Am I Psychic?
Do you ever get the sense that you might be psychic? Have you intuited something happening before it does? Does your gut instinct lead you in the right direction time and time again?
Maybe you’re uncertain that it means anything? Or perhaps it even frightens you a little? Possibly you don’t know where to start?
Many of my clients ask, “Am I psychic?” or “How did you know you were psychic?”. I tell them it isn’t one thing that tells you, but a series of ‘nudges’ from the Universe. And these nudges become increasingly difficult to ignore! Therefore, I decided to write this guide, to share with you some pointers about whether your psychic self is opening up.
The Basics
First, let me distinguish the difference between a psychic and a medium.
Psychic: is someone who receives information about someone else’s life through that person’s energy. A psychic might just ‘know’ things about another person. Think about someone you met at a party and you could just tell they had a bad aura about them. That’s psychic information in it’s basic form. Readings can be conducted face-to-face or remotely, for instance via telephone or video call. Some psychics use divitation tools to assist them, such as Tarot cards, runes, tea leaves or a scrying mirror. It’s important to note, the objects themselves aren’t psychic, but rather act as a prompt for your intuitive knowing.
Medium: is someone that communicates with Spirit. In this sense, Spirit is consciousness without physical form. Put another way, this is the energy (life-force) or thought-forms of a person, but not contained within a human body. A medium will bring through ancestors, loved ones, Guides, Ascended Masters, or people the sitter once knew.
So, can you be both psychic and a medium? Yes. To use the Eskimo/Inuit analogy here: all mediums are psychic, but not all psychics are mediums. Strictly speaking, a medium can be ‘unpsychic’, however, it is highly unlikely because the training required to be an effective medium would almost certainly include some psychic development as well.
Can anyone be a psychic?
Yes; ultimately, it is our sixth sense. It’s our ability to know without needing rational justification. Have you ever walked into a room occupied by two people, and you can just sense an air of tension? Even though nothing is said, you can tell the two people have just been arguing. Or have you been thinking of someone when they call you? This is your psychic ability in motion.
However, some people are naturally more psychic than others. To draw a comparison, individuals with innate creative abilities find it easier to paint than someone who isn’t highly artistic. But that doesn’t mean that both individuals can’t attend art class to improve their illustration skills. The same is true for psychics. This is why I refrain from referring to psychic skills as ‘a gift’. Because the word implies some individuals ‘have it’ and others don’t whilst also suggesting that it isn’t something that needs training and development. It’s for this reason, I prefer to use the term ‘skill’ or ‘ability’.
In addition, psychic development also requires an unending amount of inner work, including self-reflection and growth. Although this isn’t easy to define, those who train as psychics undergo a continual inner journey and transformation. It needs a lot of patience and trust, both of self and the Universe.
The 3 main types of psychicism:
There are eight categories of psychic senses, known as the clairs, which comes the French word meaning ‘clear’. The main three are:
- Clairvoyance | ‘Clear seeing’: refers to receiving messages in visual form. For instance, a psychic might ‘see’ objects, symbols, colours, persons or locations as projections in their mind’s eye. The Third-Eye chakra, located between the eyebrows, governs our claivoyance.
- Clairsentience | ‘Clear feeling’: describes a psychic feeling the energy of a situation or person. Clairsentience is ruled by the lower chakras, including the Sacral, Solar Plexus and Heart.
- Clairaudience | ‘Clear hearing’: the rarest of the three to have naturally. Information is gathered audibly, such as music, spoken words, tones of voice or other sounds. The Throat chakra controls it.
In addition, there is Clairalience, ‘ clear smelling’; Clairgustance, ‘ clear tasting’; Claircognizance, meaning ‘clear knowing’; Clairtangency, ‘ clear touch’; and Clairempathy, ‘ clear emotions.’
7 signs that you’re a natural psychic
Here are some common indicators:
- Experiencing the ‘clairs’:
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- Clairsentience: you feel overwhelmed in public places because you’re feeling another person’s energy. Or perhaps you sense the energy in a room or space.
