I love writing fun, friendly posts, but today I want to talk about something serious. I hope this post brings a little bit of love and understanding to those souls who need it.
Years ago I read a theory that intuition and psychic ability may be heightened in people who have been abused. (I’d love to give credit to the source of this idea, but it was so long ago that I can’t remember where I read it.)
If you think about it, you’ll see that this theory makes so much sense. If you were (or are) the victim of abuse and are having trouble embracing your intuitive gifts, having this awareness might help.
Why Would Abuse Increase Psychic Ability?
If you’ve ever been the victim of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, you know the feeling of walking on eggshells.
If the abuse took place in the home, you remember the feeling of your stomach tightening up into knots as you walked home from school or drove home from work. You may recall having a feeling of always being “on alert”.
In an abusive environment, your physical and intuitive senses become heightened.
In order to survive, victims of abuse unknowingly learn to “sense” the mood and energy of their abuser and environment.
(Note: While abusers can be men or women, I’m using the pronoun “he” in the following examples.)
You take notice of the physical:
He’s quiet today. I’ve seen that look on his face before. I’m going to try to make myself invisible so he doesn’t blow up at me.
You also begin to rely on your intuitive feelings.
Your intuition tells you:
Things don’t feel right today. The air in the room feels heavy and tense. I can sense his mood is off today. My gut tells me to stay quiet and in the other room.
Without even realizing it, you are relying on the psychic ability of clairsentience (intuitive sensing and feeling).
Intuition Isn’t Suppressed in an Abusive Environment
Intuition is a natural thing. All living things, including animals, are intuitive.
You’ve probably seen a cat or dog run away from someone who doesn’t “feel” good. Animals sense that energy and trust their intuitive feeling. They don’t question it.
In our world, most of us are taught to suppress our intuition and rely on thinking and logic instead.
But in an abusive situation, intuition isn’t suppressed. Why? Because it’s instinctively used as a survival and coping mechanism.
Your Sixth Sense Strengthens
Psychic ability and intuition work a lot like muscles – the more you use them, the stronger they become. And since victims of abuse rely on their intuition so often, it’s easy for them to have heightened psychic ability.
A little girl who is abused by a parent may be much more in touch with her intuition than a little girl who is living in a loving home.
- One girl has to sense and feel things about people and environments to survive.
- The other girl relies more heavily on her parents to tell her which situations and people are safe.
When she walks out the door of her home and goes to school, it’s easy for the first girl to get a “feel” for people and situations. She learns that some people feel like kind, loving people – and others do not.
This little girl is developing the psychic abilities clairsentience (feeling the emotions of others), being an empath, and claircognizance (a sense of knowing).
She may also feel like she has a “little voice” inside that guides her. That little voice is her intuition speaking to her, and she is developing her clairaudience (psychic hearing).
Is there a blessing here?
Intuition is the way in which your Higher Self (also known as your soul) communicates with you. Did you know that?
So maybe – just maybe – one blessing that came from your abusive situation was the relationship you were able to develop with your own spiritual self… having a connection with your TRUE essence – your soul.
It’s been on my heart to write this post for a long time. It breaks my heart when people feel like they are abnormal because of their psychic gifts. I hope this has landed gently with your heart and soul.
If you’d like to learn more about intuition, please read the following posts:
This is such a wonderful post, Jessica! I love the blend of compassion and wisdom – the two key ingredients of all the best dishes! Super wonderful! xox, Reba
Thank you so much, Reba <3
So thoughtfully written, Jessica. There definitely seems to be a correlation here. Above all, I love how you are able to find the blessing in even the most horrific situations. (I was just talking to some people earlier today about the hidden gifts of illnesses — and how they might even heighten intuitive abilities. Your post seems to fit right in with these experiences.) Thank you for sharing from your heart…once again! <3
Thank you so much, Dan. Oh yes, I can definitely relate to the correlation between illness and intuition as well! The still, small voice serves us well <3
Beautiful ♡ I was in an abusive relationship and yes my instincts my soul always communicated with me. I knew I had to leave , be quite, still, not speak, and my soul had enough. I gained strength and left, even after leaving I always trusted my gut I instincts
Thank you so much for the comment, Tammy. I can relate to the be quiet and still <3 I'm so glad your soul helped guide you. - Jessica
Thank you for voicing this.
I always felt it was true. Stating ones own strengths in ones own voice often leads to being victimized again. Also stating blessings from ones own situation leads others to misplaced judgement and victimization.
It feels good to see it accepted.
Thank you for the thoughtful comment, Roni. <3
Wow, Jessica – I had never thought about it that way, but it is so totally true. People learn to rely on “feeling” the atmosphere when their safety and well-being depend on it. Sad, but true.
Well written.
Thank you, Sue. I know a lot of people wonder WHY they are so intuitive. And many of them that I talk to do come from an abusive background. It’s so interesting the way our intuition kicks in to protect us. <3
Hey!! I have written on the very same topic. :) loved it.
Ooh, I’ll have to check out your post. I’ve been trying to remember and I think it might have been an OLD Sylvia Browne book that mentioned abuse and psychic ability. Definitely seems to be a connection. <3
Yes, you nailed it! I went through a very difficult time as an adult once I was told why I was hearing and seeing all the things I was, which was because I was a medium. There are 100’s of sources if not 1000’s of religious sources that simply tell you that being a medium good or bad that did not speak to me at all because I was raised in an alcoholic home with sexual abuse where there was absolutely no religion. I finally came across a scientific approach to psychic and medium ability that was like a needle in a haystack. It was the first abuse connection I read. I truly had no clue why someone with a past such as mine would be in a position to help people heal until I read the abuse/psychic connection. I then realized it would be impossible not to have my abilities because there was one other connection on the list which was a traumatic head injury- which I had also. I not only embrace my gifts now I enjoy them and use them to help and heal others.