I’m A Little Bit Psychic
Artowrk by Mia Clow
Did I get your attention? I’m kind of serious. I’ve had several moments in my life where I seem to have (unintentionally) predicted the future. I can feel your eyes narrowing…maybe your head shaking. So I’ll explain what I’m talking about.
One night I had a dream that one of my close friends told me that her cat passed away. Shortly after that, believe it or not, I got the call that one of her cats did in fact pass away.
Still not convinced?
Okay, so one morning I was getting ready for another day at work letting my mind wander (as it usually does) while I did my make-up for the day. I wasn’t sure how I got from point A to point B but I ended up thinking about one of my exes and wondering if he would be the kind of person to call me after six months of not being together or really even speaking for that matter. The thought came in and out of my head and I went about my day. Later that evening, my boyfriend at the time was over for dinner. We were just sitting down to eat when I picked up my phone and a call started coming in. Yep, you guessed it. The ex I was thinking about earlier that day popped up on the screen as an incoming call (can you say awkward?) I didn’t answer, don’t worry - I have my boundaries, but come on…you gotta admit that’s pretty weird!
I’m sure if I thought long and hard about it I could find lots of examples like that throughout my life, but I’ll be honest…I don’t actually think I’m psychic. I do however think I have really good intuition, and observational skills. I notice things and I get good at predicting behvaiour. Think Sherlock Holmes decutive reasoning except…I’m not that good. I’m a very logical person so naturally I want to find a logical explanation for these weird coincidences and I think my ability to read people and then adjust my behavioural predictions accordingly might just be it.
For example, if we go back in time to the fateful morning when my ex popped into my brain, that was point B…or I guess I should say point D. I was getting a lot of memory notifications on my social timelines of my late cat and photos of my ex, which led me to wonder about how his cat was doing (she was a senior cat and getting up there in age), which led me to wonder if she passed away, would he have someone to call? To console him? Then I wondered, would he be the kind of ex that gets drunk and sad and calls his ex-girlfriend for comfort? So that kind of explains how I got where I did, but what about him happening to call me on the same day?
Easy. If I was getting those memories on my timelines, chances are he was too since he was a part of my life at the time of all those posts. So we have both been seeing these reminders of each other for the last week popping in and out of our feeds. It kind of makes sense we both thought of each other on the same day.
With certain people, my ex in particular, I would start to get this weird feeling of something to come. I remember thinking that it felt like something was coming but I couldn’t explain why I felt that. And sure enough, shortly after, a message from him would come through right on time. I now realize that I learned his pattern of reaching out or contacting me every couple months and so when the right amount of time passed my brain was like…okay it’s that time again!
But this doesn’t always have to happen on a weird “psychic” scale - the predictions can happen on a lot smaller, less impressive scale too. You know that friend we all have that always cancels or changes plans? Yeah me too. Eventually you learn their behaviour patterns, so when you make plans with them, you do so kind of expecting them to cancel on you. You might even make a back-up plan because you’ve learned their pattern. It’s classic conditioning. Cue reference to Pavlov’s dogs. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about I’ll explain that in an instagram post later).
I like to think I’m pretty good at picking up on vibes or “energy” if you will - I feel tension through to my core and have to work hard not to let it rock me. So while no, I’m not exactly psychic…it does feel that way sometimes. Because I feel my predictions before my mind has a chace to catch up.
What about you? Are you observant? Have you had any weird psychic experiences? Please share! I love me a good psychic or paranormal story. Even now, I can’t really explain that whole cat thing so who knows…maybe I really am psychic?
Stay open, stay positive.
-B