Psychics and mediums

[Charliepeace83]

I've had some weird premonitions before or psychic experiences. Has anyone had a reading which came to something? have you ever had a reading which was helpful and helped your relationship? or they could give you time frames or who the 'one' is? Really interested in what ppl think!

[Amperoblue]

The thing is whose to say how it works. Perhaps it needs the connection between the psychic and the person being read. In which case it wouldn't work for everyone.

[ShatnersBassoon]

You'd at least try! The Psychic Chat Line simply wouldn't be enough if you were certain you could see the future. I'd happily make a twat of myself trying to convince people of my abilities if I knew I could do actual magic, and I wouldn't charge anyone a penny in the process.

[BertrandRussell]

"Bollocks to that. Who wants to be Cassandra of Troy."

So not one single,solitary psychic ever has wanted to use their gift for the greater good, rather than telling people that Great Aunt Mary is watching over them and that young women are likely to have two children and travel over water at some stage....

[CaptainMarvelDanvers]

People always remember the hits but forget the misses.

[Amperoblue]

I do think it's not as simple as doing Bake Of or entering the Olympics to prove your talent.
I think it's similar to having the connection with your twin, or your child, or maybe a partner or parent. Sometimes you just know stuff. Maybe some of that is picking up on clues but sometimes you get a feeling that has nothing to do with circumstances.

[BertrandRussell]

So how come Derren Brown can do it with anyone?

[cauliflowercheese14]

You 'just know stuff' about these people because you know them very well, if there's something going on for them that is stressful, you'll be worrying about them too, they'll be in your thoughts which increases the salience of things that you see or do. It's really not at all magic - humans are brilliant at communication, that's all.

[Klaphat]

She predicted I'd meet someone which seemed unlikely in my then circumstances. Not only did she give me a specific time frame ( 2 weeks) she described how I'd meet him and what he would look like including eye colour and facial hair ( not my type basically). That's not cold reading.
Amazing it did happen as she said.

And of course it's not likely at all that, since you believe such nonsense, you were hyper-alert to such men in that situation in that specific two-week period, unconsciously changed your approach and body language towards them, and that that oiled your social interaction with one of them enough for it to develop into something.

[Toffeelatteplease]

So how come Derren Brown can do it with anyone?

You can cold read. But it's a bit like maths. There may be different ways of getting to the same answer. Doesn't mean the other way doesn't exist.

unconsciously changed your approach and body language towards them

Yeah you see this one of the things that bothers me. It doesn't actually matter overmuch if it's a good thing and becomes a self fulfilling prophecy, but what if it's a bad thing?

Besides which who really wants to know just before they are getting married that they are marrying a controlling git who will leave you poor. If that's what I turned up would you act on it or go "nah its only cards/I must have misread" and then kick yourself later when it turned out to be true.

Rather deal with the here and now and the future when it happens

People always remember the hits but forget the misses.
No not really. I have had 3 tarot decks. One turned out utter tripe everytime. one reads right only when you feel the overwhelming desire to read with it, other times its fun to read with but is mostly inaccurate. The third is unnerving consistently. You can cut and deal it repeatedly and land the same or similarly meaning cards in the same position time after time.

[BertrandRussell]

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You can cold read. But it's a bit like maths. There may be different ways of getting to the same answer. Doesn't mean the other way doesn't exist"
So- some people are real psychics and some people just cold read but the results are the same. Seriously??

[Toffeelatteplease]

So not one single,solitary psychic ever has wanted to use their gift for the greater good,

Might be just me but it really doesn't work like that. I tend to be accurate but not terribly reliable. If I'm meant to be reading for other people only works if I properly clear my mind. Otherwise Ill miss fire and read for me instead. Sometimes if im reading for me on one issue, but something else is bothering me more, I'll pull a reading on that instead.

Haven't had anything for the greater good ever. But then I don't really think predicting the future is in anyone's best interest so perhaps I'm not the right person the ask.