- Clairvoyance: ‘seeing’ images or symbols on the screen of your mind in dreams, meditation or everyday situations.
- Clairaudience: can be the most unnerving of experiences, as they can literally be ‘voices in your head’. However, the words should be loving and supportive. If they are not, you may need to find qualified help from a spiritual healer or health expert.
- Experiences in meditation that are difficult to explain: During our meditation practice, we work a lot with the mind and our life energy. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that psychic abilities might awaken after long periods of regular meditation. Sometimes it can feel like a ‘magnet’ is drawing your energy out of your body, or your limbs are moving of their own accord. These can be symbols that Spirit is starting to work with you.
- Dreams: is one of the most prevalent signs of emerging psychic talents. Often, you can dream of events, people or messages that later come true. The subconscious mind can deliver this guidance because the conscious mind – responsible for rational and critical thinking – is switched off, so we can’t discount the information that arises.
- Experiencing frequent synchronicities: is a sure sign that Spirit is working with you and guiding you on your life’s path.
- A heightened interest in symbolism, archetypes, tools of divination, and dream meaning: finding yourself being more drawn to areas of esoteric knowledge, including religious scripture, could be your subconscious hinting that your psychic abilities need attention.
- You experience déjà vu, time and time again, feeling as though you have been somewhere before or know a stranger.
- Prophetic moments: predicting someone’s reaction – even what they’re about to say – before it happens. For example, picking up the phone when someone is about to call or intuiting something specific will happen before it does.
N.B. Many people mistake being psychic for predicting the future. Although looking at how events might unfold is part of the work, it is not the main focus. Instead, a psychic reader explores the opportunities surrounding a person and how they might best utilize them moving forward.
Life events that can trigger psychic awareness
Particular moments in a person’s life could awaken psychic ability:
- Having a psychic reading: professional psychics will often sense or see the intuitive skills in others and offer suggestions on how you might expand them.
- Death of a loved one: people report visitations by those who have passed, especially family members, in dreams or waking states. These experiences often change their perspective of the soul.
- Regular or intensive meditation: those who habitually meditate might also experience psychic events. Because both practices work with the mind, they cultivate awareness beyond everyday consciousness.
- Energy healing or attunement: Most energy healing initiations (such as Reiki) opens the crown charka – our link to the divine and Spirit – and therefore can awaken latent psychic skills.
- Some people mistake intoxicatants or drug use (particularly psychedelics) as opening us up to psychic experiences. Although these substances can catalyze particular mental states outside the everyday conscious mind, as psychics, we are looking for a deliberate, controlled and wilful connection with energy and Spirit. When we are not of clear mind, we open ourselves up to anything that might want to come through. Put another way, you wouldn’t leave the front door of your house wide open. Psychics working while intoxicated is the same thing. Remember: don’t mix your spirits! Becuase of this, you may find at the beginning of your spiritual journey you have a growing intolerance for all intoxicants. This is perfectly normal. And indeed, this aversion may decrease over time, or result in a permanent lifestyle change.
OK, I’m psychic, now what?
Firstly, I want to assure you that you are not alone. There’s lots of help and guidance out there for those wishing to explore their talents.
In the beginning, it is not uncommon for people to find a psychic awakening frightening or overwhelming. It can interfere with your relationships, emotional and mental processes, and physical health. But with the proper support and tutorage, it can be rewarding, exciting and fascinating! You will receive the necessary tools to help develop and harness your skills as well as others with whom you can share your experiences. Here at The Wellness Foundry we run several psychic development groups, workshops and events to help people expand their psychic abilities.
One of the best ways to uncover and work with your psychic abilities is to book a reading with a fellow psychic! We will be able to advise you on what particular talents you have. How to cultivate them and what to do next. As well as answer any further questions you may have.
Leave any questions or experiences you would like to share in the comments below.
