Anxiety or Tuition?
Hi all! I'm struggling to understand if my feelings are being caused by intuition/gut instincts or my anxiety in overdrive. We hear all the time that we should trust our instincts, listen to our gut, but how do I trust that my gut is trying to make me aware of something and it's not just me overthinking? My biggest issue in this area is currently in my relationship, my gut keeps telling me that he is cheating, has cheated or is on the path to cheat. I read the "Signs He's Cheating" or "How Do You Know It's Over" articles and I answer yes to so many of the "signs". (Ie: he doesn't seem interested in what you are talking about, he reacts with offense or anger to my requests to talk about my concerns, he gets mad when I'm heightened and insecure, instead of holding me and assuring me.) I've read the articles "Anxiety or Intuition?", they say tuition is a feeling, a knowing, a physical sensation,... But, as someone who has had severe anxiety disorder forever, and PTSD due to childhood trauma, I have an extremely hard time knowing if I can trust my gut.
And, to add to my anxiety, my smart-ass phone had to change Intuition to Tuition in the title, of all places?! 🤪🤣
@NorfolkGirl79
I think it's important to trust your intuition. Look, we may not know what anyone else is doing or thinking or feeling - but we know ourselves. If you are feeling that something is not right - something is probably not right. Does that mean he's cheating? Not necessarily. But you feel that the energy is just "off." So there's an issue. I'd say proceed with caution. Whenever my spidey senses are tingling, I tend to put up some emotional protection. I give myself a plan of action to take if, in fact, this bad thing is actually happening.
Maybe it's like our intuition is just trying to prepare us for whatever is going to happen so it's not a big shock to us when it does happen.