Have you ever seen a medium...gotten a "reading"...ect

I am skeptical, but do think some people can communicate in a way that isn’t exactly logical. I think a lot of mediums and things are just really good at reading people’s nonverbal cues.
That being said, if it something that will bring you comfort (regarding your father) and you can afford it and she doesn’t seem like a shyster or someone that preys on people I would go for it. Mostly because we can all tell from your post you want to believe and I do think it might make you feel better and right now who doesn’t need that?

What do you have to lose. If you can afford it why not.
So your either be amazed or you will at least be entertained.

I went to one in Portland, one of those who hung a sign on her house. She told me I'd have 2 children. Well I already had 1 and never had another. Said I'd soon meet the love of my life and by gar, almost 20 years later I did.

On the other hand I experienced 3 vision type things so I do believe gifted people exist. For me, I begged 'the elements' to stop doing that to me.

I posted just a few weeks ago how I had spoken to a medium on the phone. I volunteer with a charity that helps people in crisis or distress. We spoke about his problems for nearly an hour and at the end of the call, he told me some stuff. 
I’ll copy what he said from that post - 

He confirmed that my dad had passed, and then told me he had been born in September. Ok, lucky guess I thought. But then he asked me if my foot was completely healed now - some of you may remember that my foot was paralysed last year following a brain haemorrhage. He said he knew that my mum had also passed, and then told me that my mum had always been the life and soul of the party, while my dad was much more reserved. 100% true! And then he told me she still was! He said the confusion she had before she passed had gone and she was as sharp as a tack once more. Also true. Then he said my mum wanted to thank me for looking after her house so well - I moved back to my mum's house after she died and my marriage broke down. I was well and truly freaked out by this time!

Normally I believe mediums are skilled at picking up on clues from people, and make assumptions based on their age, appearance, etc. But this man knew absolutely nothing about me other than that I was Scottish, and which branch of the charity I was in. You cannot tell my age from my voice, and we very deliberately do not talk about ourselves on calls at all. So he had no clues whatsoever.

Ive seen one two times.

The first time was at a meta-physical festival. I was like 19 or 20. She knew some things, but meh it was underwhelming.

Then I saw one when I was in my early 30s that was a friend of a friend. Omigod that woman KNEW things. I don't give a shit if she was the best bullshitter ever, I left feeling comforted and happy. At first I thought maybe my friend had given her some insider info, but my friend and I hadn't even been friends that long yet and a lot of the stuff the medium told me I had never talked to my friend about. And she knew specifics, not I'm seeing the letter E stuff. She said your Grandpa Ed, which is what I called him. #chills

But all that being said, I'd take it all with a grain of salt. It's fun and interesting.

My DD and I had an appointment over the phone with a medium about a year after a loved one passed. I went into it a somewhat skeptic but came out a true believer.
He knew so many random things. For instance, he knew how the person died, he told me my loved one was saying to get the fireplace I wanted not what my DH wanted. We were in the process of building a house and weren't agreeing on the type of fireplace. He told us that my DGD was working on an art project that was mainly yellow at that very moment. When we came home, she was painting a picture of a piece of yellow cake.

He also told me that he knew I saw Susan that day at the dentist. I could not for the life of me figure out what he was talking about, then it dawned on me that I saw a lady from town that those that "know" her call her by a nickname, but her real name is Susan.

These are just a few things. We had a 45 minute appointment but the medium talked to us and hour and 15 minutes. He said my loved one had a lot to say. <3


Another instance is about a friend of mine from nearly 30 years ago. Unbeknownst to me, she had seen a medium, who told her she would marry someone she knew but it wasn't her current boyfriend. Also that there would be daisies tied to the wedding. Years later on the morning of the wedding I held a brunch for the bride and bridesmaids and my centerpieces were mainly daisies. When she told me, it had chills.

I believe that everyone has a little bit of psychic ability, but some are truly aware and gifted.

I say, go for it! As scrappington, said, what do you have to lose?

I have had several readings over the years, the first being in my 20s. I don't remember much of what this guy told me, but my recollection is that he was pretty accurate. He told me I would have an ongoing hip problem in my later years, and this is absolutely true. Not long after my mother died, when I was in my early 40s, I saw a medium whose claim to fame was communicating with the dead. I don't remember much of what was said except some tidbits about my brother, which expanded my understanding of him and the dynamics of his marriage. The last guy I saw, which was in 2019 was not good.

Having had experiences myself that cannot be explained through the normal human experience, I accept that there is a way of communicating between people and those whose energy has gone to a different place that involves an energy most of us have but have not developed an ability to access. Just as with any endeavor, some people are gifted in that realm, some are not, and some are charlatans. Some are able to give you a full name, some only an initial of a loved one. This sort of inquiry is not rational or logical and people who expect it to be will inevitably be disappointed.

Can you PM me the name/# please?

My mom passed a year ago and I would love to hear from her and find out if we got her wishes right (dementia/strokes that went downhill very fast and she could no longer speak)

I've been to 3 psychics. First two were entertainment only, 3rd was completely unsolicited.

