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To ask if anyone else has unexplained "physic" moments

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mellowheart · 20/10/2015 13:50

I can't explain how this happens but my DH will often start singing a song that I've just suddenly thought of in my head. It's often a very obscure type song, definitely not one he's heard recently. It happens immediately after I've thought it. This has also happened with others but much more often with DH. It's like he's picking up my thoughts, itms. Anyone else get similar type things?

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selsigfach · 20/10/2015 22:11

I was at a car boot sale and buying something off a random man I'd never seen before. As I paid him, he said "thanks Christine". I asked how he knew my name and he just said he was psychic. I was alone so he hadn't heard anyone say my name and everyone here knows me by an abbreviation, eg Chrissie. This was years ago and I still can't work it out. Weird.

*not my real name

CalliopeTorres · 20/10/2015 22:14

I remember being a child and being taken to Blackpool to see the illuminations, this was A Big Deal as my mum thought Blackpool was common so it wasn't somewhere we'd normally go. I remember being utterly desperate to stay overnight in a proper hotel and pleading to do this, parents refused as money was tight and the aforementioned common factor. So I stripped and said 'well I hope the car breaks down so we can't get home then'. We returned to the car after a walk along the promenade to a car that would not start. We had to stay overnight in a B&B and I was overjoyed!

CalliopeTorres · 20/10/2015 22:16

*stropped

Hamiltoes · 20/10/2015 22:25

I love when this happens to me! I also love the feeling of deja vu in a strange way.

But I did some reading a while back and it seems as though its caused by a brain malfunction (lol!) when your brain processes whats happening and stores it into the wrong memory bank? So something thats happening now, your brain has processed as happening seconds, minutes, years etc ago?

bumbleymummy · 20/10/2015 22:26

I like threads like this :) Yes, I've had similar experiences with songs. I also randomly finished one of DH's sentences for him when he was telling me about a very complex issue he was trying to solve in work. I would have had no idea how to solve it but the sentence just came out of my mouth as he was about to say it. DH just looked at me like Shock Weird!

Mermaidhair · 20/10/2015 22:30

I have them all of the time. But I call them being God aware.

Bin50 · 20/10/2015 22:31

I often have similar things happen. Usually I'll be thinking about someone I haven't seen in ages, then I'll see them that day. The most recent was just last week.

I used to work with someone I'll call M. We became fuckbuddies, on a very occasional basis - think once or twice a year. We no longer work in the same office but still work for the same company. The last time we had any contact of any kind was 20 months ago. Last week I attended a work event which M will have been invited to. This was the 3rd in a series of events over the last 12 months or so and I didn't see M at the first 2. Nevertheless I had an unshakeable feeling that I would see M at the event and admit to being quite disappointed when I didn't. Only to return to work to find an email from him. Of course I laughed and replied telling him I knew he would contact me that day. He denied that it was anything to do with the work event and maintains it was just sheer coincidence that he contacted me that day of all days - he had declined the invitation to the work event months ago. Then proceeded to agree I was a witch!

ChilliAndMint · 20/10/2015 22:41

Yes ,especially as a child. Predicted a car accident very accurately. Colour and model ,the fact we were pedestrians.

I was about seven when my parents were driving through Somerset, I swear I saw saucer like objects very close to us, in broad daylight. I had recurrent dreams about being in a cave on a plinth of rock; surrounded by beams of light. like bars..being watched by an alien species.

Cant remember if I posted this or not..a couple of weeks ago I was cat sitting; I saw a shape ( okay I was tired and had been on nights) I jokingly said " Oh hello you" for no apparent reason, my dc told me this. I went into the bathroom and heard what I thought was rain, only to find the shower had turned itself on. My dc saw this happen ,not me.

