Sudden increase is Psionic awakenings

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Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2

Keep in mind that the nature of the abilities will matter. A sudden development of potent PK or strong telepathy will be very noticeable, esp. to the psi. On the other hand, weak telepathy, or some forms of ESP, might not even be recognizable as such by the possessor. An esper might simply develop the habit of 'trusting his/her gut' since they have a long experience of hunches being right.

It strikes me that MANY weak telepath or powerful untrained telepaths would get diagnosed with schizophrenia. Voices in their head and all that. And they would probably self diagnose themselves as going crazy in many many cases.