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Potpourri Boards => Addicted to Psychics => Topic started by: Lovefash67 on August 30, 2019, 12:18:09 AM
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Hey guys! Does anyone know of any psychic addiction support groups?
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Bump 😔
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There was one on yahoo but I don’t think they are active now. I’d be happy to be a buddy for anyone who needs one. I have been talking for years with psychics and I was free for a while and have been struggling again recently . Please feel free to PM me.
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I would love to join a group, my addiction is out of control
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I would love to join a group, my addiction is out of control
Same! It's like I'm allergic to my money. I just throw it down the toilet on these useless readings.
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Same! It's like I'm allergic to my money. I just throw it down the toilet on these useless readings.
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LOL....you hit the nail on the head, I am just throwing my money away.....over and over and over.
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I’m so glad that there were responses. Maybe we can just start our own . I did some research online and there doesn’t seem to any support groups for psychic addiction.
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ME TOO! I'm all about a group.
I am posting here today so I don't call Keen. Need support STAT.
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The same here!!!! Another issue is checking this forum. I think we should start a group me for us all
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The same here!!!! Another issue is checking this forum. I think we should start a group me for us all
Agree, but at least this is free! Ha!!
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The same here!!!! Another issue is checking this forum. I think we should start a group me for us all
Agree, but at least this is free! Ha!!
Right 😂 if it wasn’t for this forum I’d still be reading with a bunch of fairytale readers. This forum had helped me with reducing readings and I also love reading about other people’s perspectives.
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This forum definitely helps me too ! Only, it’s my bad that I keep checking the posts each time I access this forum and sometimes I feel tempted. Like right now I am tempted to try Yona because of what some people say but I try not to book her. Just thinking, if anyone would like to have something like a Skype group or other forms of communication apart from the forum.....
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Im down for it! This addiction is getting out of control It stopped flr a good 2 years but now its out of control
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For people who needed help to cut down ur addiction, I think I can talk to you guys, let’s talk and find a way! Because I’ve been through too!
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All!
I need some support this week. I'm going to try to lay off readings. Things are just crap now and I just need to stop. My intention is not to read this week at all. Given how bad it's been lately, this will be a great feat if I can do it. Today will be day 1!
Thanks.
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You can do it joyjoy It is my day 19. It’s finally getting easier for me not to call. The first days were tough.
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You can do it joyjoy It is my day 19. It’s finally getting easier for me not to call. The first days were tough.
I'm at 41 days with no readings. Yippee!
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You can do it joyjoy It is my day 19. It’s finally getting easier for me not to call. The first days were tough.
I'm at 41 days with no readings. Yippee!
you guys are amazing. I just want to get to 7 days at this point--that would be fantastic.
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U can do this!! PM if needed!!!
All!
I need some support this week. I'm going to try to lay off readings. Things are just crap now and I just need to stop. My intention is not to read this week at all. Given how bad it's been lately, this will be a great feat if I can do it. Today will be day 1!
Thanks.
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This forum definitely helps me too ! Only, it’s my bad that I keep checking the posts each time I access this forum and sometimes I feel tempted. Like right now I am tempted to try Yona because of what some people say but I try not to book her. Just thinking, if anyone would like to have something like a Skype group or other forms of communication apart from the forum.....
A Skype group or group chat sounds great
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Line or WhatsApp is a good way too
This forum definitely helps me too ! Only, it’s my bad that I keep checking the posts each time I access this forum and sometimes I feel tempted. Like right now I am tempted to try Yona because of what some people say but I try not to book her. Just thinking, if anyone would like to have something like a Skype group or other forms of communication apart from the forum.....
A Skype group or group chat sounds great
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Everyone send me your numbers !!!!! Group chat getting started already !!!! :)
There is one created recently. Or we can create another one. Either way. Some might prefer a smaller group.
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Wow!! Congrats to those of you who have x number of days under your belt! I too seem to hate my money, credit, time, and sanity. So a group like this would be so very helpful! I'm new to the forum but like someone else mentioned I'm finding it to be a doubled-edged sword! Anyway...best of luck to everyone!
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Wow!! Congrats to those of you who have x number of days under your belt! I too seem to hate my money, credit, time, and sanity. So a group like this would be so very helpful! I'm new to the forum but like someone else mentioned I'm finding it to be a doubled-edged sword! Anyway...best of luck to everyone!
Good luck, Gemini! PM me if you need anything. I'm newer too.
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I used to be addicted to psychics and it wasn't pretty :( Cost me too much money. But addiction went away when I finally decided to embrace life and give up false hopes. I think it's returning now though >:(
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Joyjoy - good luck, keep reaching out.
When you find the urge, do something really kind for yourself - can be small - go do your nails, get a smoothie, call a friend. hugsss!
