Am I Psychic?

We personally believe that everyone is psychic as these extra senses are part of what it means to be human. It’s completely plausible that people have a connection to these additional perceptions that connect us to the rest of the energetic world because at the end of it all, we’re just energetic spirits in a human body. Some people believe that how we receive otherworldly information is the psychic senses, but trusting and acting on what we receive is what is called intuition. They both can go hand in hand but one doesn’t replace the other.

am I psychic?

We receive energetic information or imprints that we then interpret (using some of the “psychic senses”) which then allows us a “knowing” or even a feeling about that interpretation (intuition). Intuition is usually described as a “gut feeling,” but I’ve most commonly heard a lot of people say that they don’t feel it that way. When asked about how they experience their intuition, some people have said “I just know,” “I get excited/relieved,” “my body feels ___” and many other things. We experience our trusting intuition in different ways. Depending on your life experiences, traumas, and other things, it’s possible to be what some call “disconnected,” which really just means that you have a hard time recognizing it (or trusting it.) For people with anxiety or other mental or emotional health conditions, physical health conditions, ADHD, ASD, or other such things, sometimes it can be especially hard to recognize it but it is absolutely possible to get back in touch with it if you find that you’re struggling. There’s a lot of misinformation out there that you can’t connect to your intuition or psychic senses, that is completely untrue. Your connection is always there, you just have to develop your own unique way of understanding your own unique sense.

It is important, too, when learning about your intuition to understand the difference between intuition and anxiety. The quickest way to understand is anxiety screams, intuition whispers. Anxiety consumes you and much harder to get a hand around. Often telling you about all the bad things that are coming your way. Your intuition isn't so pessimistic, and it is much quieter. It is gentler, it feels more a part of you. When you get relief from your anxieties, you intuition should still be there inside. It's a calm certainty, where anxiety is a frantic event.

The psychic senses are the “how” of receiving that otherworldly information. The following examples are not the only ways to experience these senses, if you’re curious to know more please feel free to reach out or check out some other trustworthy resources with more examples. Sometimes these senses can also look like symptoms of certain mental health conditions, I encourage you to reach out to your medical professionals for help with discernment if you have any concerns. Please remember that this is for informational purposes only, and is not for diagnosing or disregarding mental, emotional, and physical health concerns.

Common Psychic Senses

• Clairvoyance: clear seeing, it looks different for everyone, sometimes it is physically seeing something, sometimes it's seeing in your mind, sometimes it's the future, sometimes the past, this is the most all encompassing and common term related to psychic senses

• Clairaudience: clear hearing, hearing a sound or voice or song, sometimes it comes via talking to yourself or your "inner monologue"

• Claircognizance: clear knowing, this can be the quietest and hardest to explain but the most common for all, even those who don't see themselves as psychic, immediately understanding and knowing an answer without any information

• Clairalience: clear smelling, smelling highly specific things or places connected to a spirit or specific entity

• Clairgustance: clear tasting, tasting highly specific things, often food, though not always, connected to a spirit or specific entity

• Clairsentience: clear feeling, you can sense or feel energy near you, distinctly physically, a pain in a certain area of your body, chills, pressure, etc

• Clairempathy: clear emotions, feeling emotions either in a room without being told how or getting certain emotions when you connect with a certain spirit or entity

• Clairtangency: clear touching, often called psychometry, is receiving information from touching an object, potentially even being physically near it, this information can come from the item or the person most closely associated with it

This is not a completely exhaustive list, either in the senses or how the senses are perceived. Much like every human interacts with their sense differently (do you like all the same foods as our best friend?, do you and your partner think everything smells the same?), that continues with the "psychic" senses. Being in touch with your body's typical sensations is the best way to understand your psychic senses.

Just like intuition, sometimes we can feel a bit of a “disconnect” from these psychic senses for a multitude of reasons. For most it’s usually a combination of things people who might have frequently been shut down by others for not having logically gotten the information, it could have been something that seemed shameful or was demonized by their prior religious beliefs, and other such things. You’ll often hear that children have a stronger connection and most of the time that is true as they haven’t had quite as much life experience full of social conditioning that may get in the way of that connection.

Reconnecting with your psychic senses and your intuition is totally possible. It may come easier to some people, and for others, it may take a lot of dedication and time. It depends on so many variables such as what beliefs or experiences you have to deconstruct, any traumas you need to work through, learning to be fully present not only in the moment but also in your body, learning how to “feel your feelings,” all sorts of things. Please do not get discouraged if you find yourself taking longer or working harder for it. I, personally, have been working at it for several years, and I can say with all certainty that it’s entirely worth it and it really is possible. In time, we will likely write something with tips and exercises to help with this process so keep an eye out for that!

Before we end this post, there is something that needs to be said, read, and understood; connecting with your psychic senses and your intuition is not evil, it’s got nothing to do with demons, and it does not leave you open for spiritual possession. There is a lot of fear-mongering out there amongst those with different spiritual beliefs and if that’s what they believe, that is their right and they don’t have to try to reconnect with those senses. Throughout all of time, there have been many cultures and groups that have used these senses; sometimes even creating high-status positions for those who were connected really well, such as Priestesses and Shamans. These abilities are innate, they’re part of the energetic being of the entire world. If you watch animals closely, you’ll understand that they even have them too, it just looks different.

You will not be left open to spiritual possession as you are your own spirit in your own body. Receiving energetic information doesn’t suddenly void your body of your spirit. Some people may become psychically sensitive where they connect at a more exasperating level, more often, and without intending to. You can learn how to toggle these senses so that you’re more powered off during certain times, and for some people, it’s not quite so easy so they adjust in other ways by having things such as shielding charms or just a simple decompression routine at the end of every day/a heavy energetic load.

And finally, we encourage you to use these gifts ethically. It would be uncomfortable, impolite, and violating to have someone psychically read you, read your situation, read your family or friends, constantly give you advice or impressions they’re picking up on, etc. We implore you to have appropriate boundaries with your psychic senses. If someone asks, by all means; but the purposeful intention of picking up information on others is what most spiritualists consider unethical. If you know that your senses are usually fully open and you’re constantly receiving, then it is your responsibility to learn how to not always be reading others and how you’re sharing it, why, and when, should be considered. Please consider asking permission first while you’re still working to develop your control. Discernment of these things is vital to creating safe and healthy spaces for all of us but is also key for us in developing a well-respected relationship and boundaries with the energetic world. Good luck with your reconnection!