I do not know where to start or if this is even going to make any sense to anyone else as it makes no sense at all to myself. A close friend of mine, who I've known very well my entire life is experiencing 'episodes' which are not only frightening but absolutely unwanted. These episodes, as we will refer to them as for the sake of the argument, typcially seem to be a sort of thought reading curse which is getting him into big trouble with his real life. He is finding out things about people which he really wishes he would have never known. The proof is found in himself and that is not why I am here is to try and credit or discredit anyone or anything of the sort, I am here to find an answer. The answer which I seek is how to exterminate or rid my friend of this curse. To be honest, at first I thought he was possibly going mentally ill and I personally could not accept this to be true, but I am certainlly a skeptic turned believer with this and he can't take being this way any longer. I've tried to think of ideas on my own and the best solution I seem to come up with is possibly contacting a hypnotist to resolve this? I don't know as this isn't exactlly something I've prepared for in life or know what is happening to my friend or where it came from, but he can't live with this any longer. I haven't any idea if this is the proper or correct place to try obtaining this sort of information, but it's not exactlly every day for myself that a problem like this is encountered. I would appreciate anyone who might have somewhere good to start to contact me via email please as I only joined this to find an answer and have no plans of further use of this site, no offense to anyone here, we'd just like to get back to real life and forget any of this thought reading ever occured. "Sometimes it's best for lies to remain hidden in dark shadows, cause once revealed, they can create much more turmoil then if they were to have been left alone." - Anonymous

I really don't know what the cause may be but, shielding may help your friend. Whether shielding actually forms a shield or it's just that act of focusing on the visualization that helps, it does block unwanted feeling from others. http://www.psipog.org has some good shielding techniques. Worth a try at least.

First of, if you're really serious about getting your friend help, don't bother wasting your time here. No one will be able to give you a quick and easy answer, if one at all.

But if you're going to stay, can you be more specific in regard of what actually happens to him?

Bluemoods - It's a start and we are going to investigate http://www.psipog.org - we are thankful.

Raptor X7 - This all started September 2006 and seemed to develope rather quickly up to this date. At first it was random thought reading of those who are close to him, that he considered to be a strange fluke or lucky guessing. This lucky guessing developed into something much more in very rapid succession. He could literally, and was, finishing sentences or relaying entire sentences for certain people before they could even get any thought out. He was once a strong willed college student working part time for a small chainsaw company, and was just as typical as any other younger person out there. After a couple of minor instances on the job, something important happened that would change much of his life and self, which brings me here. This past month, January, "James" (false name of my friend) was on his way to work after a long day of classes. When he pulled into the parking lot of his work place, shortly before the beggining of his shift, there was a newly hired co-worker parked in the vehicle directly in front of him, who apparantly had some sort of dispute the night before with another co-worker, but seemeed to be nothing major. James could literally hear this new employees thoughts of physically harming the individual he had an small disagreement with. He could hear him thinking of the small switchblade that he took from his brothers dresser drawer and placed into his pocket. It was literally like watching a time bomb tick down with the moments leading up to the swing shift, the only catch being that you know how to defuse this bomb, but if you do, then you take the great risk of everyone believing you are crazy for knowing how to do it. His car door opens, James slumped in his seat waiting for the new employee to pass by to make his move. He passes, James retreats from his vehicle keeping a slight but safe distance from this new-hire. At this time, the potential victim comes out from the building as the new-hire is 20 yards or so from the front door. The new employee picks up speed and asks the potential victim if he can come out to his vehicle and give him a jump start as he's not sure what is wrong with his vehicle, just at this time, hearing vividly this new employee's cruel intentions, James feels no other choice but to attack now, as he does. Tackling the new-hire to the ground from behind and holding both his arms behind his back with the power of James' legs. He then reaches inside of this new-hires front left pocket to find no other then a shiny metallic colored swtichblade. What happened to James next is what makes him look insane and a big part to the entire point of why we need this problem resolved. He wasn't arrested or anything of that sort, but was fired from his chainsaw building job, while the new hire was as well for having a deadly weapon on the grounds of the work place. Now James is unemployed for "physical assault" and his Fiance has since left him for this reason as well as fearing him and his curse. He did well in keeping his secret hidden from her until the incident on the job, and just recently she has left him, telling him to get help, hence this entire plea for help. Let us not forget to mention that going to class for him these days is like going to a heavy metal concert with an overwhelming migrane, most of the time. He can hear random thoughts come and go from instructors, fellow students and even people in other class rooms or hallways at times. Imagine that coupled with trying to absorb the mind boggling information provided in College classes, it is no easy task. There is much more to this individual but I feel the main point has been clearly made. On another note, he did volunteer for a self test based from Harvard University, which was to be a personality sort of test. This test is extremely thorough and takes roughly two and a half to three hours to complete. His scoring was as follows.. http://keirsey.com/personality/nfij.html This being the Kersey definition, you can find other definitions on this page. Harvard does not offer a public site such as Kersey does, where you can view this sort of information.

As I once previouslly stated, I have zero intention of convincing anyone of this to be factual, in actualality I prefer you believe it not to be true, this is a sincere command for help for James as this curse is destroying his life slowly but efficiently. I would also like to mention briefly that James was one who suffered from depression throughout his life, which seemed to literally irradicate itself shortly before this curse began. To this day, he no longer suffers from a depression, the word depression is too mild to best describe his condition, I would call it desperation. He is a good person with an even better heart who does not deserve this. Whether or not you believe a God, Science, Medicine or Man could have done this to him, it is irrelevant at this point, we just want an answer.

What you're asking is impossible....People on this forum are just ordinary folk like you and 'James'....After a hard day's work or at school, we like to log on and pass our time reading and discussing everything from UFO's to News Articles to Current Affairs.......

There are no miracle workers or problem solvers here ! If you're serious about your friend, your first and foremost stop is the doctor's office. I know it's not exciting or mysterious but that's where 'James' needs to go first... A good idea is his family doctor who probably knows him well and I also suggest he confide in a family member, parent or sibling, as well.

If the doctor can't help, then maybe a visit to your local priest, who can perform some sort of blessing for 'James'....
Anyway, good luck and 'James' is lucky to have a buddy like you who cares........

I read a little of your post ambiguous. Sorry, but I'm too lazy to read huge blocks of text. It sounds like he may be a little empathic. Like Blue said, shielding can help. I've noticed myself when around certain people I can 'hear' their thoughts. Sometimes it can be a little unnerving, especially when you hear something you don't want to. Usually it's more along the lines of sensing their emotions, and those emotions impacting you yourself. When there's a lot of people in a room and nobody's talking, if you listen really closely you can hear each person whispering. At least that's what it sounds like.

A little friendly advice, when you're posting try to make it in more paragraphs. No worries, I did the same thing when I first started using forums.

It's not a curse, it's called telepathy. Anyone can do it, so calm down. Have him shield himself.