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Hi! I am newly accepted to this forum and I too am allergic to my money - that made me laugh. I think the hardest part is I try to constantly "call just one more" to see if "they see what i feel to be true". I could use a therapost but having hard time finding one bc my issue is not so much with psychics in general but in needing to get over a POI that for some reason consumes me.
Why does the universe put people in our life for one half of the couple to feel so much and the other to act like they dont GAF. I just have such a hard time accepting that.
Is that how a lot of you feel? Liek the feelings were real and then something got in the way?
I am trying to tell myself if the universe wanted us together it wouldnt be so complicated and I wouldnt need psychic confirmation..
I dunno I am rambling - but I need help. I am doing up to 3-4 a day and I am scared to look at my cc statement right now it makes me sick.
id love to get to day 2!!!
Find a good therapist. Things DO happen for a reason, but sometimes that reason is to get back to who you are, and find your way back on your path--having nothing to do with the other person. The guy that I used to call about--when my addiction got really, really bad, was in my life to teach me who I am, again and what I would and wouldn't accept. After he told me he had met someone else, I sat in a ball, crying in the corner of my kitchen. I thought no one would ever love me--out of billions of people, I'd lost the ONE person who would ever consider me at all. And time passed. And I didn't die. BUT, I found a great therapist.
And, it's a year plus later, and I saw him on Saturday--spent the day with him--and there is no amount of money or whatever in the world that I would consider to have him back as a lover or even think of him as a partner; he is NOT right for me, and if he had dated me for a few more months, I would have chewed him up and spit him out (and I told him that over the weekend), but because he walked away first, I got my heart and my ego mixed up. Instead, he was a teacher--and for that, I am grateful. I spent a lot of time mourning him, mourning my heart and being largely unproductive. I don't mind the time mourning over him--I mind the time that I wasn't function; the time that I spent chainsmoking and calling readers. Through my healing, and the growth over the last year, I found myself again and I know what I have to do, which is take care of myself better. The person I'm involved with now is vastly different and way, way better suited to me--and if that doesn't work out, I'll be very, very sad, but I know that men are like buses and someone else will come along. What I feel I am being told now, loudly, is to be in the present and take care of myself--I would urge you to do that and limit the time you spend on this. And, for the 4th time--make your priority finding a good therapist!!!
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And I guess if you dont mind sharing a little more- my last question would be - did you ever have a talk with them - for closure- as you were healing and if not, would it have helped?
I am trying to move on on my own - detach on my own - but part of me wants to like ask him these questions that i have - the why did you pursue me, the why did you walk away - but would it just embaress me? make things weird?
In your experience and healing - did you get that closure - did you try to? I think my POI would certainly talk to me and I probably already know the answers (both in relationships, wouldnt work out, not interested in having feelings for someone with my circumstances, too difficult etc)
So, I'm going to tough love you and I'm going to tell you what a few people told me--and what I have learned over the years. I suspect I have a few decades on you.
First, you don't need closure---you have it. He walked away. It's closed. It doesn't matter what his motives were, it doesn't matter; what matters is that YOU heal, you learn, you grow and you move on. I had this guy who did something similar to me, and I NEEDED CLOSURE! I tried to call his cousin's wife to get answers until a friend of mine said, "girl. it's closed. He closed the door." And I realized she was right.
Second, from my years of 12-step programs, I learned the following advice: God (or the universe or spirit or whoever) has 3 answers for things: 1) Yes. 2) Yes, but not now. 3) No, because I have something better. Girl--you are holding onto the no and not being open to the "I have something better" part.
Third, it's bullocks that you haven't had time or focus to find a therapist--if it were that important, you'd do it. Spazzing out on psychics is important enough for you to piss away time and money--why isn't a therapist? It would be more productive and the results would be more lasting. Just be honest with yourself that you haven't made it a priority. It's a massive pain in the neck to find healthcare providers but it's IMPORTANT. So, another question to ask yourself is, what are you hiding from?
In terms of my POI from 2016, he never fully let me go. Oh, he went on--slept with other people (as did I), found a girlfriend, moved in with her, but nearly every week to three weeks would text me. I blocked him on most mediums but didn't on Instagram and so, he had a loophole. I met my current POI and wasn't ready to move on regardless, but over time, POI 1 became smaller and smaller in my mind. I thank my coven of girlfriends who were also healing and a lot of instagram pages about healing and my amazing therapist, who pulled me out of the hole. I'd seen him a few times and in April, we had a long talk and I told him that he was a piece of crap and got it all out--and somehow, time took the blinders off, and I saw him for who he was. I recognized him as a teacher and not a potential partner and saw how he was threatened by me and how he held me down. And I look at him now, and I know he couldn't handle me--because of him, not me. So, seeing him on Saturday was fine. I even saw his girilfriend, who was away, send him text messages saying I love you and him responding in kind and I feel a little bad for her, and I hope she is ok. And I think about how he lied to her about seeing me and I wouldn't want to be her. You will get to that place.
