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07 Mar 2011, 2:38 am

I can feel things without touching them, I can run my hand along a desk a few inches above the surface and feel the different items laying on it. I can also tell if someone is in the room with me or is looking at me, I can sense their presence even if I can't see them.

I have a very, very good sense of direction. I never get lost, even in an area I've never been to I rarely use a map. I don't use left or right, I use the direction instead. you couldn't blindfold me and spin around and I'd still be able to find north.

I can see in the dark, I don't own a flashlight because I don't need one.

I can sense even a slight change in air pressure and humidity. for example, I can tell if it going to rain long before the clouds appear, I can tell if someone opens a door just from the change in air pressure and I can smell water is boiling.



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07 Mar 2011, 2:55 am

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I really don't understand what you are trying to say. Doesn't up and down feel different for everybody? Can't everyone tell when they are on a steep slop? I don't get it.


Not in an airplane doing a 30 second turn banked at 50 degrees.

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07 Mar 2011, 6:21 am

ruveyn wrote:
nemorosa wrote:
I really don't understand what you are trying to say. Doesn't up and down feel different for everybody? Can't everyone tell when they are on a steep slop? I don't get it.


Not in an airplane doing a 30 second turn banked at 50 degrees.

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Well, I was talking about under normal circumstances, not special cases such as being subjected centrifugal force. Quite obviously that is a different case entirely. Anyway, I still don't get it.



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07 Mar 2011, 5:13 pm

Humans have ca. 21 different senses, balance is one of them.


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07 Mar 2011, 5:46 pm

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Humans have ca. 21 different senses, balance is one of them.


What are all the others? I can only think of proprioception, sight, hearing, smell, taste, temperature, light touch, firm touch and pain. So all told that's nine. Fewer if you count the last four as "touch."


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08 Mar 2011, 2:53 pm

DandelionFireworks wrote:
Julian94 wrote:
Humans have ca. 21 different senses, balance is one of them.


What are all the others? I can only think of proprioception, sight, hearing, smell, taste, temperature, light touch, firm touch and pain. So all told that's nine. Fewer if you count the last four as "touch."


There's a chart at the bottom of this page:

http://meditation24-7.com/page18/page18.html

I have no idea what it all means, I just found it on a google search.


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08 Mar 2011, 3:39 pm

Most of that makes sense, but I confess I cannot recall ever having thought to myself "gee, what an uncomfortable cerebrospinal fluid pH that is." I'm not sure I've ever felt anything through some of those.


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08 Mar 2011, 9:27 pm

I think I do have some of that knowing which direction I'm facing.

I've also felt for a long time that I have a kind of intuition. Maybe it's just thinking really fast but I'm not always aware of the steps that get me there.



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08 Mar 2011, 11:32 pm

There have been some documented cases of magnetoception in humans.

Now that I think about it, the few times I remember being lost were when I had just been around magnets.



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09 Mar 2011, 1:16 am

DandelionFireworks wrote:
Most of that makes sense, but I confess I cannot recall ever having thought to myself "gee, what an uncomfortable cerebrospinal fluid pH that is." I'm not sure I've ever felt anything through some of those.


I think that's supposed to be like... some kind of possible sense the body has, but not one that the person is consciously aware of. But I am not sure, because it was hard to read all of it.


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09 Mar 2011, 9:33 pm

DandelionFireworks wrote:
Julian94 wrote:
Humans have ca. 21 different senses, balance is one of them.


What are all the others? I can only think of proprioception, sight, hearing, smell, taste, temperature, light touch, firm touch and pain. So all told that's nine. Fewer if you count the last four as "touch."


Time, itching, sexual pleasure, need to excrete, probably several others I've forgotten. Anything you can feel physically is a sense.


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09 Mar 2011, 10:55 pm

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A lot of times I can sense the wheather, like if its going to rain I can feel that....easily. Or like If I am in a building with no windows I can feel if its cloudy, stormy or sunny out. Which I imagine is a bit weird.


The weather has a serious effect on me. I am extremely sensitive to light and can tell when the sun has set even if its cloudy.



