I have a pretty long story to tell, with not a lot of sense I can make either way of it. My mother always claims she sees spirits, walking around or casually standing there and staring at her. It always gave me the creeps, but I never thought much of it. I thought she was just saying that, as I can imagine some people do.
I'm not going to say I was particularly peculiar as a child; I didn't have odd imaginary friends like some kids, or unusual symptoms. But when I was young, I started having strange things happen. I'd walk into rooms, and get immediate feelings of dread or happiness, or the smell of a perfume; the feeling of a hug. But I thought it was just me.
One day, I saw a man in my garden, dressed in a suit. He looked up at me, and then disappeared into the tree line. I was petrified, but put it down to lack of sleep I was having, mostly because at night I would have dreams in which I was walking around my house, but I was asleep. But I remember it in crystal clarity. I've had similar dreams ever since; me walking down the street, walking through the house, seeing odd things like eclipses and ladders and god knows what.
Flash forward, and nothing changed much. However, in the passed year, suddenly, things are going haywire. I can't stop these dreams; they are constant, symbols and me walking down the corridor of my house, seeing a man or a woman dressed in robes. One night, my pets were freaking out on my bed, my cat began having a fit, and suddenly I heard a noise. Like I was underwater, but I could hear voices speaking. All sorts of voices, just casually talking. And then I felt as though I was being pinned. I was not afraid, in fact, I felt comforted, and I drifted to sleep.
I woke up the next morning with bruises on my arm and my phone screen was cracked. So I did the unthinkable; I called up my friends mother, who is a psychic. I went to her house, and gave her my ring. She then began to tell me that she believed I had this incredible power or something. I'm not sure; I wrote her off as being silly. But I discussed my experiences with her, and she stressed I needed protection, because I had an ability that was too powerful for me to deal with on my own. Apparently I can, I don't know the terminology, but I can experience the psychic world with all of my senses. I'm not sure how much of an achievement that is.
She also stated something about astral projections; that perhaps I really am walking around, and that the damage to my phone was an outbreak of energy from me, not from spirits. There were a bunch of things that we discussed, and she was talking about how she thinks that in a passed life I had a hard time, because I had these abilities but people didn't understand and were afraid, so they wrote me off as insane. Which is pretty deep stuff.
She seemed to think I can do the whole lot; but I'm too young and inexperienced to be able to control it properly. So she told me to go and buy a necklace with hematite in it, to help with that. Reluctantly, I did.
It was the best decision I've made. Every time I take it off, I get something weird happen. Heck, I've started sleeping with the thing on. My guitar plays itself, a nun walks into the room, my drawers open themselves, I smell perfumes and cologne, I feel someone stroke my arm, I have these weird dreams. It's crazy.
Recently, I started taking objects from people and trying myself. I took a jade pendant from my friend, and within an instant I could hear the forest, the birds, the sound of drums, smell the dirt. It was crazy. I hardly believe in this stuff, but now it seems tough not to.
I tried doing readings from one boy; I knew his girlfriend had broken up with him that day. He hadn't told anyone yet. It's insane. But I always keep the necklace on, or at least keep it close by. I never sense anything malicious (I did once in a house but I never went back) but I do have weird sensory experiences, dreams, things break or move or close, or have these odd moments in which I just, I know something. But I don't know how I know.
I know right before someone will say something, or I'll know when someone is sick, even thigh they're far away. I get vibes, feelings, ideas and stuff bouncing off of people all the time. Around people with anxiety or depression, it's physically overwhelming. Once, I was genuinely vomiting. It's insane. It's like I can understand them on a level that just isn't normal.
It's scary, because I'm still trying to make sense of it all. It all seems so crazy. Everything seems to happen at once, like the spiritual world is making one massive attempt to get my attention right now. I was wondering what you all think, and things that have helped you. Is what I'm experiencing quite mainstream, or is this unusual? And are there ways to settle and channel it? Thanks!