Billy:
I don't see "auras" per se, it's something hard to explain. I wish I could think of the photography term for this, but it escapes my mind at the present time. It is like when you see an object on a screen, and it moves, but there's a slight impression left of it where it once was. But it's faster than that. Like you, these "impressions" are in sometimes colors, mostly a buttery yellow, or a gray. It tells me that the person is either very ill, or very healthy. I have seen a few people like this, not many, where the "impression" of the color is a very purplish gray, and I know intuitively they are seriously ill, even if they are up and walking around. It's only happened three times, and mostly in the last five years. The yellow color impresses upon me robust health, cheerfulness, and optimism and I am naturally drawn to people like that.
My husband used to think I was a crackpot, but I can also understand when animals are telling me something. Not by any voices, or anything that silly... but I seem to intuitively know what they are indicating. If someone tells me that animals don't have emotions, it just shocks me that they would seriously think that and believe it. The neighbor and I took her dog to the vet the other night, and I was convinced he had intestinal problems. Turns out I was totally right on, even with the diagnosis of Parvo.
Like homey: crowded "anywheres" are too intense for me, sometimes. I don't even go to malls anymore because of the overstimulation. The older I get, the worse it gets. Intense emotional situations drain me and make my skin break out, headaches, and back aches. After the Apostofest last time in Dallas, as several of you mentioned: I was physically drained for a week. I am considered a recluse by my friends, and don't really go much of anywhere because it's just too much. I used to think my JW mom was a nut, because she would always do everything in the dark. Now I know why.. she is just like me. ARGH!!
I am also a highly creative person and artist. I write, paint, and play music. But unfortunately, I have the attention span of a flea, and can't ever excel at any of these things unless I am forced to turn in on a deadline for class! Otherwise, I do these things only in spurts. I have four paintings I'm working on for the last year, and always read three books at the same time, and some renovations on the house that have been going on for a year which should have only taken a month at most. I am afraid I aggravate the husband with my ADD... hehhehe. But he's very tolerant, and is quite pleased when a project gets done.
I have been reading a little up on autism, especially of the case of Temple Grandin, a high-functioning autistic, and I am convinced there's some link to this personality trait and autism. I don't know why, just think so. Here's a link to her research on herself. Absolutely fascinating, please take the time to read it and I think you will be astounded by what she has purveyed about sensitivity in thought, feeling, and emotion:
http://www.grandin.com/inc/visual.thinking.html
CG