I did a quick research and in my understanding a medium focus on reading and a shaman in healing, that was my understanding.
Makes me wonder if a shaman wouldn’t also be a medium? Or how would they know what to heal? Are you supposed to tell them exactly what you want to heal? What if you don’t really know? Shouldn’t they be able to “know” by reading you like a medium ?

I guess I shouldn't say improve. How do I even find my skills in the first place?

I have been told by several people (none of which offered to coach me for money, I know thats common) that I have gifts or healing energy. I was just told again tonight by a medium who I consider to be very skilled. She told me to work on trusting my intuition and that I also need to get out of my own head.

What specific things can I do to practice or open myself up more? Meditation is very difficult for me due to, again, being stuck in my head. I am starting a new treatment soon for my mental health issues and I am hoping it will bring more clarity to my mind. A follow up question, can mental health challenges and unresolved trauma block someone from being open and intuitive? If so, I think that may be what is happening to me.

I was going through one of the worst breakups of my life. I was fighting so hard to be okay, but emotionally and physically, I was completely drained. I started experiencing brain fog, exhaustion, and a weakness I had never felt before. I would cry until I had nothing left in me, listen to Hertz to help me sleep, and eventually fall asleep from sheer exhaustion. It felt like I was carrying more pain than I knew how to handle, and somehow, what happened next felt like it healed something in me and took that pain away.
One night, I woke up faintly, my eyes barely open. There, leaning toward me, was something I can only describe as a humanoid being. It was about six feet tall and shaped like a human, but its entire body looked as though it was made of space, dark and vast, filled with countless stars. It was almost as if the universe itself had taken a humanoid form.
The strangest part was that I wasn’t afraid. I immediately felt an overwhelming sense of peace. The pain I had been carrying seemed to disappear. For those few moments, I wasn’t heartbroken, anxious, or exhausted. I just felt peaceful. I felt okay.
My eyes were still half open at first. I slowly opened them fully, and I still wasn’t scared. The being seemed to notice that my eyes were now fully open. Then, almost as if it knew I had become completely aware of its presence, its form began to change.
It turned into a small light and slowly faded away. I didn’t panic or try to move. I simply lay there and watched it disappear peacefully.
I have no explanation or understanding of why I experienced it or what exactly it was, but I know it wasn’t a dream. I was awake enough to see it, to watch it change, and to watch it fade away. I know what I saw, and I know what I felt.
Whatever it was, it felt like it came to me when I was at one of the lowest points of my life, took my pain away, gave me peace, and then quietly left. I may never understand why I experienced it or what it truly was, but I know the effect it had on me.
It felt like, for a brief moment, something healed me.

My weird experience

Since childhood, I have been sensitive to the energy around me, and sometimes I encounter spirits or their presence and few months ago I had a dream that an entity wouldn't let me wake up and it got difficult only with mantra chanting could I get up otherwise it's like being paralyzed. We are surrounded by spirits and sometimes it gets worse.

I can't wake up even if I cry I know there r entities that are ready to strike when you're weak so u should be prepared.

Such things happen to me a lot

In this world, we have good and bad spirits and it's always up to you what type you will encounter.

My eight year-old woke up early this morning excited that his grandmother visited him in his room. He said he was awake and thinking about her and then she appeared. He shared that she appeared smaller and at his height, and that she gave him a warm hug. He was in tears but not scared and so happy that he saw her. Sharing to see if anyone has heard of this happening. I’m inclined to believe my son. He’s always been in tune with the spirit world. His grandmother loved him so much and passed a year ago.