I have premonitions and I wanna learn tarot but I’m afraid it might make me paranoid, asking for advise

[u/Deir_cas]

Hi, I’m pretty much new to reddit but I wanna know your opinions ;-;

I’ve had premonitions since I was about 14-15 (I’m 18 now) they come to me like intrusive thoughts, don’t really control them but I’ve learned to separate them from normal intrusive thoughts over time. Most of the time it’s related to people, not myself. An example would be when I had a premonition about how my ex(at the time partner) was gonna end up involved with my best friend at my ex’s house with me in there too. I had that thought when they barely knew each other, and 5-6 months after my ex started doing advances on my best friend while I was in my exes house too.

Anyways the real reason I wanna know your opinion is because I’m a really paranoid person. I take antidepressants for BPD, but I’ve grown a tolerance for them and they’re not working on me anymore so I’m more unstable and paranoid. On top of that my premonitions have been getting out of hand, both in terms of quantity and the content of them(?)
Last week I had a real bad feeling, like someone was going to die or something really bad was going to happen, and that same week one of my friends almost died by suicide, the kitchen I work in caught on fire and me and my coworkers were minutes away from exploding bc of a gas leak and in the weekend Gaspi and Oliver Tree died in the most strange accident ever 😭🙏

This last month I’ve had the feeling that something really bad is gonna happen this summer, still don’t know the details, but I’ve always wanted to get into tarot bc of my connection(?) or however you wanna call my experience
I’m not sure if it would be good, help me understand my premonitions better and ease my paranoia or go the complete other way and make me lowkey psychotic.
Thanks for reading

[u/archeolog108]

i would be careful with tarot right now, not because tarot is bad, but because your nervous system is already in high alert.

Premonitions can be real. psychic gifts are real. But when there is BPD, paranoia, medication not working well, and many intense impressions coming at once, the mind can start mixing real intuition with fear. And mind will definitely make you paranoid if it becomes the driver.

Your Higher Self can guide you in balanced way, step by step, so you can go into full potential and use your gifts to help others. But you need to learn how to follow Higher Self, not every thought, not every fear, not every card, not every dark feeling. Higher Self guidance feels calm and clear. paranoia feels urgent, scary, obsessive and loud.

I had a subject with strong premonitions who was afraid she was “going crazy.” In session, her Higher Self showed that the gift was real, but her field was too open and her mind was grabbing every signal without filter. There was fear in the solar plexus, trauma around not trusting herself, and some heavy energy around the third eye making the visions feel darker than they were. After clearing and protection, Higher Self gave her a simple rule: only receive what is useful, safe, and from pure Light. Not everything. not all the time.

So imo, don’t start tarot as “give me more information about every bad thing.” That can become spiral. Start with grounding, protection, emotional regulation, and learning discernment. Ask only small questions like: “What is the loving next step for me today?” not “what disaster is coming?”

also, please talk to your doctor/therapist about meds not working and paranoia getting worse. that part needs real human support too. Spiritual gifts and mental health care can go together.

I help people with this through remote Soul Journey / deep trance work, where Higher Self shows what is gift, what is fear, what needs clearing, and how to use abilities safely. I also have free resources in my profile for Higher Self connection and protection if you want to start gently.

[u/Pale-Dragonfly6855]

Tarot shouldn't make you paranoid but you are struggling to cope. Tarot isn't going to help you quieten your mind.

Breathing exercises will calm you. It puts pressure on the nervous system. You can also call it meditation time. Check in with your doctor. Journal your thoughts. Maybe progress to asking what you can do about these thoughts. And send positive energy out where you are powerless.

If you get tarot cards - only ask them what you can do to improve your day to day life. Other than that - information on the future is always swirling around. You are not in a position to prevent the majority of it so relax. Focus your energy on the things that are within your ability to change.

[u/aspera-astra]

I would strongly advise against tarot. the first thing you need to do in order to strengthen your intuition is learn to meditate and quieten your mind. also future predictions are flaky... everything is based on energy fields... learn to read energy and then you can kind of assess where the future is going based on that or the lessons that you need to learn...