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How to Spot Negative Energy Before Getting too Close to Someone

Psychic Development Exercise for the Week of April 27

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Mara Enid at Psychic Lessons
Apr 27, 2026
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I’ve always been able to sense people’s energy. I noticed early on that being around some people felt good and being around others felt bad. But later I realized that my body has its own way of letting me know that I’d be better off staying away from someone.

I started noticing that I felt one of two things if I was around someone I didn’t like or trust. I either saw the color brown in my mind’s eye — a rough, prickly surface that makes me think of a porcupine.

a porcupine walking through a grassy area
Photo by Tomáš Malík on Unsplash

Or I would feel cold and prickly inside — as if I was being stuck by thousands of prickly icicles. To this day, whenever I have one of those experiences, I know that I need to remove someone from my life.

That skill has come in handy a lot of times.

  • It helped me steer clear of a potential client who I later heard was notorious for not paying their bills.

  • It let me know that a person I was considering dating wasn’t trustworthy. (I later found out he was ‘separated’ but was in the process of reconciling with his wife.)

  • It let me know that a person I considered a friend was far from a real friend. I actually ignored the brown image in my mind for a while because I didn’t want to believe this person was not trustworthy. I got burned for NOT listening to my intuition in this case.

The way that I perceive bad energy is not the way that you’re likely to perceive it. (Everyone’s intuition speaks to them in a different way.)

Here’s an exercise to help you figure out how your intuition communicates bad vibes to you.

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