While this may be controversial, I, from experience, know these things exist, and if one has the gifts, they can be a great boon in the quest to defend others. While I can explain most of this, it would take almost a novel, so what I am going to tell you is this...

There is energy all around us, and many psychic abilities come from an awareness to this energy. Many people who are aware to it can feel this energy or sometimes even see people's auras, which tell their personality and what they are feeling at the moment, among other things. Many can even read thoughts.

My point is thus, I want to know how many of you here have "gifts" and do you use them at all in your line of work as a RL superhero.

My gift? I can feel energy to some extent, can know if a person is good, bad, what they are feeling ect.. without even knowing or speaking to them(and I don't mean reading their faces/body, I mean instantaneously knowing as via intuition.), and while this sounds crazy, I can actually manipulate and outright control the minds of other people to make them like and follow me. I also can heal, but that's magic, which is a different subject all together.

So, call me a crackpot now, if you wish, and anybody with abilities, tell me how if at all do you use them, if they are useful to you, ect...

hey, i don't think i have a gift but i do believe in what your saying because it's the same for me

i can feel people, i am a litle bit able to move thing without touching them...just a little bit

i do know when someone is coming or is near me, i can feel there feeling, i don't know if it's a ''gift'' all in itself because everybody can do it they just don't know it.

I've only told a few people, but I have an ability. It's a passive trait that effects probability. Extremely unlikely things frequently occur around me, and to my benefit. It's much more complicated than that, but even I don't fully understand it yet.

its good to know i'm not alone .i can write a lot of books on this subject.after all i am a master of metaphysical arts.i have even beaten death myself.

Anyone that responds and says that they have power and ability, doesn't really. People with real abilities, don't participate in such threads. Polling people will only bring out individuals that want very badly to have abilities.

That sounds pretty closed-minded. I've definitely seen examples of the people you're describing, but you can't just group everyone together. I mean you basically just called us liars. I'm offended...

I've had a revelation in my two week absence. I have come to realize that I was talking more than I was walking. I have taken time and thought to begin planning the proper steps on my own path.

I believe that all Meow meant was that if people really had these supernatural abilities and superpowers, they would not be talking about them on a thread on a forum. Rather, they would be out properly utilizing them for good. It's good to posit conjecture, but we should always attempt to speak from experience, or not speak at all.

I am not attacking or defending, merely stating an unbiased take on what Meow said from my own personal experience.

Well honestly, the reason I'm not too worried about admitting I have an ability is because it doesn't aid me in my journey to becoming a RLSH. It's passive. You can't control serendipity. Besides... if the human race ever evolved any new special abilities, do you really think we'd get full control of them right off the bat? Or do you think it'd be more likely that like most evolutionary mutations, it would have to develop over generations and prove useful to our survival before we ever gained control of something like that?

I used to be the most cynical, pessimistic, negative and skeptical person you'd ever meet. The only thing I believed in was myself. But you know, after you see a pig fly enough times, you have to start believing maybe some pigs can fly.

Evolution happens slowly. And to get back on topic, I am curious as to what you mean by your "ability." Would you mind elaborating just exactly what this serendipitous supernatural strength does for you?

The unlikely event can be good, happening "just in time" or right when I need it. It can also be bad, against my wishes, but where one door closes, another one opens, and I am lead to something greater. Either way, I benefit from the unusual occurrence. Occasionally the event might not have an immediate benefit, but will instead set off a chain of events that wont come to fruition for years. Sometimes the event could seem insignificant, but will later be revealed to be of the utmost significance.

I also see blatantly symbolic images or signs that prove useful in many ways. Some act as warnings, while others reaffirm and substantiate current beliefs or themes in my life. Often times they provide vague, metaphorical answers to questions that have been tumbling around in my head. Sometimes they appear in my dreams as premonitions... short black and white subliminal "commercials" in between my dream sequences. Weeks or months later, those subliminal tid-bits actually happen to me, which often prompts me to yell "Déjà vu!" and startle my friends.

