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I feel the need to do this quiz a few times because there are so many things from the first question that I am drawn too, but right now the type that I got fits perfectly as I experienced this very intensely a few months ago when I felt the grief of a dog who lost his owner.
Well here goes nothing. I am unaware if this is what I am or show traits of to me it’s just me, I sum it up to being common sense. It’s also overwhelming because I am finding myself beating myself up because I know how people are feeling, usually and I know what needs to be done or should be done but am just as guilty as standing by. Example: I am constantly thinking like right now I’m sad, my kids have witnessed some stuff they shouldn’t and I not only feel like a failure but I can see how it effects each child and it breaks my heart, no one speaks in the room and I catch “vibes” like they are neon signs and I thought everyone did. I know when people are lying usually, I have a huge heart and I’m a Virgo who overthinks. I don’t think I’m special, just more in tune then others and now I’m wondering if there’s more to it. Please with all respect know that I don’t so much believe in god, least not in a traditional sense, I don’t know much about spirits etc other then I don’t believe in ghosts, I believe in things happening for a reason, I can point out anyones issues or help them but can’t help myself. I struggle with things just to make other things easier on others cause I feel I’m strong enough to take it. I feel like others are blind to not see or feel what I feel yet of course I do… i write things down just to vent, even if I don’t know why. I’m a natural poet of sorts… am I gifted or just a normal mom, wife, and person? Lol how do I even find out?
Hello..what does it mean to get knocked down by another spirit?
It is a blessing until others see it as a curse. I just recently helped a friend answer some questions that were really weighing her down, and not just emotional, but her surroundings were beginning to get darker and darker. For the first time, someone truly appreciated my gift. A couple of years back, I sensed my cousin was really holding a lot back and I warned her. She ended up having a nervous breakdown. After she told me what she had been going through, I knew my instincts were right. That’s people see it as curse. Like omens, just because they aren’t good news. Nonetheless, it a forewarning and things could get worse.
I have alot of unanswered questions but one that stands out the most is when I was a small child. My neighbor was a very old lady whom spent alot of the with me. She had fallen and only I could here her cry. The adults next to me could not hear her. It was so clear to me I could not understand why noone was running to help her. I would let it go until finally to shut me up they broke her door down and found her laying injured in floor. what does that mean.
To me you seem to have the gift, sometimes curse depending on how it is handeld, of sensing danger to and the pain of your closest loved ones. My family has this trait running along our bloodline, mostly the female side for some reason. It waxes and wanes in a three generation cycle of strong, medium, weak and back to strong. I am at the, for my family, relatively weak state and still can get dreams about future catastrophes that could befall my loved ones. That helped me a lot in keeping my father alive, who was a bad fortune magnet, in teamwork with my mother. Apparently I am a mixture of precognitive and emotionally receptive empath. The test is a bit inconclusive for me there because of the lacking middleground on a few of these questions. Maybe you have a similar gift? What did your test say on that topic? If you are either emotionally receptive or precognitive that could explain it because even the weaker gifts of that type can be very strong when it comes to those we truly feel connected to and care deeply about.
Also, do not panic in these situations. The curse part comes in when you realise you can’t help the person that is in pain or about to experience something bad. That can be devastating. My grandmother once coud not save one of her neighbours from a soon to happen fatal accident because he did not believe her and her warnings. Realise that you are merely human and can’t do everything. That helps with the feelings of helplessness and guilt. Should you be in that kind of situation again, irregardless of the outcome, you did your best and that is all anyone could ask for, most importantly you yourself. It takes quite a bit of inner work to not let the sense of failure or the anxiety and paranoia of possibilities get to you. Any type of precognitive ability has those issues as part and parcel of dealing with them.
I hope my reply gets seen by you and can help you.
People close to me knew I was an empath before I did. I never understood why I was the way I was, different. Unfortunately I grew up in a time where I was taught to hide and not explore my feelings.