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"A lot of people freak out," says Tesler. "My friends say I have psychic Tourette's, because I have to try really hard not to say things to people."

She's only been to two concerts her whole life: Elton John and Depeche Mode. "I can't stand loud noises," she says.

Her career has affected her social life. "A lot of guys don't want to date psychics," she says. "Either they're afraid I'm going to read their minds or they're not coming from the right place."

Tesler, an artist by trade, is dyslexic and has ADHD. "I can read and write, but when I'm doing the reading, it's all over the place," she says.

Psychics who don't allow clients to tape-record a reading make her "bug out," says Tesler. "To me, that's a red flag. If they say, 'Oh, no, it interrupts the vibrations of the reading,' they're full of poppycock. Otherwise how do you validate it?"

In some ways, says Tesler, she's like a doctor. "Not everyone is going to want to hear what I say, and not everyone is going to be the right fit," she says. "If somebody says to me, 'I'm dating a married man. Is he going to get divorced?' and I look at them and go, 'No,' they don't want to hear that."

She's helped police departments multiple times. "One of the cases I worked on, I knew the person drowned because I couldn't breathe," she says. "It's not fun and it's so tiring."

She can't pick out winning lottery numbers. And she's not able to predict when you'll die. "It's against God," she says. "I truly believe we can change the way we take our voyages, but God gives us what we need, not always what we want."

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"With spirits, sometimes they're trapped in a house because they haven't finished something or they feel they haven't gotten a message across," she says.

Tesler's senses are constantly being bombarded, day and night. "It's like a daydream in a slide show, very quick images, fragments, like pieces of puzzles," she says. "I'm also hearing things and feeling things, and I may smell something. It's a constant sensory euphoria."

Elton John and Depeche Mode. "I can't stand loud noises," she says.

A lot of guys don't want to date psychics," she says. "Either they're afraid I'm going to read their minds or they're not coming from the right place."

"I can read and write, but when I'm doing the reading, it's all over the place," she says.

"Not everyone is going to want to hear what I say, and not everyone is going to be the right fit," she says. "If somebody says to me, 'I'm dating a married man. Is he going to get divorced?' and I look at them and go, 'No,' they don't want to hear that."

"One of the cases I worked on, I knew the person drowned because I couldn't breathe," she says. "It's not fun and it's so tiring."

And she's not able to predict when you'll die. "It's against God," she says. "I truly believe we can change the way we take our voyages, but God gives us what we need, not always what we want."

Psychics who don't allow clients to tape-record a reading make her "bug out," says Tesler. "To me, that's a red flag. If they say, 'Oh, no, it interrupts the vibrations of the reading,' they're full of poppycock. Otherwise, how do you validate it?"