Fascinating article, I really enjoyed the read. Thank you
Fascinating read, I now understand what is happening and why I am like I am, I truly believe I am physchic and also a possible medium, need to learn how to tune into all of this, as most of what is described has occurred with me. Thank you for clarity
Hello Fiona, you’re most welcome. I know from personal experience that it can sometimes be confusing to know where to go to develop your psychic abilities, this is why we’ve set up The Wellness Foundry Membership, a spiritual community helping beautiful like-minded souls to learn and cultivate their gifts. If you’d like to learn more, click ‘Become a Member’ in the menu bar or feel free to drop us an email: hello@wellnessfoundry.co.uk
Hello Diana,
Thank you so much for getting in touch; I specialise in these types of sittings, and we can certainly look at what might be holding you back and how to express your gifts fully. You can book for a session here. Please let me know if I can further assist in the meantime.
Is there someone I can contact for free guidance???
We do offer some free resources that you might find useful.
I was told by a physic medium that I have a gift. How do I go about using it. Letting it come natural? I feel things I feel someone touching me, my dreams. Other than that. I don’t know what to do
Hello Meagan,
Thank you for your message. The best place to start is to book in with one of our readers as they’ll be able to give expert advice and guidance on what next steps to take. In addition, we run spiritual development circles, which has amazing resources to develop and share your gifts.
Hi I was recently told I have natural spiritual abilities but for some reason it’s blocked. Mysteriously. I was told to get a consultation. And I would like to look more into it. Thank you.
Great article. I just wanted to comment to mention that clairaudience does not necessarily have to be actual hearing. As someone who was born with natural clairaudient abilities, this actually manifests quite often as thoughts in your thought-stream that did not come from yourself. So many times you will not actually hear things the way you hear with your ears, it’s more like listening with your mind.
Yes; I love that! “Listening with your mind.” is a perfect way to describe it. However, it is also worth noting that when clairaudience is developing, many people can hear actual ringing or buzzing in the inner ear, which is perfectly normal within psychic development.
Thank you for posting this. Even if I am not able to connect or join, I at least feel as though I’m not alone. Thank you for that.
Thank you for the info. Since I was a little girl I can hear, feel and see shadows. Always been scared of my gift but now I’m curious to know what abilities i have and what I can do with them. I’ve always been fascinated with the paranormal and even know a few paranormal hunters and one of them says I’m a medium and a psychic. Everyone I visit her I feel more in tuned and would love to get more info on how to use my abilities. I never wanted this gift but now I want it more then ever and don’t know how to go about it.
Hello Monica,
Thank you for your message – there are several ways that we can help you at The Wellness Foundry. Firstly, I would highly recommend that you book in for a sitting with one of our highly experienced readers–they can have an in-depth look into your abilities and suggest how best to cultivate them and allow them to shine through. Also, we run a spiritual development group through our courses. We can tell you more about this if you decide to book in a reading.
Please let me know if there’s anything else I can help you with.
I’m wanting a big advice. I’ve always had dreams that have come true usually sadly of people dying . I’ve always had gut feelings and sometimes know things r going to happen. I chose to ignore as it frightened me. The last year though so many things have happened it’s hard to ignore. I g hv ad the first feeling something bad was going to happen it made me feel ill and so awful and couldn’t get rid of the feeling, two days later my son had a accident and it was awful. I then dreamed my mam was I’ll and not long later she was diagnosed with lukemia. There’s other situations I’ve had a feeling of thought snd it’s been right. Then I recently dreamed of my uncle was going to die and my late manga was with him. I told my mam I had a awful dream , weeks later he’s passed away under awful circumstances. I’ve had so many things like dreams, gut instinct and feelings of places or people it’s making me feel like I’m going mad is there any advice you can give me
Hello Sarah,
Thank you for your comment. I’m sorry to hear about your recent experiences; they sound intense and frightening. Please rest assured, just as you’ve described, it is prevalent for those undergoing a psychic and spiritual awakening to feel as though they are going mad. It is important that you harness your gifts and not allow them to overwhelm you. The best thing I can suggest is finding yourself a spiritual community, mentor, or both. I do offer 1:1 psychic development mentorship, so please feel free to reach out via email should this be something you’re interested in: hello@wellnessfoundry.co.uk.