Poll Has Ptsd Increased Any Physic Abilities?

[Shellbell]

Yes I agree in 'womens intuition', but I agree men have it too and people are all different in their ability, or need to tap into that.

I think as well with people like you or I Jaret, having parents who didn't/don't nurture and cherish us, brings about a developed and needed sense of intuition.

Although, I'm not saying it's confined only to people from bad childhoods, but one reason maybe for this increased sense of awareness and intuition.

 

[Tanishq]

I think as well with people like you or I Jaret, having parents who didn't/don't nurture and cherish us, brings about a developed and needed sense of intuition.

I developed this to protect myself. It feels like I am shown ways, so I can remain protected. Sort of when something is taken away from you, nature will hand you something.

Shellbell, I understand what you are saying. :)

 

[Britt.f7]

Okay, I said yes, but I don't really know if my senses have become more attuned due to the trauma/ptsd or not. Hard to say since I suffered early in life. I do know that my mother said I have always had an old soul. Maybe that has something to do with it.

My sister does not like to hear that I have had a realistic, bad, dream. She said they come true too often. My niece's boyfriend was having a conversation with me once when I brought up something that I should have had no way of knowing. It freaked him out so I played it off, but that happens to me a great deal. When I stress about something, there is usually a sign I see in my mind that completely calms me in an instant. Sometimes I know things before they happen or I'm told. I wonder if I am just extra sensitive and pick up on these things, the subtle nuances, etc.

A couple years ago, while gardening, all of a sudden I had this feeling that my young niece and her boyfriend went a little further in their sexual relations. It was definitely strange because I was gardening and not thinking of her. It stopped me in my tracks. She was around 16 or 17. The next time I saw her, I told her what happened(in private), told her she didn't have to tell me if anything happened, but that she should be careful. I told her I didn't mention it to her mom. When I did, she thanked me for that. Truthfully, though I may believe that something happened, I do not actually know because I told her she didn't have to confirm it.

Not a lot of good this does for me, since I can't pick lottery numbers or anything. Was I born with extra sensitivity or did I develop it? I do believe people are born with a sensitivity or intuition that they grow out of. Life gets in the way and most people stuff it.

And, you know, I do feel like a loon saying any of this. :O_o:

 

[Tanishq]

Not a lot of good this does for me, since I can't pick lottery numbers or anything. Was I born with extra sensitivity or did I develop it?

You have some extra sensory perception in you. It's so rare and yes, this is why it can freak out anyone.

I believe, such sensors make us more aware of our surroundings, can help us more if it is used properly. The thing you said about sexual relations, I can pick up such things,too. I can pick up things about person's character. I take this all because of I have very high empathy and sensitiveness. My bio mother is compulsive liar, I had feelings about this when I was 5-6 years and after 20 years I could find it out.

There is nothing wrong about having such abilities. You believe in them, so this abilities are with you.

 

[Artfulone]

You raise an interesting question Linda. I voted both yes and no. For myself I have experienced spiritual emergence and psychic phenomenon before I was traumatised and during the periods of initial traumatisation. Due to the complex nature of my traumatisation, I lost my original sustaining faith for several years. I delayed facing and integrating both my PTSD and my spiritual emergence for several years and therefore experienced psychic phenomenon very rarely. Several years later I experienced both simultaneously and this caused further problems and complexity to my traumatisation. I have gradually managed to integrate a combined understanding of both, which is causing me to come to terms with my life - past and present and have hope for a beautiful and far more productive future.

I have pondered over posting on this thread for over a year now. I hope it is not too wordy and is of use to interested members.

Linda, there may be a number of factors that link PTSD and premonitions. I would like to mention several points that may be of interest to some forum members interested in this subject area........

