Thread: Accidental telepathy?

Yeah indeed, a lot of people claim it's all in your head, you can't read other peoples thoughts because it's scientifically impossible. But they forget the fact that it's also still scientifically impossible to read your own thoughts. Meaning, science has no clue yet how we do it.

Feel free to try and explain how you read your own thoughts... I'm all ears.

I would like to say that no one can tell you the absoute truth in this matter. Only you, through your experience, can tell. Also, don't let anyone tell you you're crazy or otherwise silly through a message board. What do they know?

I have an extremely similar....ability. It can be very disconcerting at times, but I find an easy trick is to just focus your complete attention elsewhere for a time, until they fade into the background again. Or, simply demand that they get behind a "door" in your mind, until such time as you are willing to speak or deal with them. In your mind, you are in control, regardless of groupthink or the group unconscious, whichever your prefer to call it.

You are not schizophrenic. That is a poorly understood condition in people with even poorer methods of treatment and has a very negative connotation. DO NOT FOCUS ON THAT WORD. Ever. Rather, hear when you want to, send when you want to, and have absolute faith in yourself. And most of all, don;t try to talk to anyone about it if you already know they're not going to understand or theyre going to call you crazy. You're wasting your time and hurting yourpublic image in the meantime....you don't need the hassle trying to convince those who can't or won't understand.

But fighting this....ability of yours is only going to hurt you, I think. Also, don't use it for self-gratification....whatever powers that be exist in this universe mete out quick and...underhanded punishment for those that abuse their gifts.

well learn how to block it in some ocassions. Because I'd like an ability like this, it's very usefull , specially when you want to help a dear friend that has problems comunicating, I'd recomened you to tap into feeling people's emotions and to some extent feelings to know if they're fooling themselves.

Very nice ^^, it's also good when you want to learn how people think about you.

I don't believe this at all, but presuming that it's true, you're extremely selfish to try to shut this out. There are so many ways that you could progress the study of Science through this, you could save humanity.
Maybe you don't want it, but giving it up would be the biggest mistake of all time.

Originally Posted by quitch

I believe that I've inherited my father's "talent" to hear the thoughts of others.

I know it's been posted here before, but psipog.net has some pretty good shielding articles if you believe in that kind of thing. http://www.psipog.net/cat-shields.html

Edit: Gah, this thread was necroed.

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

Good to see you here DreamQueen, you were the one who got me into lucid dreaming, and so far I've got at least one of my friends into it seriously and a couple others interested! Spreading the love!
And it was 1:23 when I saw your avatar, a little bit odd!

i had this problem for a while. the only way out of it is to cloud your own mind with a million thoughts (and keep it that way) just make sure ur always thinking something and u wont hear anyone else's thoughts anymore. (and some people do think louder than others). u gotta make ur thought louder than everyone else's. oh u might wanna see if u can communicate with your mind (speak in ur mind to someone and see if they hear you). ive only been able to do that a few times.

Well, lots of people have the ability to "Tune Out" someone who is talking to them. Like during class, you can tune out a teacher, or if you're getting yelled out, tune out your parents. Just try to train yourself to only listen to people who are directly talking to you. If you could learn to control it better, I'm sure it wouldn't bother you nearly as much.

Originally Posted by Matchbook

I recommend trying any of these natural remedies for schizophrenia and/or psychosis and anxiety:

St. John's Wort
Ginko Biloba
Ginseng

Yikes! Since when is it okay to suggest psychiatric disorders on the internet? And St. Johnswort is a mild antidepressant, good for people with mild depression and Seasonal Affective Disorder. Ginkgo Biloba is good for tinnitus and for keeping older people like me mentally clearer, because it's a natural blood thinner, and as such should not ever be taken with prescription blood thinners. Ginseng is used to increase energy. None of these have anything to do with schizophrenia. Please, never take herbs recommended by anyone, including me, without doing your own research first! I do not know of any herbs that help schizophrenia... and I have a 36 year old son with drug-induced schizophrenia as part of his substance abuse problems, so if there were herbs to help, I'd likely to have encountered them by now.