But, start taking care of yourself. Stop hiding behind excuses and at least call yourself out on your own crap and start healing already!
I wonder if it would help me move on, or if i can detach on my own and never need to ask those questions. I hope that makes sense.
I just think for some reason that maybe hed finally give me what im looking for if i ask. rather than seeking out answers from psychics. like asking him directly what happened. but then im like maybe its just as simple as hes not looking for what i had to offer, or he just didnt feel the same and sensed i wanted more so backed off.
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@beachgal214 - my heart goes out to you. I have been down this road a few too many times.
What I can say from years of heartache is that there is no such thing as closure in the sense that we normally think of it. The last guy who broke my heart, I finally (after more than a year) got him to meet me in a private location and talk. He apologized (for leaving me for another girl). He obviously was still into me and wanted to hook up. He told me he knew he'd made a mistake. But he did not leave her. In fact, a few months later he proposed to that girl and they are now married. What did I get out of my 'closure' conversation? More unanswered questions and more mysteries that kept me hanging onto the shreds of something that was long gone.
The truth is, I don't think men who do these kinds of things normally know WHY they do what they do. If they possessed that kind of logical reasoning powers they probably would be back on your doorstep. Instead they have excuses and fears and things they will say because they hate being wrong or the bad guy. They have bullsh*t they will spew to stop you from closing the door for good, so they still feel like they have a shot. They have their own desires for your attention or to see what you will say that keep them pushing the boundaries. But they don't have an explanation, at least not one that's going to make you feel any better.
When I think about this for myself, I realize that I am the same. I can't tell you why I want to be with one person and not another. I can tell you things that are great about them and things that might annoy me about someone else, but those are really backfilled logic. You could put someone else in front of me with the same qualities and I might feel completely different. Our reasons are at best an awkward translation of feelings that can't be put into words.
These days when I think I want closure, I ask myself what I could possibly hear from the other person that would change my tomorrow. If they wanted me back, I would know it. If they say they made a mistake, does that help me feel better? No, it just messes with my head. If they tell me they left because the other woman was softer or prettier or better in bed, does that truly help me to move on? No, it just gives me a new detail to obsess about. What truly helps me to move on is to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the universe loves me too damn much to expect me to spend my life pining for someone who can't see my worth.
joyjoy is right. The yes/yes but not now/no because there's something better is completely true. I met my current POI when I was just starting to get over the last one who had caused all of the drama and need for closure. Now I would not take the first guy back if he were the last man on earth. There will be another man and it will happen faster than you think once you decide to loosen your hold on the past.
Hugs to you, girl, and I second the vote on therapy. A great therapist is an incredible resource and you deserve to make that investment in yourself. You deserve to feel whole. You deserve to be able to let go of your past so you can embrace your future. xo
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youtube readers really helped me get free of the addiction - helped me work out all of the emotions and feeling low and not involving my wallet!
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Hi everybody,
In the same boat. Need help with this addiction. All do to anxiety after experiencing a loss of POI. Would love to join support group.
Problem gets bad at night when alone. Do try to stay busy during day performing at least 3 tasks and talking to a friend. But the evenings are the worse , watch a movie, read a self help book, play solitaire on computer, and pray for STRENGTH and to let go of POI and addiction and this does help. But would love to join a support group.
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I have read a few posts regarding lack of ambition, drive, and overall dislike for many areas of life which leads to calling psychics. I too, have suffered from addiction....I think I spent close to $15K one year on psychics.
For those of you who have gone months or longer without calling, I applaud you. For those who have gone a week, I also applaud you. And for those who have only been able to get through one day without calling, I have faith that you can become like the other two groups and cut down on your calling.
I think many people have it right...in order to cut back on calling....do something for yourself that will empower you and create positive change. One of the reason I used to call psychics was due to career issues. I was so bored with my job and never felt I would be promoted. I ended up reading all of the books by Barbara Sher on helping me identify what I truly wanted to do. Barbara has a book called "I could do anything if only I knew what it was" that is a fun read. It really helped me restart my career and life.
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Dear Lord! I remember the days when I first met Keen. Just the design of the website is so demonically addictive. Im convinced some kind of spell has been cast on the site.
I believe it!!! Using Keen felt like it opened up a portal in my home to demons.
Do you mind expanding on this please? Just wondering what happened.
I feel like I’ve been noticing all these “signs” around me lately and I don’t know if it’s from a demon, the Universe or a God-wink. It’s scary to feel like you see things...and I’ve had a few psychics tell me that I am psychic...but you don’t really know who’s behind them.
