Beating Psychic Addiction

Psychic addiction is the process by which an individual becomes so invariably co-dependent on a psychic that they spend time and money they can’t afford to get answers to their issues.  This dependence often hinders the individual’s daily life. 

 

Psychics appeal to people of all walks of life because in an instant, a psychic can tell you about the past, present and possible future of yourself or almost anyone else you want to know about (depending on the psychic’s ethics).  Psychic advice appears to be the easy answer to the question, “What am I going to do next?”

 

I have seen several cases of not only psychic addicts, but psychics who feed the addiction.  Rather than face immediate criticism for telling their clients the whole truth the first time, they prey on their client’s hopes, dreams and fears so that the client returns for services.  This style of counseling hurts the whole psychic community and causes damage to the reputations of all psychic counselors. 

 

As I have mentioned in a previous article, psychic advice should be treated like cosmetic surgery: use it sparingly to enhance your life.  The purpose of a psychic reading is not to get all the answers and intricate details of your problem, rather psychic readings should be used as a general guide so that you make better choices in your life.  Ideally, a psychic reading functions like psychotherapy, only you spend 30 minutes to an hour identifying past and present patterns of behavior as opposed to 6 months or longer.  You also get the added bonus of a possible future outcome.  Readings are not to be used to spoon feed you your life.  They are not designed to take away control over your life by glimpsing into the future to figure out how you can control and change the outcome to suit your whims rather than what is best for you to grow.

 

Personally, I don’t like to have too many repeat clients.  I try my best to offer the answers to clients that will help them become more independent, which is why I take so much time for follow-up.  Although I do rattle off my individual psychic abilities on my website, I would say my greatest ability is one to recognize patterns in a person’s behavior that contributes to their present situations.  At the same time, I do recognize that there are some times when long-term discussions are required to sort out overly-complex issues. 

 

Tips on How to Reduce Psychic Dependence

1.      First and foremost, recognize whether or not you are dealing with a fraud.  Some of the quick signs you are dealing with a fraud are:

a.       They are unable to tell you anything about your past or present situation without you spoon-feeding them.

b.      They are unable to elaborate on a situation if you ask them direct or directed questions.

c.       They offer paid prayer or healing services or they offer these services when predictions fall through.

d.      They are just giving you advice based on what you are telling them and/or they are unrealistically optimistic about your situation.

e.       They give prediction after prediction that never comes to pass to try and get you to return to them.

f.       They may or may not give scripted readings.  Readings often sound very similar when compared to past readings or readings given to other individuals.

g.      They often suggest that you return to them for services (healings, etc.).

2.      When you have found a psychic who is reliable and trustworthy, stick with them.  If their predictions and descriptions of events have been mostly accurate, try to avoid the “confirmation trap” where you are calling 10 different psychics to verify what your trusted advisor has told you.  Even if all 10 people are truly psychic, they may have differing opinions about your situation, may not be as in tuned to you as your psychic is or have different guides or interpretations of images guiding them, thus giving a different perspective on what you should do.  If your regular psychic is giving you advice that you follow, and the outcome has for the most part been good, unless that psychic is retiring, there is really no need to change.  What I have found, more often than not, is that the problems arise when a client seeks confirmation from a person who is fraudulent. 

3.      If your psychic hasn’t already, discuss acceptable boundaries for communication.  A truly ethical psychic will be completely open and receptive to your needs to reduce the time you spend with him/her.  If they have noticed increased patterns in your contact, they will more than likely approach you.

4.      Recognize if you have an addictive personality and receive treatment for it.  Although I do not advocate exchanging one addiction for another, it would be a good start to find a trusted individual who will not judge you for your addiction and who will help to break the cycle.  Often, psychic addicts do not come forward with their problem because they are afraid to admit they see psychics in the first place.  They are afraid of what their peers may think.  Understand that this is a very real addiction and one that costs up to tens of thousands of dollars for some individuals, annually.  It often has nothing to do with seeing psychics—this is just the outcome of an underlying issue that needs to be resolved.  Those issues can range to low self-esteem, grief and loss, or any other issue in which a psychic may or may not be able to help with. 

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