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Originally posted by Darkblade71
reply to post by Fractured.Facade
That is a false statement
Originally posted by Fractured.Facade
Originally posted by Darkblade71
reply to post by Fractured.Facade
That is a false statement
Someone who is truly "gifted" will never claim to be, nor exploit that gift for any gain, including drawing attention to themselves...
Sorry to be blunt, but that is the truth... As I see it.
Originally posted by EnigmaAgent
My powerful ability is to instantly smell BS,
reply to post by stainlesssteelrat
You know, there were times in my life, that i was actually nearly convinced that I have some weird ability in me. I often knew what some person would say just before it was said, and I mean things completely unconnected with previous topic of conversation, my dreams were often coming true next day, not literally but I found myself in places and situations exactly pictured during dreaming. I also had this weird ability, when I thought intensively about some person, whom I havent seen for ages, and then seeing him 5-10 mins later. I can literally sense someones mood, without even sharing a word, no matter how hard this person is trying to disguise it. Few times it actually brought me into troubles, when I said too much, and people were growing supicious of me. And you know what? It's normal, that's how we're built by Nature/God (exactly same thing to me). Some people manifest it more strongly than others. But neither I am special, nor you. It's what we are.
Originally posted by juveous
I just feel like the OP is misleading on the word "powerful". People do can and have developed natural habits and skills that they have become so accustomed and conditioned to, that it can be done with little to no effort or planning. With that, you could say that have a special ability, because of the amount of time that is really invested in it. However, special or powerful in the sense you are born with it, I think the number of people significantly drops off, and Im talking about savants, autism and yes even psychics (even though psychic have been demonized from scam artists) - But I don't rule out people that consistently experience clairvoyance.
I would throw in empaths but I really just think they are psychic. Everyone has an empathetic ability, and I think when people think theirs is more able than others, I'm always curious how they know? I just think some people prefer to believe that their empathy is unique.