Poll Has Ptsd Increased Any Physic Abilities?

[The Albatross]

Frig Linda Lee... now I'm feeling pretty wild and out there... but I guess that's what I am anyway, eh?

 

[Linda Lee Bogard - King]

Albatross, life is a wild ride and it looks like you have a pair of wings! Woo Hoo! Thank you all for being so brave - it is a stigma no doubt to be called 'a gypsy, weirdo witch, spooky and my favorite "she's strange that way ... just like her mother." And, just like my grandmother, aunt, cousins and my extended family, too - we are all a bit strange and not everyone suffered severe trauma. I believed my trauma merely enhanced my cognitive awareness as self-preservation - seven times I have been in a life and death situation - Each time I became more sensitive to what I couldn't see in this world, but the messages from another realm warning me. I heeded the warnings - even when driving - I can feel a cop around the corner - I check my speed to make sure I'm in the clear then bam! There's the trooper and I have no ticket. If we have an open mind - is it not possible trauma is the trigger that initiates this untapped region that is forgotten living in the physical reality? This is very difficult for many therapists to grasp because even the possibility of these abilities to be factual, is never considered academically let alone spiritually due to the lack of scientific proof. That's like saying, 'rape didn't occur because you showered, no bruises or police report." If you are robbed of your wallet ... do you have to prove you had one in order to make the police report?

 

[Kintsugi]

It took a moment to sink in that she seemed to think that I was a medical empath.

I've always thought that if PTSD were some kind of superpower, it would manifest as being an empath. I can tell when people are in pain, where, and how by touching them sometimes. I experience their pain very mildly in the same place. This makes for awesome intuitive back massages, I can tell you.

I believe that there are reasonable explanations for everything, though. Check out Derren Brown's "Messiah" special for an example of how accurately we can appear psychic through informed guesswork, reasoning, and awareness of personalities/behaviors. I will add, however, that I totally think it's likely that people with PTSD may have easier access to these skills. Derren Brown is a professional in psychology and hypnosis. I think that perhaps because of our experiences, we are much more alert and pick up on a ton of stimuli that just passes other people over.

I agree that this does not serve as an explanation for everything (like Albatross's buck). I believe that my 'visionary' dreams as a child were too specific and accurate to be dismissed. In fact, because I started the story of this kidnapping as a child with, "I had this dream that..." no one would believe that it actually happened, even though my friend was a witness. I learned shortly after my experience that the man in my dream was a child molesterer just let out of prison. He lived around the block from me. Sure glad that dream warned me, too, or I probably would have trusted him much more!

 

[Linda Lee Bogard - King]

Believe in your intuitive dreams it just might save your life or someone you love.

 

[Linda Lee Bogard - King]

Curious, why people hesitate to vote considering over 200 views. Is it because many people just 'don't know' or, how to answer? Also wondering, if therapists try to avoid this with their patients by dismissing this as 'part' of the PTSD and not cognitive dreaming which, is 'why' folks are hesitating to vote? If there's one thing I'm sure - most people do wonder 'how' it is possible to pick up someone else's thoughts or 'know' a car accident was going to happen. I think the trauma merely opens up our mind and allowing our sleeping sub-conscious to protect us and guide us from dangers.

 

[The Albatross]

My hesitation had to do with one of the research links asking if I thought I had psychic abilities. I honestly don't know but am aware it's part of the criteria now so I'd skew anything I answered and chose not to vote. Candid but cowardice? You betcha.

 

[AngelaMarie]

I believe it's hypersensitivity. It is brought on by my will to surivive. I have learned to adjust myself to situations that may be threatening because of the abuse I have survived. I have learned to read body language and the way people react. I do see things that will happen because I have learned to read people. Does that make sense?:eek:

 

[Linda Lee Bogard - King]

Hey there AngelaMarie, how ya doing? The VA identifies it as a 'hyper-arousal' state, either way - it means to be on alert, which is self-preservation. Body language tells a lot and that makes perfect sense. I'm talking about seeing things before they happen in a dream or a vision while awake. Kinda hard to read the body language of a car on the highway while vacuuming or scrubbing the toilet when something will just, 'come to me - out of the blue and totally unrelated to what I'm doing ... plain weird sh!t.

 

[Evie]

Ok, so I voted no, but I do have this weird thing when I go "im going to see such and such at the shops today" and I do. Or I pick up the phone to call someone and before I type in their number the phone rings and it's them. I think it's just a coincidence though, I dont know. Not sure it has anything to do with PTSD....

 

[sea]

I have an "asshole sense" if that is considered psychic. I can tell if someone is an asshole within 3 minutes of meeting them. I also have a kind of "danger sense" about my environment. Like if something was about to fall on me I might move out of the way seconds before it hits me. It's like I can feel the changes in the atmosphere or something. I think that is something ingrained though. It is almost like I extend "environmental feelers" from my body that pay attention for me when I am focused on a task. Which might make sense considering what I used to do for a living. Funnily enough this did not work out so well when I was standing next to a tornado and completely dissociated from reality. Usually it works, though. Oh, uh, and I have had some fairly weird experiences one on one within my job. I don't have any ability to explain them. People supposed to go a certain way going completely opposite, things like that. I used to feel very drained all the time.

 

[The Albatross]

I like the way you expressed it as "external feelers". Kind of like those old curb feelers. My grandmother had them on her car to find the curb and help her parallel park. Yes, I have "asshole sense" too, I can pick up that something is off or "not right"... but sometimes it causes anxiety because there aren't enough visual or audio "tells" to verify what I'm picking up and I can't figure out "what" about that person is unsafe.

 

[Linda Lee Bogard - King]

Perfect sense AngelMaria, not all gut reactions are cognitive but based on experience and that is a good weapon for you to have. And, yes Albatross- when a feeling or an image isn't clear, my anxiety increases because I think maybe it's (event) so bad I can't see it just yet which, I know is only me trying to find the reason for these 'feelings.' But the anxiety doesn't mean the initial gut feeling was wrong. Yesterday is another e.g. Gas was in the car and I knew I had enough in the tank but, a visual played in my mind. I could see a stretch of road that I travel and I said to my friend next to me. We're going to run out of gas on Dersch Rd. Then I looked at the gas gage again and it showed enough gas. it made no sense. I was getting frustrated with the vision. Well, guess what? I did run out of gas. It turns out my gas gage needs calibration. Too many modern gadgets if ya ask me.