1st was a girl's day out and we popped into a little shop and had total BS readings. I still have the tape, but it was basically a woman making up a story about my past lives.

2nd was at a joint 30th birthday party for me and a friend. Madame Dawn told me that I would have 3 children and a PhD by the time I was 40. None of that has happened. (I never wanted kids. A PhD would be nice, but not on my dime.)

3rd was a woman I used to work with who calls herself intuitive. I work with her husband. She and I went to lunch one day and she asked me what was wrong with my hip. I was shocked-my DH and I had been in a T-bone car wreck years before I met her. I was still having some pain and nerve issues. She told me to go to a different chiropractor for a while. I did and that's where I discovered my L5 vertebrae was fractured, but healed in a forward position, pressing on nerves. The chiro fixed me up and I no longer have pain! The intuitive also told me that I should not be so invested in my job, because my job didn't love me back. It definitely changed some things for me. She could not have known how much I needed to hear from her!

I've had 3 readings in about the last 5 years. They were on my bucket list because I am a huge sceptic and, for fun, I wanted to see if anyone could surprise me. I am an 'if science can't prove it then it can't be happening' sort of person.

The first was in the medium's home. It was spooky! Dark, cobwebs, cats, overgrown garden. My DIL said she would have run a mile if I had not been with her. We joked the woman probably had a bank of computers in the other room where she checked up on people but she had no idea who we were from the appointment. All she knew was my DIL's first name and there was no information she could have checked out beforehand. She was a palmist and tarot reader. The dynamic between us was amazing. I felt she had known me all my life and pretty much lived with me, she was telling me things from my past that I had all but forgotten about. The cards were for the future and the reading was more general; what she told my DIL was much more applicable to her. We both enjoyed it and left on a high and would go back.

The second was a Facetime call with a man who did shows where he would pick people out of the audience. He had stopped the shows (which were excellent, I'd been to two) and was offering phone readings. He had cancelled twice through illness and I was getting more sceptical but he did ring as arranged on the third time. lesley, I'm half wondering if this was the man you spoke with as I am aware he'd had bad times. His first name begins with L? Anyway, to say he was spot on about things he would not have had a clue about from anything online is an understatement. He would say things like "You know A..., You know B... they need to take care of xyz (specific health problem only diagnosed a few weeks beforehand)" He was right about everything. He never once asked for information other than yes or no responses. My DIL and I left the call after nearly an hour convinced he had had specific deceased members of my family there with him! The way he spoke to me and about me was exactly like a particular relative would speak. Again, DIL and I both enjoyed it and ended the call on a major high. It was 3 years ago and I still feel good when I think about it. I would speak with him again.

The 3rd was a woman DIL had been wanting to see for some time but she kept cancelling on us. Eventually we got an appointment and I didn't take to her at all. What she told me was general and, in the main, wrong. None of the names or events applied to me. If anything, this woman WAS one who could have been given information about me by the woman who had rented out the room to her. I wouldn't waste my money on her again.

So my conclusions - I don't know if my scepticism has been overcome but I have no clue how the middle one could have been so totally accurate. I know there is information that could have been found online but not what he was telling me. He was telling me personal things like stuff that happened in my kitchen that wouldn't warrant a comment anywhere other than between me and the other person. If he was just very good at reading something into yes and no answers and body language - over Facetime! - then he was worth the money in entertainment value alone. The first one was either aware of things or could just read me like a book but the dynamic between us was amazing. Had I gone to the last one first, I'd have been certain they were all charletans and not bothered with the others!

Just want to tell kind of a funny medium story that happened to a friend: she was with her sister at one of our Connecticut casinos and a lady randomly walked up to them and said: "Listen, you're going to think I'm nuts but please just hear me out. Your husband is driving me crazy and he won't leave me alone until I tell you that he's really proud how you handled the leak in the ceiling. He knows it was really hard for you to deal with these things with him gone and he's really proud of you." Then she looked up and said "Okay? Now leave me alone!" and walked away.

And every word of it was true - she had lost her husband a few months before, there was a leak in the ceiling and she had to deal with contractors etc... and had never had to cope with those kinds of things and was very stressed about it.

I had my palm read in New Orleans years ago. Nothing exciting or worrisome was reveled.

I didn't seek out a Medium. However, in 1969 I was in a summer school program with about 30 other teachers. We were all hanging out one night and one of the men began to tell us that he often had premonitions or could sense something about people. He was always telling some crazy stories and we had nicknamed him Walter for Walter Mitty. Anyway, he told one of the others something about her (or maybe it was a man)...anyway whatever he said the other person said it was true. So I insisted that he tell me something about myself. He really, really didn't want tell me anything but finally told me my husband was with another woman that night and the woman had a long cigarette holder. He then told me that I would have 3 sons.

My husband (at the time) was with a woman with a long cigarette holder that night. (a very unique fact)
When I married current husband, he had 2 sons. We had a son together--so 3 sons.