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10 Mar 2011, 12:13 am

I feel like this all the time. I think it's all part of the heightened sensory traits. I can always sense when something bad is going to happen, I can tell when I'm getting something important in the post. I can dream about a celebrity or someone who I haven't heard of in years and the next day they're in the paper. My distance hearing is so acute it's annoying, not only to me but to the people I ask why they just said whatever they did about me. Embarrassing or what! I was like this as a child, it's just there, but it is far more noticeable when my anxiety levels are high.

I'm sure a lot of you would think it's rubbish and the ranting gibberish of an over-active imagination but for those who've been with me when it happens they believe 100%.

My sense of direction's good too and you could spin me round and I always know which way north is. Freaky really, innit?

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I'm going to get slated for this aren't I? lol


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10 Mar 2011, 2:09 am

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I feel like this all the time. I think it's all part of the heightened sensory traits. I can always sense when something bad is going to happen, I can tell when I'm getting something important in the post. I can dream about a celebrity or someone who I haven't heard of in years and the next day they're in the paper. My distance hearing is so acute it's annoying, not only to me but to the people I ask why they just said whatever they did about me. Embarrassing or what! I was like this as a child, it's just there, but it is far more noticeable when my anxiety levels are high.

I'm sure a lot of you would think it's rubbish and the ranting gibberish of an over-active imagination but for those who've been with me when it happens they believe 100%.

My sense of direction's good too and you could spin me round and I always know which way north is. Freaky really, innit?

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I'm going to get slated for this aren't I? lol


I believe you, I've had the same things happen to me, though sometimes it IS my imagination, which has a life of it's own... but, I don't think you're crazy. I can just sense when something bad is about to happen, it's hard to describe the feeling, it's almost like I get really anxious feeling (upset stomach, nausea, general nervousness) and then it feels like a invisible hand guiding me... I know that sounds crazy, and there is probably a reasonable explanation for it, but I haven't found one yet. Whatever it is it's saved me from all sorts of trouble and injuries... so who I'm I to complain?

Of course, I also sometimes have dreams (that have always come true) about the future, anywhere from a few months to a few years.... so, there's a good chance I'm actually crazy and therefor not in a position to judge what is and isn't normal.



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10 Mar 2011, 2:59 am

Like OP said I have very good vestibular system and subconciously keep track of north by following known roads in the area. I also have been known to remember places and how to get there after only 1 visit. I also can feel when people I know are around, doesnt happen for all people but i can feel like the atmosphere changed. And my toes are like magnetic towards corners of tables, chairs and doors.



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11 Mar 2011, 1:29 am

MooCow wrote:
Tiffinity wrote:
I feel like this all the time. I think it's all part of the heightened sensory traits. I can always sense when something bad is going to happen, I can tell when I'm getting something important in the post. I can dream about a celebrity or someone who I haven't heard of in years and the next day they're in the paper. My distance hearing is so acute it's annoying, not only to me but to the people I ask why they just said whatever they did about me. Embarrassing or what! I was like this as a child, it's just there, but it is far more noticeable when my anxiety levels are high.

I'm sure a lot of you would think it's rubbish and the ranting gibberish of an over-active imagination but for those who've been with me when it happens they believe 100%.

My sense of direction's good too and you could spin me round and I always know which way north is. Freaky really, innit?

Tiffinity.

I'm going to get slated for this aren't I? lol


I believe you, I've had the same things happen to me, though sometimes it IS my imagination, which has a life of it's own... but, I don't think you're crazy. I can just sense when something bad is about to happen, it's hard to describe the feeling, it's almost like I get really anxious feeling (upset stomach, nausea, general nervousness) and then it feels like a invisible hand guiding me... I know that sounds crazy, and there is probably a reasonable explanation for it, but I haven't found one yet. Whatever it is it's saved me from all sorts of trouble and injuries... so who I'm I to complain?

Of course, I also sometimes have dreams (that have always come true) about the future, anywhere from a few months to a few years.... so, there's a good chance I'm actually crazy and therefor not in a position to judge what is and isn't normal.


The way I sense things is the same general feelings you get and I don't think you or I am crazy. It's quite a nifty gift in a way and I don't mind if there isn't a reasonable explanation really as long as it keeps working for the good. These intuitions have helped a lot of people connected to me as well. I still think it's an 'extra' sensory overload somehow that happens at times of stress and my anxiety just seems to 'fine tune' things a little bit more and give that extra edge. God! I sound doolally, but I know what I mean. :)

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