Not sure

[John]

Not sure if this goes here or anywhere for that matter . . . .

My son Sean [13 y/0] came home from school the other day and was telling me that he had been thinking that one of his friends 'Bill' {Not his real name} was not at school today 'cause he was sick. Later at lunch he asked some of 'Bill's' other friends about him. They said he was not at school today 'cause he was sick.

I've had experiences like this through out my life where I 'just know' things are going to happen or what answers someone will give. Doesn't happen often and I don't 'try' to guess about things either. I had always thought this was a result of 'ptsd' from childhood, but it looks like it's not. > > >

I made the mistake of sharing this with DW who immediately dismissed it as something else and quickly changed subjects.

[misty]

John, sounds like ESP. While many people discount ESP as something that can't possibly b e true, I firmly believe we all have "the 6th sense" and that some people develop it & some don't. I'm not talking about the charlatans you see on TV commercials late at night, but just an ability to know things you have no other explanation for knowing.

My Grandma had a strong sense of ESP. She could tell you when the phone was gonna ring & who'd be on the other end, she knew when something unexpected was gonna come in the mail & when something good or bad was gonna happen to someone in the family (even people she hardly ever saw).

My daughter has it too. She knows details of things my hubby & I discuss when she's not even home!

I wouldn't worry about it. I think its a real sense that develops stronger in some people, but it doesn't seem to hurt anything. I think its a gift!

[jj]

Well, I'm one of those nay-sayers about ESP but I won't go there. LOL.....Really, don't you think if a kid isn't in school chances are he is sick and especially this time of year with all the colds and flu. I say that was a logical conclusion or lucky guess.

I might add, I think the mistake people make in thinking they have some sort of ESP is because they only look at the times they are right and not the times they are wrong. If you scientifically study this I think you'd find there is nothing to it. And many times it is just a logical deduction Dr. Watson. Hee hee.

[misty]

I agree, JJ. That said, My grandmother was never wrong. it was kind of eerie, but I wanted so BAD to have it too. But I don't...I accept that now. LOL

[jj]

This could become a huge debate and I sure don't want it to become that so I'll just leave it at this: I personally think everything can be explained logically and I believe the brain will remember the things we get right but doesn't really want to remember the things we get wrong - to put it simply - although it is much more complex than that.

I do find this an interesting topic and if this were a debate board I'd be going at it full steam. But since we are on an ADHD board I'll just control my impulses.

[crazyhouse]

John I have to say I understand the gut feeling you might be feeling. When I have those horrible feelings about something that does not sit well in my stomach and I get them on a regular basis. I sit back and let it play out before I stick my neck out. Unless I really know the person and am close with them. If that is the case I explain my gut instinct with that friend. I believe in ESP but I can't bring your hopes up or let your hopes fall. I also believe it is something that is so graceful that there is no way I could ever posess it. My advice is don't get your stress levels up over the situation, until the situation becomes a stressful one. Good Luck

[jfla]

I have these types of experiences since about the time I was a teenager ,I think. I've had dreams where it would happen the next day (including places or things I had never seen before), flashes of visual images of what someone was thinking, or just knowing what they were going to say before they say it. I'm not talking about things that you "think" they might say. It is a strong sense of just knowing something that comes out of the blue. Sometimes I get impatient with it because I need to wait for the person (usually my husband) to finish what he is saying before I answer. It isn't guessing, it's just a strong sense of knowing kind of thing. I wait out of politeness and the thought that maybe he will say something else. I usually don't talk about the novelty of these occurrences... it just happens. Some of my dad's relatives were like this.

[John]

:(Thanks for the INput . . . I'm nOt an e.s.p. believer also {Except if it's for an Extra Slice of Pie ~ Hee.hee}

I was just curious if it's a brain thing (liKe Left Brain/Right Brain) interaction . . . Ummm, does that even make any since ~

No Worrries, Mate ! LOL

[jfla]

Rambling thoughts:
hmmm...rightbrain/left brain, in families...genetic disposition for it? A psychologist once said that I'm sensory oriented (he said 10% of the population); I think visually much of the time and am surprised that others don't think visually in certain circumstances. When I used to interpret Spanish into Mexican sign language, I really didn't understand what was spoken until I physically signed it...weird.

[John]

WoW, JFLA, that's really cOOlL ~ I saw on the telly about this guy who was Autistic who saw Numbers as Colours ! He showed some painting of different 'numbers' he saw ~