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Good signs or bad signs?
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Good signs or bad signs?
Signs like...oh this is validating that a psychic was talking to my deceased family member. Sign that someone is thinking of me, etc. Not bad signs. Just signs confirming things.
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Hello all I’m new to this forum. It nice to see I’m not the only one that has a addiction to psychics. I’ve been able to cut back a ton. I tend to be an emotional/impulsive caller. I use to shop when I felt that way. I use psychic source and it seems like a lot of are frauds. They back peddle or give false hope. I don’t know who or what to believe.
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I would love and NEED a support group for this
I"ve replaced calling psychics with doing a new youtube video or LOA technique
candles, honey jars yada yada
STILL though I will call at least a couple times a week and have wasted so much money
Can someone create a phone tree, or separate Facebook group for those wanting to stop?
Being able to get accountability partners or something . I've spent thousands of dollars and most of it wasted.
I can be "ok" now and then if life hits me with something I"m unsure of , I can relapse QUICK and burn up 100 dollars.
I am in Al Anon 12 step group but I dont mention my psychic calling there because they would be like "ummmmmmm???"
IF anyone wants to be an accountability bud, PM me maybe we can text each other or something when we are "craving"
its nuts because I've never been addicted to anything else before in my life (not drugs or alcohol or gambling etc)
Anna
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Hi,
Everybody in same boat one way or another. Continually pray for strength and to let go of the issue.
Recommend the book Ghosted and Breadcrumbed which gives the characteristics of emotionally unavailable men and their need to control. Lists all the red flags. Bought on Amazon.
Also, tried the queen of cups tarot you tube and helps curb it as well as playing solitaire online.
Forgive yourself for the lost money, it does no good to beat yourself up over it. You need love and positive
affirmations of self to go forward. Meditation and prayer is the key! Will give you strength. 2020 will be a year of great happiness, hope and self love. Believe it and you can achieve it.
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In my dating days, (many moons ago), there was a great book called "He's Scared, She's Scared." I see it's still available. This is a book about passive aggressive relationships which helps the reader to identify relationships that are not going anywhere, why some men pull back, etc. Very good.
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It was so helpful to read your posts about psychic addictions as i have the same problem. Anxiety builds up at night and try to distract but sometimes give in to the addiction. I pray i can be free of this bad habit that is using up all my hard earn money. To ask the same questions over and over to the psychic who probably thinks i am really in bad shape. WiSH there were a psychic addiction support group. But i guess this forum is as close as you can get . Probably need to see a therapist but now some of them are not taking insurance. but if i can not get a handle on this i will certainly pursue that avenue. Staying busy is helpful it is just the nights that are rough. Thanks so much for posting the article on closure and other topics you really helped me to see i do not need that. I need to set a goal of no calls for 30 days and pray God give me the strength to stick to that goal. God Bless you all for your help !
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FWIW we tried this a few years ago - but with forums like this one that are so active, you need a critical mass for people to feel the support. Plus, getting live meeting times was tough when this forum pulls from people all over the world.
I will add this - when you create a support group with people who don't know how to run support groups or haven't yet successfully kicked an addiction, it's just kind of "the blind leading the blind" and - the group we started before, we all ended up doing exactly the same thing. We wanted to try to help each other out of it, but we also were dealing with our own struggles.
What I know now -
1) The biggest thing I will tell you is read up all you can on DISTRESS TOLERANCE. The "addiction" part of it is mainly when people can't tolerate feeling distressed about something. OMG, have to talk to someone, NOW. Etc.
2) The second thing, and someone touched on this, is to start tapping into your OWN divinity. We all HAVE it. So, if that means get some of your own cards, meditate, journal/free write and ask yourself questions and then just "write" and answer them (you'd be surprised what comes out, with prayer).
3) Try to start a new hobby of some kind to build your CONFIDENCE. Much of this can be traced back to low self-esteem. A subconscious belief (or conscious) that we don't truly believe that our lives will get better, so we have to have someone TELL us that XYZ thing will happen.
4) Unchecked depression/anxiety. Not on meds? Get an eval. It can change the way your mind functions drastically.
You don't really need a support group for calling psychics. I get it, we want to STOP. And there is a shame aspect involved in calling so it's not just like we can talk to anyone/everyone about it. But it's like a dealer, inevitably you hear about who gave a good reading to so and so and so you want to do it "as a last one". Even if you hold off. That's why unless you have someone running it, older folks/more people in the group who HAVE stopped for any period of time, - the dynamics of a group won't work.
What we usually truly need is a support group/self-discovery in the REASON we are calling - not just how we feel - but what the underlying thought pattern in that drives the feeling that leads us there, and how to stop or amend or heal THAT part.