Vibe, thank you for your reply! Yes I do feel things deeply and often 'pick up' information or 'see' things in my mind's eye spontaneously. Some people think this is delusional but lots of people don't, and it seems to run in my family. It's not part of my diagnosis--delusions. I have recurring major depression w/PTSD, a common dual diagnosis. Delusions are not part of it.

It's taken many years for me to just accept these things about me as valuable and real. I just take it as it is and if a therapist or anyone else laughs about it or ridicules it I just ignore it. We live in a time and a culture that thinks only the material is real. That's the REAL delusion. Although I do know people make this stuff up and some really are delusional. All of this is true at the same time. Doesn't mean what I experience isn't important to me in some way or genuine.

Thanks for the affirmation. It's really helpful just to know someone else has this place thing going on. I wonder how many people experience this and are just afraid to say? It's like we're all trained out of being open to that kind of thing. THen if it happens, we feel crazy.

All the best to you.