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ok so this has been bugging me for a while and I need to hear from other people
I keep getting these "gut feelings" about situations - like I'll just know something is off before there's any real evidence, or I'll think of someone and then they text me that same day. happens pretty regularly.
but then my brain immediately goes "that's just confirmation bias, you forget all the times it DIDN'T happen" lol
like... how do you actually know the difference between genuine intuition and just pattern-matching your anxieties onto situations?? is there even a way to tell?
I started journaling my intuitive hits to see if they pan out and honestly the ratio feels real but I'm still not convinced. maybe I'm just noticing what I want to notice idk
anyone else go through this or am I overthinking it
omg YES this is me constantly. I'll get a feeling about something and then immediately talk myself out of it because "that's not rational"
and then it turns out I was right and I'm like... ok maybe I should start listening more lol
This question is so beautiful and I think it means you're actually quite self-aware, which is itself a sign of genuine intuitive development.
Here's what I've found after years of working with this: true intuition usually feels calm and neutral, almost like a quiet knowing. Anxiety masquerading as intuition tends to feel urgent, fear-based, repetitive.
Your journaling practice is exactly right. Track the feelings AND the context. Over time you'll start to see your own pattern - what your real knowing feels like vs. your worried mind spinning stories. Trust the process.
the journaling idea is so smart, I've been meaning to do this. did you start noticing patterns yet?
yeah actually after a few weeks I noticed my "real" hits have a different quality to them - kind of flat and matter-of-fact? like just a knowing. the anxiety-thoughts feel more like spiraling what-ifs
still not 100% sure but it does feel different now that I'm paying attention
this thread is so helpful honestly. I always thought intuition was supposed to feel dramatic and mystical but the "quiet knowing" description makes so much more sense
the journaling thing is genuinely so useful, I did something similar and the difference in quality really does become obvious over time
for me the anxious thoughts feel like they're asking questions and going in circles. the intuitive ones are more like... a statement? just land there and don't need to argue with me lol
been trusting that distinction for about a year now and I'd say my accuracy has gone way up. still not perfect but it's gotten a lot easier to tell them apart
update: still journaling and honestly the pattern is getting clearer every week. the intuitive hits still have that same flat, matter-of-fact quality yall mentioned, and the anxious spirals feel totally different once I know what to look for. still don't get it right every time but it's gotten so much easier to trust myself now
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