Premonitions (for want of a better word)

[Mrs Livid]

Sponsor Messages

I'm not sure what to call it but I seem to have a bit of a skill for knowing when people have passed away. As in I have known that family members are no longer with us before the next of kin. I'm not claiming to be psychic or anything like that but I was just curious as to the thoughts on this of other members?
Examples of this, when I was a child and my nanny passed, I remember being outside playing with a family friend and my mum came home; she was not happy and did not talk which was unlike her. My cousin made some sort of comment which annoyed me (I cannot remember what) and I told him to shut up because for all he knew my nanny could have passed. I knew that she had been ill and she died the same day this happened.
Next example: My granda lived for many years after her passing but inevitably got ill. He went to hospital to have teeth removed in order to get a false set, while he was in hospital he contracted a disease and passed away. My whole family, myself included, knew that he was ill. The night before he died I had gone to bed and set my alarm for school the next day, I woke up 45 mins earlier than intended, something I do not do. I cannot explain how but I just knew that he was dead. I got up and went into my mums room and she was on the phone, she was getting the call to say that her father, my granda had passed. I was very close to him.
The third example relates to my father in law, again he was ill for a long time. We had visited him in the hospital during the evening and were discussing things when we came home. It was nearing midnight and I was talking to my fiance I said to him that whatever happend I would be there and he would be ok. Next thing, the phone rang and the hospital were telling us that my father in law had passed.
I'm willing to accept that the 1st and 3rd are coincidences but the 2nd just sticks in my mind as maybe something more.
It came up in conversation tonight and I just wanted to ask your opinions.

[scarygirl67]

I will say this..I had a very similar experience when my grandfather died. I was about ten when it happened...I was in my room reading a book and I looked up and he was there...only for a few minutes but he was there. I knew that was impossible because he was in the hospital after his skull was fractured in a freak bicycle accident. He had been there for many months in a vegetative state. It was probably about fifteen minutes later when my mother came upstairs to say they had just gotten off the phone with the hospital and he had passed away.

I don't know what happened. It may have been a coincidence because I had overheard family discussions saying that he likely was not going to make it. I may have wanted to see him so badly that he appeared to me. The odd thing...years later my cousin and I were reminiscing about him, and without me telling her about my experience..she told me a very similar one that she had as well.

It has stuck with me and it is one of the experiences I had that I have not fully been able to debunk other than the fact that I loved my grandfather and I didn't want him to die. I don't think of it as proof of anything, but it is something that happened that keeps me looking for answers. What I have noticed...the people who talk about these experiences of actually seeing someone often are children. In my opinion, this could be a child's reaction to illness or the possibility of impending death. However, with the timing on many of these accounts I hear..it still leaves a few unanswered questions for me.

Just a suggestion though..it may be that you are focusing on these times. Are there other deaths in the family that you didn't predict? And again, that is just a suggestion. I really appreciate you sharing here and I look forward to others opinions on it.

[Haunted Lady]

It's my own opinion that we as humans tend to lose much of what and who we are intended to be as we move from childhood to adolescence, which is the time we experience much of our mental development. Several things contribute to this transformation process, family, school and social influences are all factors. In all these areas we are taught to communicate our experiences and emotions on a verbal level. Ok, that works in a psychologists office but not always in real life...

The fact is as mammals we have primordial capacity to communicate on an very inscintual level. The way a dog knows their owners are on the way home from clear across town, the way birds flock together to migrate south, the way that entire communities of fish move away from the coming storms...we have the natural ability to receive energy signals from our surroundings and from each other. These are the unspoken receptions of the Earth and our species. Yet the same things that contribute to our development...family, school and social influences also hinder our most basic human qualities and capabilities. In many ways our evolution is our very very distruction as a species.

Some people call it 'psychic', some just say it's a 'hunch'; an ability that we all inherently possess. We were all built with certain instincts, including unspoken communications that we spend our growing years attempting to overcome. Possibly we should think about just being what we are instead of trying to be better than the animals...because we are just another species of animals ourselves.

[Mrs Livid]

Hi,
Thanks for the replies, very interesting.
Scarygirl, the only other death in my immediate family was of an uncle through marriage, we were not close at all. It was easily years since our last meeting but he is the most recent death and one I did not 'predict'
My granda, in particular, I loved very much and was closer to him out of the three. He was always there for me and my family. Going as far back as my memory stretches, so I wonder if perhaps it is because I knew him the best and was the closest to him and so I maybe felt the life and death connection a bit stronger?
Lady Kamae, I completely agree, I think that there is so much of life, if you will, that we are ignorant too now, but that we wholeheartadly accepted as children. Purely because our minds were so much more innocent and we were open to accepting anything no matter how bizarre it may seem now.
Yet we are now told believing in the supernatural or the extraordinary is 'rubbish' and so many people find it harder to accept.
I apologise for the time it has taken me to answer, especially when you both were so quick, I have just been so busy this week.
Thanks again for the replies.

[K2M]

I also have this ability, its not uncommon. I have talked to many people that seem to know of the future. People have asked me if i like knowing this type things, i say, no way. I wish i didnt have this ability, as it can cause a lot of stress.

I have finally accepted who and what i am. The good thing about being intuitive is, i can pick up on bad people very quickly now.

My Mom was in a bad car accident about i month ago and totaled her car. When i got to her and found out that she was not pinned in the car, i opened her door and held her tight, as she thought her shoulder was broken. Mom is now 82, and had just had her third colon surgery in Dec. 2011. I took her pain... she knew what i was doing as i drove her to the hospital. She did not want to go in the ambulance. I hugged her over and over to the point she said it wasnt hurting to badly. Oh boy, was i in terrible pain, but did not tell her for a few days.

Anyway, after all of the scans and x-rays, they told her it was a very bad whiplash, and she would be sore for a while. The seat belt did not affect her insision in her stomach. She is doing well.

I have to be very careful who i touch, who i hug, who i shake hands with. I have also learned to block things somewhat. I even have to be careful who i look at. It all depends on where i am at the time, meaning, my own problems and stress. There are times i am caught off guard, but can usually take care of it....

I moved 6 months ago, as the place i was living became to much for me. It was constant......

[Mrs Livid]

K2M thanks for your response, I have not experienced anything quite so serious as you have and from what I can tell this only happens within my own family and people I am close too.
Relatives of friends have passed without any prior warning to me. Which if I am honest is fine by me, I would not like this to happen with everyone I am close to or friends with. I think that it would be more than I personally could handle.
My perception of people is terrible, I am always the one to give people another chance or believe that thye are good, my other half is much more intuitive and can always tell when people aren't to be trusted. Something I have learnt to listen too, although it took me awhile!