FartemisOwl · 20/10/2015 22:43

Yup. I tend to know when I'm going to hear from someone or if I should call them, even if I haven't spoken to them in months or years - they ping into my mind and I usually hear from them that day, or if I ring them, I always hear 'I was just thinking about you...'
I've had dreams throughout my life where I sit and chat to dead relatives (my grandpa, who died when I was 3 months old is a regular) and I always remember something important from those conversations. I regularly see and hear things/people too, but have no control over when. I'm also a pagan, so when I get called a witch, I tend to smile and say yes, I know!Wink

TattyDevine · 20/10/2015 22:44

Not me, but my Dad (!) the most un spiritual, cynical snidey person you could ever hope to meet, claims that he had a premonition that Richie Benaud had died.

He dreamt about it, then turned on the news, and he had passed.

It had to be Richie Benaud. Of all people.

TheCatsMother99 · 20/10/2015 22:44

I don't believe in being psychic but I did have a weird thing happen to me years ago;

I was at my DP's and was about to drive back to my home but I suddenly got a really strong feeling that I shouldn't leave their house just yet as I was going to be in a terrible accident if I did. The feeling actually frightened me so I stayed at theirs for another 30 mins or so and then headed off. On my way home I passed an awful accident that can't have happened all that long before I passed it, it looked like emergency services had only just got there.

To say I was freaked out is a huge understatement.

ShowOfHands · 20/10/2015 22:44

I am extremely intuitive. I can tell you a lot about a person just from looking at them from their marital status to their interests, jobs, pets, biggest fears, favourite colour and so on. With uncanny accuracy. DH asks me not to do it as he finds it deeply unsettling. It's cold reading I guess but people's lives are etched across their skin. Their clothes, mannerisms, hair, make-up, accent, posture, diction and on and on. They're all just little hints. When playing that guess who game, I know who the person's picked without asking any questions, I know what people are going to say before they say it, I know what my family is thinking or feeling within seconds of them walking though the door. The phone rang last night. I knew who it was and I knew they were ringing to tell us that they're expecting a baby. I told DH this as he went to answer the phone.

I'm not remotely psychic, just live my life on the fringes of society, ridiculously shy and have made an art form of people watching. I'd prefer to be better at social chit chat tbh.

ShowOfHands · 20/10/2015 22:45

I am extremely intuitive. I can tell you a lot about a person just from looking at them from their marital status to their interests, jobs, pets, biggest fears, favourite colour and so on. With uncanny accuracy. DH asks me not to do it as he finds it deeply unsettling. It's cold reading I guess but people's lives are etched across their skin. Their clothes, mannerisms, hair, make-up, accent, posture, diction and on and on. They're all just little hints. When playing that guess who game, I know who the person's picked without asking any questions, I know what people are going to say before they say it, I know what my family is thinking or feeling within seconds of them walking though the door. The phone rang last night. I knew who it was and I knew they were ringing to tell us that they're expecting a baby. I told DH this as he went to answer the phone.

I'm not remotely psychic, just live my life on the fringes of society, ridiculously shy and have made an art form of people watching. I'd prefer to be better at social chit chat tbh.

TRexingInAsda · 20/10/2015 22:46

When dd was about 3, one day she asked me 'why is daddy wearing a crown?' I thought that was an odd thing to ask. He was at work (in an office). When he came home that day he told me he'd worn a crown all afternoon as they'd found a box of old dressing up and he thought it'd be funny. Really weirded me out.

ouryve · 20/10/2015 22:47

My unexplained "physic" problems tend to be explained by an unexpectedly empty bottle of wine.

ouryve · 20/10/2015 22:48

My unexplained "physic" problems tend to be explained by an unexpectedly empty bottle of wine.

Peachypeaches · 20/10/2015 22:49

I once had a dream that came true. At the time I was working in a big open plan office and had been waiting ages for my parking permit for the staff car park. In my dream a woman in a bright pink top walked the length of the office towards me, and then gave me a tiny permit in a huge brown envelope. In my dream she also quite randomly had a roll of Sellotape around her wrist like a bracelet.

I got to work the next morning and told my colleague who sat opposite me about my dream, then 5 minutes later it happened, right down to the colour of her top, the sellotape on her wrist and the big brown envelope! My colleague was very freaked out, and so was I, but it's never happened again.

TheLambShankRedemption · 20/10/2015 22:53

I was going to say that I got a grade A on my physics o level retake and that's pretty unexplainable as I got a U first time.

