I was wondering about "psychic"-connections and whether they are affected by distance. My partner undfortunately lives in America at the moment.. So the only communication him and I have are over the internet or phone (with my ever increasing phone bill).. I've noticed that since he has been gone, out mental mental link has grown. We've had more tha our share of coincidental experiences.

For example, I was on the phone to him one evening when he was at a friends house, and instinctivly, I said "stop breaking things" .. About 5 seconds after that, his friend dropped their dinner .. and another time, I was in class and my foot starte throbbing, I was unable to put pressure on it.. Speaking to him later on that evening I found out that he had fallen whilst playing basketball and had severely sprained the same foot that I had felt the unexplainable pain in. It scares me sometimes, but at other times it's reassuring. I told my mother about it, and she now thinks I'm crazy.

Am I going crazy though? Because it's not just him that I have this kind of connection with, however it seems to be strongest with him .. People that I am rather close to .. Or people that my mind is focussing on at the time, I can often "feel" their presence or their moods. I could be typing to somebody on MSN .. and they could be typing as they normally would .. And, if they were upset, I would be able to tell they were upset, even though I could hear no change of tone in their voice .. No facial expression or anything.

I must say, I've been rather vexed about all these odd experiences for a long time. I've been experiencing them for a good amount of years, ever since I was a child, but not until my intake of the craft expanded did I really focus on it.

Your thoughts in my confusion would be appreciated .. Am I insane?

hi darling! Nope, You're perfectly sane!! (at least in this area )

This kind of thing, happens to alot of people, who are just a bit more psychic.

also, I think its says you have a really good connection, with your bf!

I often, can pick up moods and vibes, from people, just from chatting with them, on the net.. and phone..

It sounds like you're an empath.. someone who can easily feel others feelings, emotions, pain, etc.. (very simplistic explanation)..

i'm sure others, can explain it better.. but Welcome here!!

You're going to find out, you have alot in common with us here!

Blessings
Whisperedwind

(ps: if you pick up any irritability from this post, its simply bc I'm itching like mad!!! lol)

I agree...I've always wondered if the soulmate theory is true in that respect, where you're supposedly unexplainably 'linked' to someone and when you meet/come into contact with that person you're instantly in-tune and connected with them...
Sounds like a nice theory to me

I think it goes beyond soulmates. I was having a shocking evening feeling like something was dreadfully wrong last friday night and Herne out of the blue asked me if I was okay. Said he felt like something was wrong. Later that evening I chatted to another friend and sure enough after he told me some distressing news I settled down. My anxiety caused by him.
So it was a tad scary that I was being empathic to a close friend and in return herne was feeling empathic to me... Eek!

In the soulmate aspect .. I believe that we have more than one. Like .. A select few that we're supposed to spend each life looking for in order to be complete, regardless of what form they may come. A friend, a lover, a mother, a sister, a pet, a totem .. Who knows.

You might be interested in John O'Donohue's Anam Cara - Spiritual Wisdom from the Celtic World . Anam Cara means 'Soul Friend' - this book explores the idea that our bodies inhabit our souls rather than the other way round. That each one of us is a world within the world, housing a spark of divinity which, with a little effort, we can recognise in others. As we learn to do this we find that certain people already seem to be a part of our world and of our consciousness - we recognise them and have an affinity with them for no apparent reason, and it is O'Donahue's belief (which to me makes a lot of sense) that our souls meet long before our bodies do...

Psychic or empathic connections, in my own experience, are not affected by distance.

I think we have already gone through the soulmates thing in another thread though.

That's a great book. And ingraved on the inside of hubby's ring is the words Anam Cara

I'm not really sure on my psychic connections. I can tell if theres someone wrong with someone on msn, its so weird telling people. Its quite easy to tell if someone is upset in there tone of voice if u speak to them, put over msn when you just read words, i dunno its weird. But i haven't really looked into developing my psychic connections - i believe everyone is psychic you just have to learn how to use it.

I really have no idea where this point was going lol, just felt i should comment to be an active member- on a totally unrelated topic, i just got back from the gym and i'm knackard

There was a period in my life when my empathy routes were too open, and I just felt drained all the time emotionally by other peoples woes (funny, you never pick up on their good times!) I've just had to learn to close off and ignore otherwise you go under.
I talked to some people who were the cause of the drain, and they all said the same thing that they knew I would come across for them, and when I asked about thier good times why didn't they share with me?? well the door slammed shut on them after that.

Sorry to hear that Sherringham.
I am amazingly connected with a few close friends. One friend is like a brother. If either of us get sick the other feels it too. Was kind of bad when I got a urine infection (the poor boi!)
I think distance doesn't make it more stronger but more noticeable

I have 2 friends in particular and one relation, and we just do not need the phone!!

Been trying work up a rapport with the RAC!! (just joking)

I get the feelings of various people I talk to on the phone, on the net or even in some cases even when I am not in contact with them, I especially get it when they are thinking about me or are feeling particularly strong emotions.

With more than person I have had a deep sense of foreboding and dread that I was going to be told something bad, it turned out that the feeling started when they made the decision. I was no where near them and not in direct contact with them at the time.

Storm Raven

Aye its rather nice isn't it, althoughs cary at times - difficult to hide things when feeling a bit out of sorts but not wanting to worry the other person - yet still they know. Being able to physically sense their presence, to say the same thing at the same time and soforth...

so nah not bonkers hon!