I'm A Crystal Child. Now What?

I just discovered, a few weeks ago, that I'm a Crystal Child.

Now I understand why I'm so sensitive to noise, light, feelings, voices, anything; why I'm so attracted to precious stones, and water; why I can hear other people's thoughts; why I'm so overwhelmed when I'm with too many people, and need to be alone in nature for a time after that; why children, especially young children and babies, come to me, and stop crying when they're handed over to me; why I seem to be able to communicate with my pets. Now I have the answer to the questions my friends would ask me all the time: why are you so sensitive? How come your eyes are so weird, and big and thoughtful? Why is there such a mysterious feeling about you? How come you always heal SO fast?

I always laughed when they said that, and told them they were silly, or simply didn't answer, because I didn't know what the answer was.

Now I do. I'm a Crystal Child. But now what?

There are lots of pages on the internet that explain what to do with an Indigo Child. My sister is an Indigo, so that's fine for her; we're looking up stuff for her at the moment. But what about me? What are you supposed to do when you're a Crystal? How can I tell my friends about it? They're quite skeptic about anything psychic, and they'll probably just think I'm putting up a show and trying to make myself feel special (they already had to hear all about my other experiences - read my other stories). I do feel special about this - but more than anything, I don't know what to do about it! It's as if someone gave an Ancient Roman an iPod; he would be flattered and glad, but he would have no idea of what to do with it!

Like I said, I heal very fast, much faster than anybody I know. Once, I had an accident where most of the skin came off both my knees and my hand, and I was supposed to have bandages for the next month or two (yes, it was quite serious). I got the bandages off after only a week and a half! Now I read on internet that I can also heal other people; I've noticed I can, but not as well as I can heal myself. I would really, really like to be able to heal them well; especially since I can feel their pain as well as they can. How can I?

Also, talking of pain and feelings, I am highly, HIGHLY empathetic. The problem is, because of that, it is very difficult for me to be with more than two other people at a time. Even two is difficult. I don't want to completely shut out other people's emotions, because it's very useful - like that I can say the right thing to them, and not do things they don't want me to do, and so on. But it's very annoying that I get completely submerged by their emotions. Also, because of that, I can't make decisions easily, at all. I don't want to hurt other people, but when I have to choose between two things, like going to the cinema with Manon or to the pool with Victor, I just can't choose! And then I end up disappointing not only one of them, but both, because I end up going to neither. So how can I learn to control this empathy?

Also, maybe because of being a Crystal, I attract spirits and ghosts. I know one of my spirit guides very well, and can even see other people's sometimes. But why? Why is it I can do this? And what am I supposed to do about it? Is it supposed to be, like, useful for me in the future, or something?

I just feel completely lost and overwhelmed at the moment. I don't know what to think about this Crystal Child thing. Of course, I'm very glad I've found an answer to so many questions, but that answer arouses so many more questions! Any explanations, or ways to control my abilities, or even just reassuring would be nice:)

Thank you for reading.