Im leaving.

[Jaxek]

My parents.They Found out. They got upset, they called me nuts.

They found me here, on psiworld. Not sure what it was, asked me about it. I was on the spot unsure what to say. Stuttered, and i replied " psionics". After i had explained, they took my psi-wheel and ripped it up. I was ashamed. After they had calmed down, they told me to leave the site. I have to delete my account now. I dont know if anybody cares, but i guess i have to say goodebye.

[Koushiro]

Oh my god. I never thought that would happen. Ive known your parents for the longest time, and i never thought they were like that. I'll see you in a minute, ill be round to talk, okay.

[JediKaren]

*sighs*

I'm so sorry. This is the worst thing that can happen to a psion. Perhaps you can come back another way. This is why I beg you all to be careful with the parents on this matter. Take it slow with your parents. Slowly hint the idea to them and see how they react to your hints. If they take it iffy, then back off and give them time to calm down. This can be a big shock for them. Sometimes this can be worse than coming out as gay. Mind you, being gay or being a psion is NOTHING to be ashamed of. It's who you are and it's natural. Psi is and always been here, since the start of time. We humans have been living in its presence for a million years and yet have been ignoring it for the most part. I'm not sure and am working on that question.

But for now we have to deal with the fact society does not approve of us and we can only hope in time this will get better. I'm so sorry for you!

[dash]

thats a darn shame.. i hate to see this sort of thing.. lordtakari, i take it you know him in person? tell jaxek that we all feel for him, and that hes welcome back if and when he can come back

[Koushiro]

Thank you JediKaren. Ive Just got back from speaking with him and his parents (stupid thing to do, by the way). It didnt go very well. I was thrown out. His dad was the worst. But i think his mum wanted to understand what he was doing, but also didnt want to upset his father.

Heres another thing, his parents now know what i am now, and threatened to tell my mum . Were neighbours so that could happen very quickly.

Also, he did say he was going to try and get on the sunday chat?

[JediKaren]

dunno. I'm so sorry. Maybe he can get on at the library? Again, give the parents time to cool down. Let them get over the shock and give them space. The dad may come around and be a bit more reasonable about it. But if not and he still wants to practice, I can give him tips about hiding it.

[Koushiro]

Its not your fault JK, its just unfortunate really.

I hope things get better for him. He cant control his empathy when hes overly emotional and is probably having a hard time dealing with his own emotions and also getting emotional backlash from his dad.

I just dont know what to. I feel like i should do something as i has been his mentor up until when he was as good as i was.

[dash]

i dont think he should have to hide it.. his choices should be more important to him than his family..
sure some people would classify it as evil or cult-like, but the fact they're not open to any ideas like this just proves the closed mindedness of todays society, and i think its just plain stupid.. people cant make they're own chocies nowadays without people laughing, disowning or getting the old "i know all and thats not possible" speech..
seriously if i hear "your not pyscic" one more time im going to STRANGLE someone!


eh.. sorry..

[Koushiro]

We all know how you feel. Some of my newer friends seem to be getting more distant from me when i came out. They didnt say that i wasnt an empath, or deny its existance, they just seem to like me less for it.

[JediKaren]

the trouble is when you say the word "psionic" it sounds the same as "psychic" but anyone who's been in the field for a few months knows the BIG difference between the two. But to those who haven't studied it, they always think and mostly likely only know the word "psychic" which has come to mean a fake, slimy woman trying to convince you to let her look at your palm and give you some bs for a lot of money. Psionic is all about science put together with philosophy and religion.

[Koushiro]

Maybe i should show them what i am in more depth. Which raises a question, how did you tell your friend about your abilities, JediKaren?

[leanne07]

Oh my gosh, that is so sad

I'm so sorry to hear that, but hopefully one day you can come back and get to be yourself again to who you truly are, and hopefully one day your parents will understand and accept you for who you really are, that's the most important thing too.

All the best!




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[ismavatar]

Try excuses. "It's research" or "I'm an undercover troll" or "It's entertaining to listen to these guys ramble on about their stuff"

If that doesn't work, time to start an argument. When my parents found out and got angry, I shot back at them. It leads to an argument, and you have to be somewhat good at arguing logically, but it's an easy win if you know the right arguments to make.

*It harms nobody
*It stimulates the brain (and I mean normal parts of the brain even aside from the "third eye" stuff), and makes for some excellent fictional stories ;D (most of which are more entertaining than the Bible anyways).
*It is not a cult, and the burden of proof is on their side. (As an atheist, this is where I like to accuse my parents of being Christians and following cult practices by meeting every Sunday, worshiping dead people, and performing various rituals, unlike *me*).
*It is not brainwashing because you come here on your own volition
*It is not anti-social. you can have normal friends who don't have to know about it, normal friends who do know about it, and your friends here. That only anti-social aspect is the fact that they're holding it as blackmail against you and are probably going to tell other people - which is them forcing you to be anti-social, and not you.
*We perform no sacrifices, hold no séances, and don't worship or contact the dead or the devil, have no affiliation with the Occult, and don't perform rituals (unless you actually do any of those things, in which case you can just leave that part out)

Overall, your parents need to communicate their concerns. If they don't, ask "why". If they still don't, your parents are quite frankly delusional and not worth the breath. At that point, I'd probably rebel until they actually decide to communicate their concerns and tell me "why".

How effective is this? Suffice it to say my parents bought me a new computer and I'm now free to surf the internet at my leisure and pursue all the controversial topics to my heart's content. Of course, nowadays that I actually don't practice anymore, I tend to use the "Research" ticket a lot - and it's true. I research quite a bit, and I've learned a lot through my researches. Something which a lot of people don't bother to do. Now my parents have started (and my sister has started, too) asking me trivia and asking for advice/etc as the family "guru".

they took my psi-wheel and ripped it up

I didn't know a psi-wheel was made of paper. Shows you how much I know about psi-wheels >.<...
You think they would have asked about the psi-wheel long before they asked about the forums...

[Koushiro]

Yay! Some Good news! His mum was able to come his dad down and they talked about it, no arguing. Something suprising was that his mother is precognitive, but didnt want to tell anyone but had to because of what happened today. Im so happy for him, he now has a family member which he can talk about psi with. :-) He told me that he'll be rejoinging the site some time tommorow!

[leanne07]

Oh wow! I'm so happy for you all ;D
That is definitely good news. Who would of thought eh?
See you around then :-)







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