You might say "Oh you're just delusionally optimistic." or "Pfft you just have apophenia..." But you'd be wrong. What ever it is, its made my life better than I could have ever imagined. I don't take it for granted. I don't try to control it. I simply watch it unfold, and remain grateful that so many miracles happen in my life. That's why I want to be a RLSH. I don't care about the glory or attention. I just want others to feel the same way I do every day. If I can achieve that by putting on a uniform and patrolling the neighborhood, prepared to do what is right in every situation, then you better believe I'm doing it. I want to be living proof that miracles do happen. Nobody will ever be able to convince me otherwise.

I think we all have inherent empathic ability. We tend to reflect the emotions of those around us naturally. It's the reason a mob can be dangerous. Normal, rational people get lost in the swell of emotion and behave differently than they might otherwise. I wouldn't call it a super power, but it's something that could be utilized to ones advantage when they understand it and know how to guide the other person's emotions by manipulating their own.

I don't mean to offend anyone.
But there are alot of people that believe that they have abilities and do not.

If I am thinking about my mother and then she calls me, do I have abilities? Or was it merely coincidence? Abilities can't really be fact-checked unless you're going to test people.

I am leery of people who say they have abilities. I can think if a certain someone that believes very strongly that they have abilities, and although I will not name names, this person is the most ridiculous person I know. Their claims are positively delusional and it is very staged and theatrical. This gives people that really have abilities a really bad name. But isn't that always the case? A few jerks give the good guys a bad name? That could go for foster parents, religious people and RLSH, too.
What I meant is that I feel that coming out and actually polling people is going to bring out alot of people that want an audience for their parlor tricks or self-diagnosed assessment. I'm not saying all the people that will respond here will be lying, but I truly feel that those that truly have abilities stay in the shadows for a reason.
There are a few people I know that can do things that I cannot even verbalize. It has happened because I have been a part of it or because I am close to them. Those people would not touch this thread. They do not want the attention. They won't raise their hand. If you do participate in this discussion, I'm not saying you must be fake. But I think that you're going to get a smattering of all kinds of people, and most of them WANT abilities very badly or overexaggerate things and then call it 'abilities'. Doesn't mean they really have them.
If you are still offended, I don't really know what to say.
At this point, although I care about this movement, I have personally withdrawn from most people on a personal level, and I am completely amazed that I am even writing this. But that's how I feel about it.

...and for what it's worth....the person that I am referencing above in my third paragraph is not Master Legend. He may be 'out there', but he fucking rocks.

Okay, it's like American Idol. Everyone thinks they are a singer. Some people will swear up and down that they can sing like Mariah Carey or Pink. Then you see them trying out for that show and their voice peels the paint from your damn wall. They are crushed and shocked when the judges tell them the truth. Some of those people couldn't hold a tune in a basket, but they will still say they are a great singer. And when you ask a group of people if they are singers, many will raise their hand. However, it's not right to group those howling, tone-deaf banshees with people that can TRULY sing. Asking a general question about abilities is the same thing.

I'm sure I'm offending everyone. Not trying to. I will also not entertain guesses about who I'm talking about in my previous post. Please know that I am being vague because calling someone out (although sometimes justified), is just plain rude in this case.

I'm not always a raging bitch. Tell your friends.

Nuerocyb'X?

What if they can pull large pieces of furniture out of their ass?

Just because you poop Ikea furniture doesn't mean you're magic. In fact, you should probably go get that checked out. Right now. You may be having some issues with Beaver DNA being integrated into your system.

I'm looking at you, White Skull, on this one. Really? Beaver DNA? You're insidious.

Being empathic and in tune with other people is not a magical power by any means. Mothers can make a child feel better simply by kissing the boo boo, and the same principle works with many "psychic" healers. The patient's own mind and body provide the healing, the healer just adds the impetus.

Being empathic and mirroring others is not an uncommon skill. As a person who is very good at it myself I can walk into any shopping mall and be able to point others out to you within minutes. Empathic people tune into others around them, you can see them naturally falling into sync. Anyone who truly opens themselves up can do it.

As for divine healing, and the like.. I'm a man of faith, so any answer I can give on the subject would be based upon my faith. My faith is just that.. mine, not your's.. so obviously that is unacceptable for some of you. No offense taken there, and none meant to be given.