I do not believe the original poster is schizophrenic! I just hadn't posted sooner because I also don't believe she's going to have any success turning it off! Once psi open, they open spontaneously. They are there for a reason. The trick is to discover the reason! I can suggest reading anything about psychic Edgar Cayce, or reading _The Psychic Pathway_ by Sonia Choquette. I found them very helpful. Along with prayer for inner guidance on how to use these abilities.

All best...

There are a lot of different theories about how and why psi abilities exist. Scientists that are strict self-titled "rationalists" or "critical thinkers" will not believe in any of this until they can get a computer read-out that says it's okay and it works. That's not likely to happen anytime soon.

I might also say you shouldn't really try to tune it out. You can learn to have that psi-conversation and still complete tasks and speak to people. It's sort of like reading between the lines of existence. More people than I thought can do this sort of thing. It seems to me that it started when I was a kid, rehearsing convertsations and then later just seemed to happen in my head of its own accord. I thought it was just the usual mouse on the wheel, spinning spinning spinning - which, as a Buddhist, I was seeking to quiet. As I found peace and quiet in my mind, I then discovered there was a whole new level to conversation and interaction with other people that many of them don't know about but many know more than they let on. It's very difficult to tell the difference and extremely difficult to speak out loud about...people get mixed up in semantics and when you start tossing out words associated with so-called "pseudo-science," you will lose many people. Trust me, I've been going through this very hardcore for at least a year. I can hear very many people and have become mildly clairvoyant, I think. Where the lines are drawn, I can't tell.

You can't save humanity - don't give yourself up to scientists or the government. All that you can and should do with this ability is let it happen, allow it to advise you on proper courses of action and speech, keep your thoughts to yourself if you can (or do what I do and think them so fast most can't keep up) or figure out if the person is a left or right brained thinker [watch out for ambihemispherical ((???)) thinkers!] and then think to yourself in the opposite mode, if you can. There is a difference between verbal and visual communication. Animals, for instance, think much better in images and sensations, obviously. Try it out on your dog or cat. Send pictures when you're giving commands or requesting their presence. They're very good at it.

I say you should just chill, and learn to control the ability you have, so then you could listen to peoples thoughts whenever you wanted, and I know you'd probably use it only for good, right?

Well, I believe we do it all the time, though it's located in the subconscious, it seems it's over flowed into your everyday thing.

Try to forget about it, you'll go crazy.. I've had a few friends go crazy from this. Be careful, our brain is a million and a half different things firing and trusting each other, if you mess one up, it can really turn your world upside down, seeing how we live completely in our head.

I believe we have an energy cloud of thought floating above us, that we kind of exchange with and between, without knowing it.. I like thinking of it that way anyways.

Be safe, better safe then sorry.

get yourself on medications i take abilify and seroquel before i used to hear shit all the time. exactly as you describe it. but i just declared it hearing voices so i dont argue with my doctors. i didnt hear voices, i heard people talking when they were around me. could have been their thoughts could of been a lot of things. but what i take took my mind off what was being said so the things i heard would just drift away.

sorry if this is said already cuz i didnt feel like reading everyones posts.

oh btw whoever said it was selfish to not want this ability is selfish himself for trying to exploit someones agony. its not fun to have shit like this go through your head

oh i was diagnosed as bipolar with mild paranoid schizofrenia a long time ago(pot smoking makes me paranoid). now its nothing when on meds.

You can be my Dark sexy punk rock teacher!! no i'm sorry but your such a pretty girl. Anyways mabey take a psychology class and learn about your mind better.

Originally Posted by quitch

I don't think anyone is getting the point of my posts. I don't want to use it, I don't want to make any money, I don't want to encourage this at all. I want to get rid of it. I don't like it.



That's me. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make it stop?

Win the money from the James Randi prize... use the money to get expert help in stopping it.

If you're unwilling to do that, is pretty much evidence enough that you're just faking all this for attention.

Originally Posted by spaceexplorer

Win the money from the James Randi prize... use the money to get expert help in stopping it.

If you're unwilling to do that, is pretty much evidence enough that you're just faking all this for attention.

Don't forget you have to be reported in newspapers or some other outlet before you are even considered.

Everything isn't quite that simple now is it.

Originally Posted by DeathCell

Don't forget you have to be reported in newspapers or some other outlet before you are even considered.

