I have, but after the last time when I got a little freaked, I haven't touched one since.
My 3 year old died on New Years Eve, so me and the kids thought we would try to talk to her a year later on NYE. We try, and then one of the kids toys started playing music. Freaked me out and I couldn't finish.

I was really into the occult for many years. I played with ouija boards when I was a teenager with friends but it was more of the drive to understand the unknown that got me caught up in the occult.

I was almost obsessed with trying to know the future or ghosts..even though I was a skeptic. I got caught up in mythology...especially greek and studied all about the eleusinian mystery cult . ( I still find the demeter/persephone story beautiful but now I don't try to practice those kinds of rituals anymore)

I used to lay in graveyards by myself at midnight trying to face my fear of death. I just got out of hand. I got into magic and I really thought I could manipulate the world to come around to what I wanted to happen. I am not criticizing people who do use magic as a way of life but my mind and my cognitive thinking errors got reinforced hurting me. Like fortune telling...I would use the cards over and over until I got the response I wanted. Or scyring water or fire would scare me with things I would see. I learned symbolism at a young age and the symbols I would see scared me many times. So this would just reinforce my mental illness problems.

So you know you have to weigh why you want to play with the Ouija board. There is darkness out there. The way I know darkness is that fear was driving me when I was involved in these types of activities. A state of constant fear is not healthy and because I was so obsessed with this stuff I reaped that fear.

If your doing it for fun and can let it go would be a better way to go about it. If your fearful and have a quest to understand the unknown like I did you may want to stay away.

I wish I was there right now to knock some sense into you. I do not care how depressed you are these things are evil and will invite eveil spirits in and it will torment you. I had a bad experience recently with some paranormal stuff and what I saw was unbelieveable but am glad I had witnesses with me. Oh please don't do it!!! I am just concerned that is it :)

Well I don't believe this much. But my friend Susan and I as teens played with a Ouija board and at her church they had to exercise demons out of her. I wasn't there, so I have no idea. She went to a pretty evangelical church. Now, i wasn't there, so I can't say whether its true or not, But she believed in it so much and it truly terrorized her. So, I don't play with them anymore after that.

This is what started me down the path to occult and severe depression. Ouigi boards are portals to evil. Took me 15 years to get over it. When I became a Christian I burned mine - which was still at my mom's house.

My advice is find something more positive to do if you are depressed. Please! (There is something behind it, it is not imagination, but I'll tell you, it is NOT good!)

F12? I thought that you were a fellow skeptic. Those boards are no more powerful than a monopoly board, but monopoly takes way too long to play :) .

I wish you the very best at defeating your depression and I hope that you cheer up soon. Peace to you.

See Freethinkr, I feel llike its a game, but so many ppl say its not. So I guess I am curious. I am more of a skeptic of religion, then the paranormal, though I am always out to disapprove or explain away as much as I can.

I guess its just a thing with death, maybe?

played with them often, never had any inkling of a problem. i think it's all trash. couldn't even get it to answer yes or no.

I played with the Ouija board in high school during lunch once. The other person didn't explain anything about it so I just thought it was a simple board game. (I know that sounds dumb-but that was me) It told me I was going to marry someone from a certain country with the name starting with a T. I married a guy from my hometown and his name is JA. So I guess it was completely off.

If you are bored or depressed there are many other things to do. You can stay on the board with us or reach out to a particular friend.

I hope you knock out your depression.

I could tell you my experience but no one believes me. Stay away from that freaky shit! If you like to play board games play Monopoly! I guarantee the Monopoly Man will not manifest and charge you for repairs on your roof!

I have a Quija board!!!! But I think I've lost the planchette.
We had fun doing that when we were kids!!! I can only remember one time when we got anything really impressive out of it. We asked it the middle name of someone whose middle name we did not know and it turned out to be right.
Big whip. Tell me the lottery numbers!!!!

That's interesting that it's when you are depressed that you get the urge!!

I'm sorry that you're feeling depressed!!! I hope you're feeling happier soon!! (((((Hugs)))))