To dislike someone for no reason?

[gutinstinct1]

Just wondered, has anyone ever had a really really bad gut instinct about someone and you can’t put your finger on why?

I would NEVER say it IRL because I have absolutely no reason to feel this way about him and it’s obviously not ok to tarnish someone’s reputation for a gut instinct so I would never say anything and I act completely normally around him. But I can’t shake off that I have a really uneasy feeling and he’s never done anything particularly awful- some small things that would normally make me dislike someone (eg, small lies and I think he’s the type to throw you under the bus) but normally I would simply dislike a person like that, or think that they are a dishonest or untrustworthy person etc. He hasn’t done anything significant enough for my distrust towards him. I can’t quite explain why but the feeling is much stronger this time- it’s like my gut instinct is saying no no no and really doesn’t like him at all. It’s not really an uncomfortable feeling, just a sort of strong uneasy feeling like my gut instinct is telling me something isn’t right

sorry, this is very vague, just wondered has anyone else ever experienced this? Thanks x

I've met people who give me an 'off vibe but they have to be quite bad for that to happen as I'm not very perceptive. I've also had people in my life who really SHOULD have given me a bad feeling and I feel quite disturbed thinking about them now but at the time I didn't notice anything. As I said, I'm not that perceptive!

ETA: is this someone who you have to see regularly e.g. colleague / relative's partner?

I’ve felt like this several times in my life and all I can say is I have always turned out to be right. Something has always come out about that person or something happened down the line. I’ve learnt to just trust my gut instinct. I remain polite but always keep a distance from these people.

A few years ago I was disliked for no reason- by the HT !!! She literally said to SS when she made a referral that ‘something isn’t right - I can’t put my finger on what but I’m concerned. It’s something like munchausens’ (I’d got the notes from a SAR) and she had been told that wasn’t enough for them to get involved but she said she wanted her concern ‘logged’ just in case. I think she just found me weird as I’m autistic and my dc have medical issues so I was very factual and obsessed that they had the best care, treatment and long term outcomes

I think it's pretty common, always best to listen to your gut in these situations until you can be sure otherwise