When you hear the word psychic, do you think of someone who sells tarot card readings out of the back of her home? Do you think of those commercials late at night for psychic hotlines claiming to tell you what will happen to your love life in the future while you much Cheetoes for $3.99 a minute? Different people will have different ideas and stereotypes regarding psychic abilities, but the term psychic serves as an umbrella term for many different types of abilities and phenomena.
Literally, the word psychic is connected to ESP, or extrasensory perception. This could manifest in many different forms. Because of the broad nature of the term, many people make the mistake of assuming that if someone is said to be a psychic, then there is this vault of information in the psychics mind that can be opened to reveal anything and everything from the past, present, or future. However, this is rarely ever the case.
Most people with ESP, or psychic abilities have limitations to their powers. Sometimes they can see something that is not in their presence, while others can get a feeling or impression of something that cannot be seen literally. There are psychics called...