Or maybe I just don't care about the greater good enough not to get distracted by my own thoughts.

[Toffeelatteplease]

BertrandRussell

And that's the bit you have trouble with? The rest of my post was way more whoo

Thing is if you don't believe it, it probably won't ever be a factor in your life and therefore you won't see why it is in others. It's fair enough the only way you've seen if it work is the Darren brown way.

Darren Brown is great and what he does is interesting. But for me doesn't explain stuff I've seen. But thats just an opinion.

[Amperoblue]

Klaphat Sounds plausible but given my circumstances and job there was hardly any chance of meeting anyone new , especially a man and alone one with such specific physical characteristics.
It would also be even less likely to meet one who already had one child which would be a daughter.
If it was all guess work ( maybe the chances of meeting someone she described would happen by chance) I'm amazed that she gave me the two week time frame. That really narrows it.

[Charliepeace83]

Jeez Kalphat this was meant to be quite an innocent post, no need to get wound up by it or to think I'm advertising (I'd write a much better post if I were in the marketing game). I was simply curious to find out if people had premonitions and their opinion of psychics.
Why are some people here getting so wound up by this?

[HappyJanuary]

I can't speak for anyone else but it winds me up that charlatans and/or delusional self-grandiosing oddballs work so hard to lie, cheat and essentially steal money from vulnerable and gullible people who remain convinced that 'there's something in it that defies explanation' even when whistleblowers and sceptics do indeed provide plausible and proven explanations.

[Katedotness1963]

I went to a psychic shortly after I got married. She told me I'd have two children but it would be a long wait for them. Thanks to infertility problems I didn't know I had at the time, it was almost 14 more years before our eldest was born. I was pregnant again a year after he was born, and although we continued to try, never had another child.

I thought it was bollocks before I went, I thought it was bollocks when she was talking, I still, mostly, think it bollocks but a small part of me wonders...

[WorriedAboutMyBaby]

Why are some people here getting so wound up by this?

Because I think psychics are con artists who exploit people, that's why.

[MadameCholetsDirtySecret]

It's a load of crap peddled by the naive or liars.

As for readings being accurate - look up cold readings and confirmation bias.

[Amperoblue]

And I agree that there is a lot of shit out there and I'm sure much like every other part of life that some people are just in it to scam people.
But that that doesn't woo stuff doesn't happen.
Honestly, I think one day we will find an explaination for why sometimes you can predict things. Darren Brown has demonstrated you can trick people's thinking, hypnosis shows you can influence some peoples thing and I'm sure there will be a reason why times tarot cards or other stuff does work.

[HomityBabbityPie]

I think one day we will find an explaination for why sometimes you can predict things

We have. Coincidence.

[Charliepeace83]

Why are some people here getting so wound up by this?

Because I think psychics are con artists who exploit people, that's why.....but I haven't once said psychics aren't charlatans or con artists. I actually haven't given an opinion. This whole time I've just asked for others to comment.
I can't believe how wound up people can be! Or seemingly angry. From the posts ive read no one has said spend all your money on psychics or they'll answer all your prayers etc

I was simply curious but didn't expect people to take it so personally!

[Amperoblue]

I also understand confirmation bias is. But I was told I would met a specific looking person, in specific circumstances, in a specific time frame. And it happened. I'm not leaving out the bits she didn't get right because there weren't any.

[cauliflowercheese14]

Or as we keep saying... you don't remember them.

I cannot believe that in 2017 people still believe in this stuff. Although maybe it explains a lot of the other bonkers behaviour we are witnessing...

[Amperoblue]

Read my postings....she wrote it down as she said it. I have three double sided pages. Because she said people forget things.
So I still have it 14 years on to check what she said.
Ok so it could be coincidence but theres more than one.which it itself must be a bit strange.

[Amperoblue]

I'm not saying there isn't a good scientific explaination. I'm saying that some people can predict stuff.