Am I Slowly Developing My Psychic Abilities?

I have just recently found out that I am a clairsentient empath of some sort. I have the ability to sense, understand and feel peoples emotions and their energies. Ever since this discovery I have been more aware of everything that is around me.

I can see auras and vibrations coming off of everything around me; this includes animals, humans, and inadament objects. I sometimes see orbs of some sort and what I didn't know is that I have always had this type of ability since I was little. I don't quite remember when I started realizing this, but I guess you can say I have always been psychic.

I am also sensing that something is following me around; I have just recently spoke to one of my friend about it and we decided to contact both spirits that are following both of us. He was going to speak to his follower through me as a medium, and I was going to do the same with him. Unfortunately, nothing went according to plan; As we were walking down the back warehouses we both noticed lights flickering as we walked passed them. He mentioned that it has to do with our spirits following us and interfering with the electrical impulses coming off of them. We were coming close to our destination and we both heard breathing; at first, I thought it was him breathing in my ear, but he claimed to have heard it too. We finally sat down on a bench and them something extraordinary happened; I am not sure how to explain this; but apparently the spirit that was following me around talked to me through my friend who was sitting right next to me smoking. It said "Don't contact me!," My friend finally figured out what was following me and told me that there is a guardian angel following me. There is also a reason as to why we can't contact it; one reason is because if you look at an angels face it will blind you; at least that is what he said.

We ended up not doing anything and I walked back on home; I was walking by a lamp post and it started flickering again. I was with my boyfriend at the time and one of the lights burned out when I walked past it.

The same thing happened the next day but unfortunately it wasn't as powerful as it was the day before.

Here is the thing; I do fear losing my ability, and I want to know if this is me slowly developing some sort of clairvoyant ability or does this only happen when I am with my friend? I can sort of sense that I have slowly developing my ability but at the same time I fear losing it.

I don't want it to die down; I do have control of my empathic ability but I don't want to lose it altogether. I also want to know if I do have some sort of extrasensory ability how do I develop it? I can sense spirits and I pick up energies around me, but how can I make this ability a part of me?