• One is degrees of hypnotisability, i.e. hypnotic susceptibility. David Spiegel, (and Herbert Spiegel et al), is trauma specialist working on the DSM v task force for PTSD, assisted in creating the HIP (hypnotic induction profile). There are other scales such as the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale (SHSS) The HIP was one of the more commonly used scales used to denote how easily a person can go into hypnosis and trance states.
• The more hypnotisable a person is, the more likely a person is the more susceptible they are to PTSD and dissociation, when severe trauma is experienced, numerous studies were done on this starting decades ago.
• Often, the most severe clinical response to trauma is considered to be DID (dissociative identity disorder and multiple personalities) and severe dissociative disorders (DDnos in DSM iv). The vast majority of persons experiencing these disorders have a tendency to rank as highly hypnotisable, e.g. grades 4 and 5 on the HIP.
• Persons such as mediums and psychics seem to have a mid to high susceptibility to hypnosis, whilst persons often referred to as akashic readers and seers, often seem to have higher hypnotisability.
• People who are more highly hypnotisable are often considered more prone to spiritual experiences and forms of spiritual emergence.
• PTSD and other forms of traumatisation are often reported as relatively common among persons experiencing what the psychiatrist Stanislav Grof refers to as spiritual emergence/ emergency and what others refer to as the journey of the wounded healer, spiritual awakening or the hero's journey, etc..
• The word "psychic" itself and the numerous applications of this word can be misleading and a more well defined set of criteria are needed. The word psychic simply means soul or consciousness.
• One of the great ironies of psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychological disciplines is that many of the professionals in these fields can be so wrapped up in their own percieved view of the science of their disciplines that they fail to realise that the disciplines are named after the study of the soul or consciouness and the mental, emotional, spiritual and other bodies of energy that the soul and spirit are often described historically as comprising.
• When one talks of psychic in the field of trauma and dissociation one is normally referring to fragments of the soul or to fragments of consciousness. These are fragments, alters, ego states, self states or parts of the soul that have become dissociated or disconnected from the main body of the soul during the peri-traumatic (occurring at the time of the occurrence of the trauma) or post traumatic stages of traumatisation.
• Part of the great difficulty of trauma and dissociation, is that traumatised person often reacts from the perspective of the psychic (soul) fragment and the time around which the fragment(s) was created. This is often worsened when the traumas are repetitive, re-occuring or prolonged - this may create a more complex fragmentation and a series of fragments reacting to a series of more complex triggers.
• Another great difficulty with psychic fragmentation pertaining to trauma is that the more the psychic fragment is pushed into the sub-conscious, the less consciously and more sub-consciously one is likely to react to triggering situations.
• When one talks of psychic in everyday society, many persons are often referring to the experience of psychic visions. The two are of course linked as both refer to fragments of conscious experience within the individuals consciousness.
• Just as one may experience a psychic fragment of past traumatic consciousness through flashbacks and other traumatic symptoms, persons often report experiencing awareness of future events or events that are simultaneously occurring that one would not be able to know about through what are considered normal (more accurately- commonly used) means. These are also psychic fragments of the soul or consciousness, although the connections may or may not be more oriented to cosmic/ universal consciousness, rather than limited to the individuals consciousness. Hindus often refer to this universal/ collective consciousness as paramatma, whereas individual consciousness is referred to as jivatma (consciousness occurring within the individual soul).
• Science doesn't necessarily write off spiritual experience, but rather persons in society or in the field of science tend to follow what is often called "consensus reality". There are many scientific studies upon spiritual phenomenon, but to prove more conclusively what does exist is taking a long time, not least because of funding, political issues and the consensus reality of the various cultural groups in the world.
• Ervin Laszlo is a highly renowned scientist and systems theorist who writes about the akashic experience and works with other leading scientists in various fields to talk of cosmic consciousness and the akashic field. Essentially Laszlo is assisting in combining and steering the fields of science and spirituality towards new and more integrated quantum and systems based scientific theories.
• Just as a narrative or series of narratives is needed in order to integrate traumatic fragmentation, individuals and societies need narratives in order to integrate and accept the forms of psychic fragmentation that the phenomenon of spiritual emergence can bring.
• Ironically some societies and cultures respect and look up to spiritual emergence and psychic phenomenon, often seeing it as a gift and something experienced by older more experienced souls. Such societies often encourage integration of such experiences within the individual; whilst other societies look down upon it and see it simply as a sign of pathology and discourage integration of such experiences.
• For those persons encountering psychic spiritual emergence, personally I suggest finding a cultural narrative i.e. a framework, within which to hold such experiences, in order to avoid maladaptive psychological fragmentation and worsening of trauma symptoms. Such cultural narratives, as mentioned might include quantum physics, spiritual faith systems, para-psychology, transpersonal psychology and many other means.
• In embracing a trans-personal/ spiritual narrative one can avoid or transform a spiritual emergency into a functional and adaptive spiritual emergence.

 

[Artfulone]

"I don't know how I feel about this. I don't know if it has anything to do with the PTSD or not. I know I fry batteries, mess with the electronics in my car and have to stand back from magnetic equipment or I'll skew the numbers. I had a job where we had to measure the silver in film and this was demonstrated on a kahn machine. To read accurately, I had to stand 10 feet away from the machine. My supervisors couldn't explain it and neither could I."


Albatross, I find your replies very interesting. The things that you express certainly fit the bill of a (very) highly sensitive person. Far more than that, the sort of electrical experiences that you describe tend to be common in what is often called spiritual emergence, but more specifically kundalini awakenings. The post by LizBeth1 talking about Stanislav Grofs' Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis, mentions a psychiatrists book that touches upon these issues. If you ever feel the need to look into this stuff I would suggest reading some of Grof's writings upon this subject.

 

[Linda Lee Bogard - King]

This has become very interesting, informative and I am grateful for the input. It helps to me see how others deal with this invisible universe.

 

[Linda Lee Bogard - King]

Three times in the last month I had a feeling to play my favorite daily 3 numbers - did I follow my gut? No. All three times, my numbers played. Oh well, should have listened to my gut - I would have been $5,000 richer!

 

[Linda Lee Bogard - King]

One of the great ironies of psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychological disciplines is that many of the professionals in these fields can be so wrapped up in their own percieved view of the science of their disciplines that they fail to realise that the disciplines are named after the study of the soul or consciouness and the mental, emotional, spiritual and other bodies of energy that the soul and spirit are often described historically as comprising.

This is ironic, but the truth generally is.. may I quote you? I have a book being published in July, what you wrote is helpful and many people could benefit this perspective. Rock on!

 

[Orglethorp]

I do believe in premonitions, and the ability runs in my family on my mother's side.

I would definitely say I've had more / more accurate premonitions since my diagnosis, but I'm not entirely convinced that there's a correlation. My mother only recalls having a handful of accurate premonitions before her 20s, so it may be something I was "growing into" anyway.

 

[Linda Lee Bogard - King]

Funny thing happened while weed-whacking. The thought crossed my mind, "I hope this (weed whacker) doesn't give out. Less than five minutes it did... It is less, than a year old. It reminded me the time when I was getting on an elevator at the Sunset Marquis in L.A. during the 80's. I said out loud, "We're going to get stuck." But I couldn't stop myself from pushing the stupid button. We were stuck between floors. The looks on everyone's face! Why didn't i stop the weed whacking? Sheeze... sometimes, we don't pay attention to our inner self.

 

[Changing4Best]

I'd say I had to grow eyes on the back of my head just to survive; I voted yes.