Do you get gut feelings?

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Vallan · 06/11/2024 20:27

I feel like I'm always 'predicting' minor things:

A very sudden bad feeling about a journey, then I get stuck in traffic/delayed
Awful feeling about a person for no reason at all, to be proved right
Weird dreams with odd predictions that come true
Thinking about someone randomly and then bumping into them the same day
Nagging feeling about a much looked forward to event, then it's cancelled
Great feeling when I see a new job listed - I go for it & get an offer

Nothing major but I get gut feelings all the time!

I don't believe in woo stuff and a lot of this could be confirmation bias, but AIBU to think there maybe there's a 'wavelength' some people can sort of tap into, that science will one day explain?!

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ChekhovsMum · 06/11/2024 20:41

I don’t have woo beliefs generally but I do get these feelings, and the older I get the more spot-on they seem to be. Especially when something or someone is going to fail - like someone being two minutes late and my brain says ‘they’re not going to turn up at all’ and they don’t. Or when a booked and confirmed tradesman is never going to arrive, or a product I’ve ordered has been delivered but before I open it I know they’ve packed the wrong size and I’ll have to send it back.
Actually the same is true of quite lucky stuff - I needed some size 9 stilettos urgently for a show a while back, with an hour to spare and two charity shops in the nearest village which were literally my only hope. But I heard my brain go ‘they’ll have a pair - go and pick them up.’ And so they did.
I’m very happy to accept it’s my subconscious working hard based on previous experiences and real knowledge, but it doesn’t stop it from feeling a bit magical when it happens. In some circumstances I’m very grateful for it, whatever the cause!

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