| The topic of psychic dependency being both | | | | it can cause both from a psychic and a client |
| compelling and dangerous is one close to my heart. | | | | perspective? |
| This is because psychic practitioners not only can rely | | | | I believe that psychics do not need to see a client |
| indirectly on your need for information but can also | | | | more than at absolute most three times a year for a |
| feed the danger if they do not separate their ego and | | | | full reading to cover off all the issues. An accurate and |
| professionalism from their own deep personal needs | | | | quality psychic will give undiluted information to a client |
| when delivering information to you. | | | | and then respects the client's decision in how to |
| I believe that many self-proclaimed psychics have | | | | manage the situation. |
| discovered and learned their craft through trauma. | | | | Good psychics recognize dependency when a client |
| Now this on its own is of little importance unless it | | | | cannot make a decision - on every topic in their life - |
| becomes coupled dangerously with a psychic's sense | | | | without consultation with them. An honest psychic will |
| of self and purpose and runs out via their ego. When a | | | | know that this person needs more than psychic |
| person, in general, is attached to and dependent on | | | | guidance and may need some possible counselling |
| whom they want to be presented as being (as | | | | assistance as there are greater issues at play with |
| opposed to whom they really are) and they are also | | | | them. |
| inflexible to understand that in time their level of | | | | As a client, you will know you have dependency when |
| professionalism needs to grow and develop rather | | | | you feel COMPELLED to voice all your thoughts, |
| than be reliant on the same old tricks, this can become | | | | actions and non-actions to your psychic before you |
| a fatal combination and draw in others who share their | | | | ever take action. Have you ever felt panic before your |
| dependency. | | | | decision making because you no longer feel you can |
| I always remember a visit to a psychic we'll call 'Barry | | | | make decisions without a third party instruction? |
| from Bankstown' on one of my random trips back | | | | This becomes very dangerous when psychics feel |
| home to Sydney a few years ago. I decided to be | | | | compelled to be always sprouting their intuition and |
| one of the girls for the day and also get a reading, so | | | | words to all who come in contact with them - in social |
| the group sent me in first! This way they could see my | | | | situations, privately and at work. You will know it is |
| reaction and decide if they wanted to go as well. | | | | dangerous as a client when you no longer feel you |
| 'Barry from Bankstown', as we now fondly call him, | | | | have any CAPACITY to action your decisions. |
| came out in a black jumpsuit, with high collar, big belt | | | | Beware if your psychic has your number on speed dial |
| and little red devils on it to announce that he was | | | | and is always offering advice and if you have their |
| booked out weeks in advance and that we were | | | | number on your speed dial and are always asking. |
| lucky to have secured an appointment so quickly. | | | | Some tips to avoiding psychic dependency include: |
| When I went in, 'Barry' asked me to shuffle the tarot | | | | 1. Go in to your psychic with specific areas you want |
| cards and as I was doing this I was amazed at how | | | | covered and ask the questions - do not give the |
| much paraphernalia he had in his little booth in the | | | | background to the question. This way they cannot |
| crystal shop where he was based. I've never seen an | | | | assume what is happening and build from it. |
| array like it - crystals, devil ornaments, third eye | | | | 2. Go to your reading with the expectation that each |
| ornaments and other weird and wonderful talismans. | | | | and every psychic reads very differently and no way |
| Then he asked me what my seven worst worries | | | | is wrong as such - just different. However, if you feel |
| were that he could sort for me - I thought it an odd | | | | that someone is overwhelmingly negative - work with |
| thing to ask as I had never seen this approach before. | | | | your instincts on that. |
| So I responded that I loved my life but was here | | | | 3. Go to your reading having asked about how the |
| because I was curious about anything that may come | | | | psychic reads, when they first learned to read, what |
| in from my Guides. At this point he got very annoyed | | | | they love about their work and what is the benefit is |
| as I challenged him on the need for so much negativity | | | | of seeing this particular type of reader over any other. |
| and, a few insults later about his belief that women are | | | | If the psychic replies anything along the genre of 'I love |
| unable to be intuitive, he ultimately told me to get out | | | | to help people and it is my mission in life to do so' - |
| as he was very busily booked and only needed people | | | | RUN. It is not their mission. A psychic's mission is to |
| who had 'real issues for him to work out!' | | | | simply be a conduit for Spirit and be good and honest |
| Now this may seem a bit out of the ordinary - yet in | | | | about it. The outcome is the clarity and help it offers |
| fact it is not. He was simply much more extreme than | | | | people. |
| the usual, run of the mill, helpful psychics attached to | | | | Finally, when you walk into a psychic, reader, medium, |
| their identity. | | | | clairvoyant or whatever else you wish to title them, |
| As I thought of all the talismans in 'Barry's' little | | | | and they know so much about you because you are |
| cupboard I could clearly see how he both preyed on | | | | there all the time, then stop. Why? I believe that once a |
| and worked with people's fears and dependency. You | | | | psychic gets to know you very well their capacity to |
| see, living in that area are many foreigners who | | | | tune in becomes redundant to some degree. And the |
| believe in the power of the evil eye, will want curses | | | | question of a psychic's practical knowledge dictating |
| and such removed and will have terrible (or so | | | | the information given to you versus their talent dictating |
| perceived) secrets that they need to discuss for | | | | the information needs to be asked. |
| clarity. 'Barry' simply honed in on them and marketed | | | | So if you do feel dependent on a psychic how do you |
| himself both physically and emotionally to cater to | | | | know when your guidance from them has run its |
| them. Thus, he fed people's fears which generated | | | | course? The answer is simple. A good psychic will let |
| dependency and also could dangerously influence the | | | | you know when you no longer need to present to |
| decisions these clients were making. | | | | them as you now must go and live the information and |
| So how do we recognize dependency and the danger | | | | guidance given to you. The other types do not. |