added there are some clues to identify a dream premonition according to dossey one of the most common types of premonitions hes seen are those experienced by mothers about their children twice she brought ali in and was returned home with a clean bill of health but the feeling persisted and grew stronger were always thinking about what might happen in the future so its easy to feel like maybe i have anxiety for a reason maybe im sensing the future her daughter ali was born healthy and happy and just as darmon was about to dismiss the bad vibes as parental paranoia they came back with a vengeance she wasnt sure but darmon passed along her feeling to her doctor who assured her everything was fine oct 26 2012 151 weve all heard of mothers intuition when a mom just knows somethings wrong with her kids i wouldnt be here if it wasnt for that so thats kind of a big hurdle to get over said matt hutson a writer for psychology today and the author of the book the 7 laws of magical thinking theres an older term back in the 1800s called it was just a feeling that something was not right that something wasnt feeling right roughly two thirds of people will acknowledge having some sort of premonition dream in their life dossey said sensing the clock was ticking on her daughters life lynn took ali again this time to beaumont childrens hospital but before hospital staff could get her to see a psychiatrist pediatric infectious disease specialist dr bishara freij stepped in what exactly she said that at that point the medical staff thought they had a mother who needed help not a child he says premonitions which usually warn of health problem impending accidents or natural disasters often come to us in our sleep and so if that is right then pretty much everything else we know about physics is wrong not that something was wrong in the present with the pregnancy but that something was going to come up with the babys health darmon told elizabeth vargas in an interview airing tonight on 2020 the feeling pretty much was to prepare myself for it and to be able to recognize when it was going to happen she said she was clearly concerned that there was something serious going on that nobody had yet to identify or explain dr freij told 2020 he said you are so sure that there is something wrong with your daughter you tell me what it is it just came to me darmon said and i remember at that moment looking at my daughter making eye contact with her and knowing immediately it was in the in the abdomen darmon said premonitions followed her all her life but it wasnt until the incident with ali that darmon decided to embrace what she calls her gifts now i realize how special her gift truly is and