I've had experiences like these before, but it's not prominent enough for me to strongly believe I have some psychic ability.
But I don't ignore it. There are so many things unexplained in the universe and so much undiscovered, I can hardly help but imagine that it is true.
Yeah, when I was around 15-16 I really thought I had magic powers or was touched by something otherworldly with how I could read people and predict. I went around thinking I was Obi-Wan-Kenobi or some shit (translation: I could be an insufferable fat head
).
Later on I realized it's really just the stuff I pick up from people and environments. It's almost like I've got this massive data bank of information in my subconscious and it just gets quietly accessed to put this more detailed picture together when I'm speaking to someone; things getting picked up from voice inflections, body language, looks in the eye, etc.
I get weird vibes from certain places too, I practically ran out of the Cathedral at Notre Dame because it wigged me out so much. I used to think those sorts of feelings were like 'messages from beyond' or something, but when I got older and took time out to examine my own processes in my head, I think it's really my imagination and putting myself in what I think are the shoes of people from the past.
Like when I was in Notre Dame, I think I was just subconsciously putting all my academic knowledge of an older time period through my mind, thinking of how it might of been like back then, looking around and wigging out with the thought "Some bad, BAD oppressive ass shit happened here", while other people were probably thinking of the tales of Victor Hugo going "Oh how cool, this is where Quasimodo ACTUALLY lived!!!".
I realized I was not as 'unique' as I thought, I met other people who had that same kind of intuition and ability to pick things up. I wouldn't be opposed to the idea that perhaps some of us have some kind of psychological/neurological remnant from the darker ages of man still hanging around in us, but I personally just don't believe in the 'messages from beyond' or the 'messages from the outer limits' type of stuff. I like writing stories about it, but I don't believe in it.