Many people think that psychic abilities are just for entertainment, or that they are a fascinating intellectual study, or worse, that they are for flaky people who want to escape reality. All those things are only true if that is how a person thinks of it. Those in the know realize that the true use of psychic abilities is for the regeneration of a person's soul.
Psychic abilities are the most effective tool for spiritual growth there is.
Or put another way, they help the individual, in a very practical way, to become more mature, sensitive, whole, forgiving, and confident. In other words, they help you to be as wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove. The development of psychic abilities increases your awareness and sensitivity as you clean layers of invalidation and insensitivity out of your system. As you become more aware you must also become more rooted to the earth and to common sense in order to handle what you see. The combination of increased sensitivity and groundedness is a powerful combination, producing a more aware and compassionate human being.