Gut instinct right or wrong?

[threedarlingdaughters2011]

So I'm in a situation at the minute, my gut instinct and general instincts since day one have always said....the situation will be resolved BUT it will take a while.

However, my question is...how much should you trust your gut? Is my gut likely to be right?
In the past I can't think of a time my gut has been wrong, but then again I've never really had to use my gut instinct in a serious situation.

I don't know what the situation is but it's usually a good plan to trust your instincts

Always trust your instincts, I’ve never been wrong with mine.

That's the general consensus I've got from my real life friends and family to go with gut instinct. But then again, I've not had any real experience of using mine and it being either right or wrong...well not that I can recall anyway

Trust it. We tend to not and it leads us to a lot of hurt.

I would say it's unanimous that I should trust my gut. It's s strange one isn't it, that a gut somehow can tell the future or something ha.

Does anyone have any experiences of their gut being right when it didn't seem it or whatever? Or the gut over ruling the head etc? Just a bit bored this evening :)

I’ve had a lot of experience in ignoring mine and I’ve always wished I hadn’t!

Depends really?! If like me, you suffer from anxiety (especially as a result of a previous EA relationship) then it's quite hard to differentiate between gut feeling and your mental health.

I don’t trust my instinct, I go on cold hard thinking and risk management.

I do not have anxiety or mental health. So it is just purely gut feelings.

Joy I understand that, that's sort of the debate isn't it. Is it head heart or gut?

Heart opens the debate, head finishes it. I guess having had a very difficult first but of adulthood trying to please everyone and not seeing my ex for what he is I’m rather more cautious.

No reason why you can’t go with your heart when you’ve thought through the pros and cons and planned to get the best outcome and monies the damage if the worst should happen. Head and heart need not be incompatible

Yes see it is such a tough one. It's shit when you've had experiences that cloud your judgement on things...sometimes it can be a positive...sometimes it can be negative.

I've never really had a serious reason to trust my gut. Luckily, I've never had any shit life experiences which i would need my gut.

Lots of family members and friends have said "trust your gut. It's never wrong" but just wanting others experiences.

OP if you’re interested look up heuristics psychology- basically what this says it what you class as gut instinct is actually a thought process you are unaware of whereby your subconscious is processing many pieces of information from your experience

An example is the principle of putting big decisions on the back burner for a week or so and finding your decision is made and your subconscious did all the work for you

Ilovetolurk ooooh I'll have to have a look at that...I'm one of those nerds that finds things like that really interesting

Gut instincts are usually always right ... trust it x

My gut was right. In my relationship, I was never jealous. I had a gut level feeling about a "friendship" of my DH's, and a few months later I found out I was right.

Since then, my gut is messed up and not really trustworthy -- it's a little reactionary. I have trouble figuring out if I'm being paranoid or too easy going. Not just in my personal life but also my professional life. The whole situation messed with my head.

But the one time I had a gut level feeling and knew it was a gut level feeling, I was right.

That's sort of my issue. My gut has never really come into play. The only occasion I can think of it coming into play, is when I was we pregnant with my oldest I just knew I was pregnant days before even taking a test. Days before my period was due. Days before anything. Everything else was just "evidence"

But I don't think that really counts...so I have no experience of weather to trust or mistrust my guy