Well...first off...I'm a newbie hehe I joined this forum because I've been having a problem lately and I need help...at home I rarely sleep anymore because I've been seeing things in the shadows and hearing people talking...some times screaming and when I fall asleep, I wake up scratched and bruised around my body. Ever since I was little I have been able to see people and things around me others didn't notice. About a year ago I had met someone who encountered the same expirences as me. We've been really close friends since then but she has moved away and the ghosts, if you may, have been really bad...I hardly sleep anymore and I'm terrified to be by myself. Has anyone else had any expirence like this?

Sorry to hear you have been having such a rough time and not sleeping, but I can understand why. Gosh that would be frightening.

You mentioned this has happened since you were a child so then it's not something that is linked only to where you live? Do the people you see seem to be trying to get your attention (do they notice you) or are they moving about in a manner that suggests they are oblivous to you being there? What sort of things are they saying? Have you tried telling/asking them to leave? Not sure that will do anything but worth the try? Whenever I am having a troubled night or feelings of unease (day or night) I always surround myself with white light and say little prayers and ask for God, my guide and the angels to protect me. It has worked. However if you have the gift of sight it may take a little more then that.

My sister knows a fellow that has always seen people that others can't see and it became very bothersome to him, so he seeked guidance from others with the sight to learn how to control it or close it off. It helped him and now he's started channeling messages which is turning this into something positive. If you keep a small night light on does that help? It helped him some as it seemed to always increase in the dark. And just to add to the misery - our eyes can also start playing tricks in the dark when your mind is reeling or feeling frightened so this can help to at least eliminate that little bit. =)

Thanks for the help. The night light thing is a great tip. Sometimes they notice me, other times it's like i'm not around. When i was little it was like...seeing someone on the first glance and then looking back and they were gone...but now it's getting worse. The tend to scream my name or say somthing that's hard to make out. It starts really quiet then grows to an unbarable level. Lately i can just hear mild chatter like someone has left a tv on in another room but too far away to make out what they were saying. I appreciate the tips and I will try them.

This may seem to be a little stupid, but it sounds as if it actually may help. If you have not seen the movie "The Sixth Sense", then you should watch it. It may be the same problem he had, and since they are screaming your name, I might say it probably is. They may want you to help them. Or, maybe, becasue you have the sight, they might just like being noticed, so you may try asking them (not telling them) to stop. I agree with Cat, too, the nightlight idea seems like it may work. Also, try to find other people with the sight, hthey can support you, as they know what you are going through. When I found out that I had psychic abilities, I felt like an outcast, but I found others like me, and also friends who think of my gift as what it is... a gift. This helped a great deal, and it will help you, too.

The Sixth Sense is a very good movie and I agree Spiritseeker this sounds much like that.

I do have to say though that telling is also required. However telling in a nice way. If you only simply ask "would you please leave me alone" the answer may well be No. It's important to state what you want and expect. For example - "I do not want you to bother me at night as I need sleep so please save your visits for the daytime." or "I do not know what you are trying to tell me so please stop calling out my name". or "If you continue to keep me up at night I will not listen to you".

I called my sis to ask more questions about the guy she knows that has the gift of sight (he struggled with it for a long time, spooked him a lot as he wld see ppl day and night). Sometimes they would tell him things that he would understand and other times he could not make sense of it. She told me of this one time he was having lunch with a friend and his friends new girlfriend (first time he had met her as they just started dating) and during lunch he kept seeing this lady standing behind the girl. At first the lady was making hand gestures (like charades) trying to tell him something and then he started to hear her (in his mind). I guess this carried on for a bit and didn't stop until he told the girl the messages that he was given. My sis could only recall the one, which was that he needed to tell her that she must stay in school (university) and not give up. You can imagine how startled she was to have him say this out of the blue like that when he knew nothing about her. Not knowing what to say he simply stated the truth and told her about the lady standing behind her (he described her) and what she was saying. Well lunch ended abruptly after that as the girl became very upset. I guess he had just described her Mom who had passed away not long ago. He found out later that the girl in fact was planning on dropping out (his friend didn't even know this).

That was one of the first times he had opted to share with a stranger like that so with the reaction that came it took some time before he started to share things again. He would also get messages that he wasn't sure what they meant but whoever was coming through wouldn't stop until he passed it on. My sister's father-in-law (passed away) kept coming to him in dreams and showing him a key in a lock (3 nights in a row) so he shared that with my bro-in-law. As it turns out my BnL's elderly Mom was forgetting to take her key out of the door after coming home, so the door was not secure when she would go to sleep.

As I had mentioned he ended up finding a mentor who has helped him to develop his gift, learn how to interpret the messages and to close it off etc. Before he found someone he even flew to NY to attend a John Edwards show in hopes of speaking with him and getting help with how to control/stop it. He has gotten to the point now that he has started to do readings for others even though he is still learning, which is such a blessing. I know that one of the things he needed to learn to do was to tell those coming through the guidelines so to speak.

I have a reading booked with his mentor actualy (not till Oct) and plan to down the road ask him for one as well. Funny how things work as it was my sis-in-law (hubby side) that found this lady medium who she had an amazing reading with. When she told us about the reading she mentioned that the lady was presently mentoring a fellow as well. When I heard his name I thought what are the odds but sure enough it's the same guy my own sis knows.

Silent spirit I hope you can find someone that can help you with this, so you can learn to close it off, if that is what you want, or to further develop it. I will try and find out more information for you in the meantime if I can. I will also ask a few questions for you when I meet with the lady that will be doing my reading in October. =)

Spiritseeker - do you experience the same thing?

Also, I forgot to add. I experiance deja vu quite often. On average, twice a day.