I am new here, but reading some of the posts are familiar. I have experienced these in my lifetime:
1. As a child, extremely empathic towards peers, always 'wondering' what it would be like in other's shoes. Very shy, and knew I was 'different', for some reason, I have always felt since I was a child that I was put here on this earth from somewhere else.
2. Read book titled "Highly Sensitive People" and it described me to the tee.
3. I'd always experience 'gut feelings' and some psychic abilities.
4. Almost struck by lightning as a child and have had two other life-threatening circumstances.
5. Children and babies have always liked me and stare very hard at me, however, they exhaust me physically. I do not have children.
6. Watched a TLC episode about Indigo children and Psychic children, there was a story about a little girl coming home exhausted all the time because she absorbed other's feelings....this story made me break out in tears, because I was always trying to understand "me" and why I was this way, in a good mood one second, then when a person walks close to me, I can suddenly almost break out in tears (held it back with much strength) or became very angry.

I have had a hard time with knowing the times when I'm extra sensitive, thus I'll go shopping, and while walking in store, had to turn around and go home because there was just too much energy for me to take. I have found that picturing myself 'going out amongst people' before I leave the house, and keeping my 'protecor/calming' color in mind, has helped.

I have also noticed street lights going out as I pass, wondering if that lightning strike that almost hit me as a child, had something to do with me and this Indigo thing. I can't get over why babies and children stare at me all the time. They look at me straight in the eyes, feeling as if they can see my soul. Mostly babies do this. My sister says we all have auras and babies can see it. Babies are never scared of me, it's like they are in a 'trance' when looking at me. I dont' get it, and wish I knew what my aura looked like.

The hardest time I have is when I am out, and I end up absorbing other's feelings, mostly anger and sadness. It changes my mood and I really want to learn how to bounce those feelings off of me...but maybe I cannot. Also I do sense spiritual presences, and have done cleansing prayers two times in the last four months, after meeting my soul mate and married. I think he has a bad presence following him, and I have fought them off with my spiritual beliefs and prayers.

I can sense 'bad' people...really it's just a demon or evil presence following them. I have always known who I could not trust as soon as I met them. I get those 'good' and 'bad' feelings about people, and I sometimes fight with myself trying to convince myself otherwise, but that doesn't work!

I hope I can understand myself more from this site, and become more in tune with my senses and feelings and intuition. Glad to be here.

Ahhh yes the streetlights...happens to us all almost, well, welcome to this place, I hope you liek crazy cuz we got a grip of it in here lol