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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 715203" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>My bio family, as many of you know, is riddled with mental illness. Some of them have "other senses," precognitive, psychic, highly intuitive, sensitive, clairvoyant, etc. My mother "dreamed" of my birth before I was born. There are many stories. However, I have often thought that those of us who have developed "senses" whatever they might be, may not have had a foundation of any kind of support.... and perhaps are labeled in some way, not only weird or different or crazy, but even mentally ill, when it may (or may not) have been some other explanation....... something outside of our usual way of perceiving things. Being outside of the normal reality can be a sticky place to reside. </p><p></p><p>I am not promoting any kind of reason or justification, or offering any kind of explanation, I am simply sharing some thoughts I've had over the years as I watched some of my family members struggling. There are many labels we can put on ourselves or others and having come out of a family that by any measure, would be considered strange if not downright weird, I tend to shy away from asserting a person to be <em>this or that.</em> </p><p></p><p>If it's true that if you lose your hearing your other senses compensate for that loss, what if a brain is not working in the 'typical' fashion, so other "senses" come aboard to pick up the slack? I've observed this in my family. In myself. </p><p></p><p>I believe if we have an open mind and an open heart, we then allow more in....we don't close down to different ways of seeing things, different perceptions, so we are more available to information that may not be what is "typical." </p><p></p><p>One example I can think of is that many years ago, probably 45 or so....I was having dinner with a good friend. At the restaurant a guy was going from table to table doing magic tricks. He came over to our table and asked me if he could "read" me, he said he was a psychic. I said "sure!" Well, this young man read the heck out of me....he knew many, many things about me, and he easily shared it......for me it was fun and enlightening and interesting, I loved it in fact. My friend was put off and insisted that he knew me because how else could he know that stuff. (I had never seen this guy before.) She was almost angry. She demanded he "read" her. He said he couldn't. That convinced her it was all a farce and somehow we were putting one over on her. She huffed away to the bathroom. I asked him if he knew why it was so easy to read me and he couldn't read her at all. He said that my "third eye" was like an open book, I was so open he could literally 'walk right in'.......and hers was shut tight. That had a big impression on me since the guy really did know so many oddball things about me personally. And it showed me just how sensitive I was/am and how much I needed to protect that part of me. I'm easy to figure out, easy to 'read.' So I could also be easy "prey" for those who are manipulative. Lots of learning for me. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps some of us have that openness and aren't as fortunate as I've been having sought out help at an early age.....perhaps it's just too much for some.</p><p></p><p>Life is a mystery and we don't have all the answers......we only know a small amount of what is possible.......and yet folks are judged unmercifully for being different or not typical or not "normal" and perhaps some folks, like my own mother, my brother and my sister and my niece and my nephew..... just check out. </p><p></p><p>Assertions, judgements and labels can be hurtful and very limiting....we are all more than that.</p><p></p><p>I don't have any answers ......these are simply things I've pondered over the years which this thread brought up. Take it for what it's worth to you and dismiss what isn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 715203, member: 13542"] My bio family, as many of you know, is riddled with mental illness. Some of them have "other senses," precognitive, psychic, highly intuitive, sensitive, clairvoyant, etc. My mother "dreamed" of my birth before I was born. There are many stories. However, I have often thought that those of us who have developed "senses" whatever they might be, may not have had a foundation of any kind of support.... and perhaps are labeled in some way, not only weird or different or crazy, but even mentally ill, when it may (or may not) have been some other explanation....... something outside of our usual way of perceiving things. Being outside of the normal reality can be a sticky place to reside. I am not promoting any kind of reason or justification, or offering any kind of explanation, I am simply sharing some thoughts I've had over the years as I watched some of my family members struggling. There are many labels we can put on ourselves or others and having come out of a family that by any measure, would be considered strange if not downright weird, I tend to shy away from asserting a person to be [I]this or that.[/I] If it's true that if you lose your hearing your other senses compensate for that loss, what if a brain is not working in the 'typical' fashion, so other "senses" come aboard to pick up the slack? I've observed this in my family. In myself. I believe if we have an open mind and an open heart, we then allow more in....we don't close down to different ways of seeing things, different perceptions, so we are more available to information that may not be what is "typical." One example I can think of is that many years ago, probably 45 or so....I was having dinner with a good friend. At the restaurant a guy was going from table to table doing magic tricks. He came over to our table and asked me if he could "read" me, he said he was a psychic. I said "sure!" Well, this young man read the heck out of me....he knew many, many things about me, and he easily shared it......for me it was fun and enlightening and interesting, I loved it in fact. My friend was put off and insisted that he knew me because how else could he know that stuff. (I had never seen this guy before.) She was almost angry. She demanded he "read" her. He said he couldn't. That convinced her it was all a farce and somehow we were putting one over on her. She huffed away to the bathroom. I asked him if he knew why it was so easy to read me and he couldn't read her at all. He said that my "third eye" was like an open book, I was so open he could literally 'walk right in'.......and hers was shut tight. That had a big impression on me since the guy really did know so many oddball things about me personally. And it showed me just how sensitive I was/am and how much I needed to protect that part of me. I'm easy to figure out, easy to 'read.' So I could also be easy "prey" for those who are manipulative. Lots of learning for me. Perhaps some of us have that openness and aren't as fortunate as I've been having sought out help at an early age.....perhaps it's just too much for some. Life is a mystery and we don't have all the answers......we only know a small amount of what is possible.......and yet folks are judged unmercifully for being different or not typical or not "normal" and perhaps some folks, like my own mother, my brother and my sister and my niece and my nephew..... just check out. Assertions, judgements and labels can be hurtful and very limiting....we are all more than that. I don't have any answers ......these are simply things I've pondered over the years which this thread brought up. Take it for what it's worth to you and dismiss what isn't. [/QUOTE]
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