well for a while she was using her power to do good things like help solve murders, things like that. but the more ugly stuff she saw the easier it was to use what she saw to her own advantage as opposed to helping other people. so it was a slippery slope until she lost her son several years ago. and since then she's had basically no control over her powers, but she's trying to get better. she's just had a lot of ups and downs. maybe they dated a while ago?