Reading Minds?

Question

I don't know if I have a seriouse condition or what is going on but ever since I could remeber I could read a person's mind. Like when I was 12 I told a woman that her husband tonight was going to beat her to death if she didn't leave. I told her what kind of shirt he he wore the day before when he hit her and where he hit her and the scars she still had on her body. I didn't EVEN KNOW HER. Then my boyfriend and I were talking and he told me he had a grandma, all of sudden I was telling him the house his grandma use to have in vegas, how she died, and everything(more things I explained to him) BUT HE NEVER TOLD ME ANYTHING ABOUT HER BUT HER NAME
PLEASE HELP
I am a psychology major but i can't explain this one.

Answer 1

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Hello this should help buddy
Well what u ve suggested is a topic with unlimited scope....... I ve been reading some books on body language... Mind reading as u r suggesting is quite a broad topic.

When i started reading stuff on body language, it seemed quite complicated to me...like how can someone actually "observe" while talking .. I simply thought that one will be quite indulged in conversation etc. and his/her mind will be too busy to notice such minute things, which are normally mentioned in such books.. Plus it seemed to me pretty ridiculous to arrive on some conclusion about a person, based on observations like.....lets say... someone scratching his chin while talking... or some one blinking too much... People who ll just read a book or two, and tend to believe blindly what they read, will think someone who is blinking too much is lying, although this may not be the fact always !!

It started with me and some frendz, trying to observe our college professors during class, and predicting what will be their move, based on their body movements, mostly their head tilt, facial expressions, direction of their glance, and hand movements .. ( we were quite jobless while in college !!! ) Although this was just to make fun of them in our gang, but we observed that things that we read, do work sometimes...and signs that we read, cannot be shrugged off as "one of the cases" !! Sometimes it really seemed to work , and it was more than coincidences ! We started reading more and more about that...( that was more interesting than reading college textbooks or completing assignments !)

This all is nice to kill time , dude ... But I dont think it will be much of your help in GD/PI, if you want to use this that way . This might be a bit useful if you can spot someone in GD who is quite aggressive and you need to avoid/tackle him or her..or when interviewer is trying to put extra pressure on you by continuously staring at you or something.. But I think what will be more helpful is your knowledge, and the conviction with which you present it...

Still, Nice to see a thread on this !

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Answer 2

I have no explanations, but maybe I can help. First of all, ignore the people who have never been both cursed and blessed with such experience. They know no better.
While psych and science are like religion to me, I gotta say, I've had 5 premonitions of car accidents, and was able to sense an extra presence in the home of a friend's uncle, where the previous owner had committed suicide. This on my first visit, and even my friend was surprised.
My other friend dreamed her mom's friend was going to get shot twice in the chest, just opening her front door (in a nice neighborhood, too!) This was the night before Thanksgiving, years ago. Well, the very next day, the mom's friend got shot in the chest twice, just coming out the front door.
Trust me, eventually you stop looking for logic, because the quest for sanity can drive you nuts!
My real faith is in Mystery. I am at peace with it, because I have surrendered to the limtations that I have as a human.
Maybe you will find that same ability to stop questioning.
And after that, maybe the experiences will be less spooky.

Answer 3

It's hard to know, but you may have some psychic abilities. If you are having trouble coping with this, you may want to see an open-minded counselor. You will want to interview them before you start seeing them regarding their attitudes toward psychic phenomena. In the meantime you may want to keep a journal of your feelings and predictions. That can't hurt. It must be hard, but try not to neglect the other parts of your life while you are exploring this ie eat healthy, go out with friends etc. Try not to let it rule your life. I hope everything works out for you!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

What you are describing is not "mind reading" but rather a form of parapsychology known as "psychometry". Although psychometry is often associated with a particular object, it can also be associated with a place.

Answer 6

some people have powers they cant control if you learn how to control it you can do a lot of good this kind of explains it http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050427_mind_readers.html

Answer 7

I DON'T believe anything u wrote sorry