The respiration seems to become slower, and so does the heart. Tiny lights and spots and light, or dark spots, appear in the air at a distance of one or two feet in front of the subject. A peculiar pressure is sometimes experienced on the top of the head on the base of the brain, or in the solar plexus

· Feeling the world's suffering on a large scale and wishing you could do something to help. Ironically, this makes you less equipped to help, because you feel overwhelmed.

· Finding it difficult to watch the news or distressing images because you feel the pain of the person/people you're watching - as if you're them

· Finding it difficult to fully be present to yourself and your own feelings when conversing with other people.

· Shyness - empathy can make you somewhat self-conscious as you're very aware of the effect your words have on another person and what they're thinking and feeling in response.

· A tendency to say yes to the requests and demands of other people - almost as a reflex; without thinking about whether you actually want to. It's only afterwards that you realize you forgot yourself and your own needs.

· A general tendency to put your needs last, or serve others at your own expense.

· A liking for distance in relationships, and for solitude.

· Feeling an affinity with the animal kingdom. When you're an animal empath, you can get a feel for how other species experience life and you are able to relate to animals on a deep level.

· Feeling responsible for how other people feel - and going out of your way to help them to feel better (even when it doesn't serve you.)

· Finding yourself often in a counselling role, where people dump their emotions on you, and being very drained by it.

· An emotional over-identification with characters in novels, films and plays. It doesn't matter that they're not real - you can still feel how they felt.

· A tendency to forget to have fun and lighten up

Places have "feelings" to you, for example, you may walk into a place you have never been, and feel very uncomfortable when there is no obvious reason, or feel a wave of sadness or other intense emotion as you enter.

You are a musician, poet, writer, singer, or of any other creative talent. Others tell you your work makes them "feel".

You seem to take on the physical "pain" of others.

You often wake around 3am.

You tend to know instantly when someone is lying to you.

Gatherings with large crowds make you feel anxious.

You tend to follow your feelings more than your intellect in decision making.

You sense ghosts or spirits and may often feel someone is there, when no one is visibly present.

You feel the energy of plants, trees, and other aspects of nature.

1. De Ja Vu.

2. Heightened Levels of Intuition. Like knowing whose calling on the phone before you even answer it, or always finding out what someone will probably wear before you actually see them personally.

3. Mind to Mind Connection. Reading the thoughts of others and communicating to them by only making use of your mind.

4. Visions. Do you get visions from time to time? Do these visions eventually turn real? Receiving visions (through dreams)

5. You Just Simply Know With No Explanation. Are there moments that you just simply have a gut feeling about something without having logical explanation at all and it eventually takes place?