What was that feeling?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 20 Jul 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

divinerguy	20 Jul 2002
Last night, I had a sudden and unexplained feeling of dread. My son was about to go out for the evening. I had a terrible fear he would be in danger if he did so. Several times a year, I'll have feelings like this that I can't explain. I'm otherwise a stable, skeptical person. I would swear on a stack of bibles that I have no psychic ability of any type, other than just a normal intuition, probably born of observational skills. Does anyone else ever have these kinds of feelings? What are they?

Dark Inquisitor	20 Jul 2002
There could be numerous reasons for this kind of thing. It might be normal Being A Parent floating anxiety. Or, the situations that trigger it for you may be touching a similar situation buried in your memory of previous situations of risk or danger. You might be able to to trace it back to a learned pattern from your own parents. On the other hand, it could be just overflow anxiey from media exposure and the crummy world situation in general . Something that would normally be repressed in the background, but when it builds up may emerge all at once. Why don't you ask the tarot for an opinion? Tarotphelia

lunalafey	20 Jul 2002
One time I got that feeling when the boys and there dad went down the mountain to the little store, a 15 20 minute ride round trip. Just as they where out of sight, Fear gripped me. I called to the spirits, prayed, focused, whatever one wants to call it. From where I stood on my mountain, I could see a small part fo the freeway. I sat on the bench and watched the road and invisioned protection for them. I saw them south, I saw them north(headed home) still I did not rest until the dogs bark let me know that the car was coming. Something to pay attention to. Who knows what could have happened had I disregarded the feeling, I was not wanting to take that chance. 4 times in my life I have known of a death before conformation. I imagine there will be more, if I can prevent it, I will.

Sally Gardens	20 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Tarotphelia It might be normal Being A Parent floating anxiety. I've had plenty of that, myself. :D

the hermit	21 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by divinerguy Last night, I had a sudden and unexplained feeling of dread. My son was about to go out for the evening. I had a terrible fear he would be in danger if he did so. Several times a year, I'll have feelings like this that I can't explain. I'm otherwise a stable, skeptical person. I would swear on a stack of bibles that I have no psychic ability of any type, other than just a normal intuition, probably born of observational skills. Does anyone else ever have these kinds of feelings? What are they? Some one else on this forum has stated that we all are 'psychic' (sorry, don't remember who--you know they say the memory is the first thing to go) but some of us use it better than others. They (or someone else, again I'm not sure who) compared it to singing. Some only sing in the shower (and should probably keep it that way) others may make it to the Met. Some just need a little encouragement and training, for others it's just time and money wasted. I tend to agree with this paradigm. The others in this thread may be right, it could be just parental paranoia (been there, done that for the last 25+ years, probably will the rest of my life). Could be just plain paranoia, could be some sort of psychic episode. I have had similar experiences, find them disconcerting as hell, try to NOT ignore them, but also try to NOT overreact, try to do something similar to what lunalafey does—think good, protective thoughts. Wish I could tell you more. Hope it is at least helpful to know others go through the same thing.

divinerguy	21 Jul 2002
Hermit - It is helpful. Very helpful I'm an attorney. I'm supposed to wear suits and drive a BMW and go to church on Sundays. When something like this happens, I feel like I'm some sort of odd ball. To know that others have these feelings too is a great comfort. I'm now satisfied that I'm not a mental case. Now all I have left to work on is my obnoxious personality.

the hermit	21 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by divinerguy Hermit - It is helpful. Very helpful I'm an attorney. I'm supposed to wear suits and drive a BMW and go to church on Sundays. When something like this happens, I feel like I'm some sort of odd ball. To know that others have these feelings too is a great comfort. I'm now satisfied that I'm not a mental case. Now all I have left to work on is my obnoxious personality. Celebrate your odd-ballity and take comfort in it too. I'm a trained scientist... I'm not supposed to believe in anything that I can't quantify or stuff in a test tube. But then, my friends know that I stare at rocks, flowers, pools of water (and the occasional pretty woman). But as my friends, they help me celebrate my odd-ballity too. As for help with the obnoxious personality, you're on your own. I got my own problems there :D. Isn't the how-to get that way covered in the core classes for attorney's? It's kind of like 'How to throw rocks at your professors and their pet theories about plate tectonics' which I had to take right after Geology 101. :D (ain’t I a stinker?) Seriously, I'm glad it helped. Life is wonderful... and strange... or is it strangely wonderful?

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