Everything isn't quite that simple now is it.

Well, if you are convinced you have an ability, an ability that is so overwhelming and consistent, that you want to get rid of it, then it should be pretty much a walk in the park to prove it to others.

Considering the stakes of 1 Million, it's hardly going to be that hard work to prove something, if it's true is it?

Then you can invest the money into finding ways to rid yourself of the issue.
Or, perhaps by the time you've become world famous, and every magazine, newspaper, tv show etc. etc. wants to pay you huge amounts to interview the first ever GENUINE proven psychic... you could just live on your own private island, relax drinking cocktails in your giant pool... and be far away enough from everyone that the thoughts no longer matter.

i dont think exile is what she wants that'd be pergatory in a heavenly place.

It's not an inborn talent, no offence but your not that special.

Anyone can do it, with a very small amount of practice.

Actually, nevermind...

If I understand you correctly, you always hear people's thoughts, unintentionally.

Constantly.

Oooh, that is special.

Well, best of luck getting rid of it...

I've heard of this before, and also heard that unfortunately its impossible to turn it off once its started...

Sorry, pal


Can't you just, idk, make the best of it?

Use it to your advantage?

Don't squander a gift like that.

Originally Posted by spaceexplorer

Well, if you are convinced you have an ability, an ability that is so overwhelming and consistent, that you want to get rid of it, then it should be pretty much a walk in the park to prove it to others.

Considering the stakes of 1 Million, it's hardly going to be that hard work to prove something, if it's true is it?

Then you can invest the money into finding ways to rid yourself of the issue.
Or, perhaps by the time you've become world famous, and every magazine, newspaper, tv show etc. etc. wants to pay you huge amounts to interview the first ever GENUINE proven psychic... you could just live on your own private island, relax drinking cocktails in your giant pool... and be far away enough from everyone that the thoughts no longer matter.

Normal people don't want to be famous.

I can't stop laughing, I don't know why, but you helped me realize how bollocks this actually is.

Originally Posted by quitch

The point of this post is that I don't want this ability, and would like advice on how to get rid of it. I feel as if I'm invading the most fundimental aspects of human privacy by listening to the thoughts of others, and I want to turn it off. Although I've asked my father for advice on silencing this numerous times, none of his suggestions have helped at all. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, and do they know a cure?

Even though this is an old post and Quitch probably doesnt frequent these forums any longer, I would still like to post my input for the consideration of the herd.

My brother in law has the same "ability" however it is a small part of his paranormal experience. I have also experienced this from time to time however my experience is centered more around dreams at this point (that is why i joined this forum). I have been able to expand my abilities in the paranormal through meditation and lucid dreaming; it is my view that these practices enhance and discipline your conscious mind to interact with and intuit the subconscious, your own and the collective unconscious.
Having voices randomly popping into your head showing others thoughts or intentions can be frustrating since so much enjoyment in life is due to the immense pleasure we derive from experiencing surprise and "the moment". Hearing these thoughts seems to tear away at our fundamental experience and personally i fear what others would do or say if they knew i was "listening in" so to speak.

I understand how knowing more than the majority of people can feel unnerving. However I mentioned my brother in law at the beginning of my post to offer his perspective as well, that is if you are still reading these posts.

A side note: There is no such thing as privacy, that is just a creation of the human ego in an attempt to preserve individuality which consequently doesnt exist either. Your subconscious has tapped into the energy which our brains all emit and your conscious mind is listening. This is my explanation, definitely not scientific but it makes sense to me. If you except that explanation then there is no reason to fear or object to your ability. Perhaps if you embrace it then you might be able to harness and direct your energy. Guided meditation to limit your receptivity might also work. Anyways, good luck to you and all us 'gifted' people. Living in a society of the blind can be a struggle, but shit, someones gotta do it!! lol

OK, I know this thread was started in 2005, but I'm going to respond anyway.
If I had this ability, whether or not I wanted the million dollars, I would take the challenge for the purpose of advancing science. If you could prove telepathy real, you'd completely change the way people view the world.
If I didn't want the million dollars (I probably would take it, but if I didn't) I would donate it to some charity or organization.