I had an odd thing happen when driving. I suddenly had a strong feeling of the colour red which had not happened before. I slowed down and pulled over. It stopped. I drove on and around the corner the police were on the road stopping traffic. Just a bit weird.

KERALA1 · 20/10/2015 22:58

Sometimes "know" things. Knew my dad would be diagnosed with cancer but it would be fine. Knew my friends childcare arrangements would fall through last week on one particular day so made sure I picked her dd up. Don't mention irl for fear of looking weird.

mawbroon · 20/10/2015 23:03

I would be willing to believe the brain malfunction thing.

I was convinced I was psychic when I had psychosis as well as noticing coincidences and connections left, right and centre. It was a very odd experience.

The brain can do some very funny things.

MyNameIsAlexDrake · 20/10/2015 23:07

My uncle was in the final stages of cancer and had been allowed home to die. I was at work when I felt an absolute 'pull' to go to my mum's. I left work early and was only in the house 1/2hour when the call came to say he'd passed away. I'm so glad I was with my mum as she was in bits. It was like I just knew, it was such a strong feeling to go to her.

lashawn · 20/10/2015 23:10

Have a lot of telepathy with DM and DH. Knowing what they're about to say.

Used to get it A LOT with DD when she was younger. She had a speech delay but when she did start talking, I realised how much it was happening. I would be thinking about something really random and she'd immediately start talking about it. As her speech took off, it fizzled out. I do wonder, in a kind of woo way, whether one of the reasons she took so long to talk was because she didn't need to - we were obviously closely tuned into one another!

Bin50 · 20/10/2015 23:18

Some other more memorable moments:

I knew a friend was about to tell me she was pregnant, even though I had absolutely no idea they were trying and it was very early stages so no physical signs.

When still at school I dreamt about a new pupil starting in the middle of term. He had white-blond hair. I told my best friend about the dream then a few days later the blond-haired boy did indeed start at the school in my class. Friend told everyone I had dreamt about him and I never did live it down!

Shopping with a friend several years ago. Didn't really want to buy anything in particular. She had a lot more disposable income than me. She went into Next, I went into Primark. We met outside 30 minutes later and found we'd both bought almost exactly the same items of clothing - coat, trousers, blouse and shoes - all almost identical.

Telling a colleague you shouldn't believe everything you read online, citing the example of a local Facebook news page prematurely announcing the death of Nelson Mandela some weeks before. Got home and put on the TV to find he had died that day. Obviously he had been very unwell so it wasn't totally out of the blue, but still weird.

And the funniest one - weekend away with friend, everything going perfectly. We went out for a walk after dinner and called into a newsagent and bought a newspaper on the way back to the hotel. I joked that the only thing that would make the weekend better was if a certain film star was in the room waiting for us when we got back. He wasn't of course, but imagine my face when I opened the newspaper to a page at random and there was a big photo of him!

glintwithpersperation · 20/10/2015 23:23

I had a really weird experience a couple of weeks ago. I had this god awful dream about a really good old friend who I love dearly but don't see loads. I dreamt she died. I woke up so unsettled and felt this unbelievable need to contact her. Turned out that she had a miscarriage that night which turned into a haemorrhage where she collapsed unconscious on her bathroom floor, was taken to hospital by ambulance and underwent surgery. She was ok but anemic. Very very odd.

Miffytastic · 20/10/2015 23:23

My sister was living abroad when our uncle died suddenly. This was 20 years ago, no internet or mobiles and my mum was stressing over how to get in touch with her to let her know. I said "let's just send her a message mentally" - I don't know why I was so convinced that would work- but she phoned up my mum the next day asking "what's happened?"

Have also had a few other ones..dreaming of my husband having a terrible flight home... When he was actually experiencing that. Didn't know til met up one week later. The 'knowing' feeling about news or outcomes as another poster just said.

My mate who lives miles away and who I speak to very rarely will sometimes get in touch when she has had a strong dream about me, last time it was me talking about dancing and that night I had been out, talking about dancing and ceilidhing at midnight on a Tuesday - not something I usually do!