Your questions:
1. how do you differentiate between the kinds of psychic experiences I am relating
I think I answered that one already, FYI, but here is a channeling I received for someone else, and the answer is at the bottom re: who we can contact if we are not careful. And the answerer might take you by surprise. I am not surprised by much anymore
http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/sh...07&postcount=8
2. What is your own physic experience(s) like?
That could be a book. Actually I have one written, just haven't put it all together yet. The short answer is, my life :). Examine yours, and see if you haven't gotten some help along the way that you didn't know you were getting. A lot of times, it is just impulses. Here, here's the book to read, or this website to click on while you were on another one, or here's a video you might like, while you were watching another one, or turn right here, when you had intended to turn left, and then you meet a person that is awesome, or you do something you wouldn't have done had you not turned right, etc etc.
3. why am I not getting help from my guides with my eating issues?.
When you ask, the answer is immediate. So you have been given the answer, now your job is to find it LOL. It can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it can be an immediate thought of what to do in that next moment, and when you do that thing, then another thing occurs to you to do, and you follow along on their trail of rabbits...oh, that was my trail - sorry LOL....breadcrumbs, breadcrumbs.
Here is an answer I got for someone else on the topic of eating. It helps me a lot too, I have a love for ice cream :)
http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/sh...51&postcount=5
4. where else might I search for help with my eating problems?
Go to you tube and type in Abraham Hicks eating problems and see what pops up. They have an audio for just about any question you can think up.
5. if you've ever channeled, how do you know when you hit "mischief" and how can you avoid it? - See answer #1
6. how far do you trust your guides?
Oh, about as far as I can throw them LOL. Sorry, that popped into my head when I read that, and I had to laugh
Use your gut feelings, your intuition. It can be your best friend.
Here's some Abraham's I love to post, that relate to your questions:
How YOU can channel Abraham. One of my favorites! FYI, if you don't know "who" Abraham is, Esther Hicks has been channeling them well over 30 years, and they are awesome, can't say enough about how they have changed my life. Esther channels Abraham in front of crowds of people, so sometimes you hear laughter in the background, just FYI, there are real people in the room too.
This is an audio clip that some random person put to music and video - Esther didn't post this, but allows people to post clips that are under 15 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ilomKaFyw0
Here is another awesome one. Actually, I would listen to this first. Get Happy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykAPG_Ap7cY
And here are some, just for the Fun of it!!
http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/sh...ad.php?t=41746
So, that's a lot of homework (could take a few years). Hope you found some of your answers.
Love and Peace