Strong premonition of friend's death.

The bizarre thing is, it required no effort on my part. It just simply popped into my head after I came home from work Friday afternoon and just started to relax. It was a murder. I didn't see it happen, but I saw the investigation that would take place afterwards. I was being interrogated as a suspect. Note that this is right after I found out that one of my coworkers had recently passed. I didn't know her at all, however. Anyways, I hang out with this person as a part of a tightly knit group and there have been some notable individuals causing us trouble. (I live in an apartment)

At first, I had decided to leave it up to fate, but I saw him late that night by chance. He was headed out. I looked out the window and saw one of these individuals loitering around outside. Since I also had to head out, I caught up to him and warned him about my vision and implored him to take the back way around on his way home. I didn't want to scare him, though, so I didn't mention death or murder and was very vague in my explanation. He listened to me, but I later got a gut feeling that my warning might have been part of The Reaper's agenda.

I saw him again by chance earlier today, and he told me about the death of a close neighbor. Another one of my concerns is it might be me. While I do consider him a friend, we've been arguing a lot lately and there have always been tensions between us.

So now I'm not sure what to think or do or say. I can't see myself hurting him and want to do everything in my power to keep anything from happening to him, but I also don't want to end up on the bad end of things. Should I just stop talking to him entirely or should I continue to keep a close eye out for him?

[Michelle11]

You lost me a little. If I am to understand you, you had a premonition about your friend's death, warned them and they survived? I would say a successfully premonition. But then you state you are now concerned about your safety? If so I would do your best to avoid a threatening person. If you need to get the police involved do so but better be safe than sorry and not engage a person who holds a lot of hostility towards you. Be safe.

Actually, I'm not really concerned about my own safety at all. What I meant was I'm still worried about my friend. However, because of my "own" hostility, I'm worried about me being the culprit of my own premonition. At the same time, though, I'm still concerned for him. That my premonition might happen next week or the week after that. We're close friends, but we also have our differences. I don't see myself losing my temper with him, it is more just a thought in the back of my mind, as I'm wary of the possibility. I'm not sure if I should continue to help him watch his back or keep my distance, at least for a while.

[Michelle11]

Losing your temper and acting out on the anger are two very different things. I for one can attest that you can get really quite angry and that doesn't mean you will hurt anyone. But do follow your gut. You are not responsible for this person's life or death only for your own part in the relationship. So if you feel there is too much volatility between you two then maybe it best to have a cooling off period. Either way do not try and take on this person's survival. That is his responsibility. For you to take it on will only cause you emotional duress. If it is this man's fate to die at this time there really may be nothing you can do to prevent it and the premonition may merely be a way for you to prepare for the shock of it.

I actually dreamt of a neighbors death during a very difficult time for them. The couple was in financial straights and the guy decided to work freelance security in Iraq. I was not aware of his plans but dreamt that he would go and get killed there. I dreamt I was talking to his wife in the backyard about him going but when the dream came to pass the circumstances were different and instead of her telling me he had signed up and gotten blown up she was telling me he had signed up to go but when he got there they sent him home immediately because he just had a newborn. Something in him change and changed his fate. Needless to say they lost the house and got divorced the next year but very likely he needed to take that step to survive. So my point is just because you have a premonition doesn't mean it will necessarily come true but if it does then it was meant to be. All you can control is whether or not your hand is involved but I kind of doubt it. I kind of suspect you are feeling responsible now that you had the premonition. By the way I never told either of them about my dream. The point was moot. I only said it was very very good that he was coming home.

That really rings with me as the sane course of action. Thank you.