It’s like your brain is shouting “Danger! Danger!” instead of whispering “You’ve got this.”
When you feel something strongly, maybe a certain person, place, or situation, and it feels super intense, like it's trying to grab you by the shoulders and say “Listen to me!” that might be your trauma talking.
Trauma is like when you spill a whole glass of juice on the floor, and it’s not just messy, it feels terrible, scary, and out of control. Your brain remembers that feeling, and now, when something similar happens, even if it's not as bad, your brain thinks “Oh no! Here we go again!”
But intuition is more like a soft nudge. It’s like when you’re playing with blocks, and you feel like stacking them in a certain way, not because they're falling down (that would be trauma), but just because you know that way feels right.
So if it feels like your brain is screaming at you instead of giving you a gentle tip, that's probably trauma, not intuition.
Examples
- A person feels anxious before meetings, but it's not because they're nervous, it's because they remember being criticized in the past.
- Someone avoids certain foods without knowing why, only to realize it's from a bad experience with them as a child.
- A student freezes during tests even though they know the material, because of old school stress.
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See also
- What is trauma?
- Why Do Humans Have a 'Gut Feeling'?
- How Different Types of Alcohol Affect Your Emotions?
- How Does 5 Signs of Maladaptive Daydreaming Work?
- Do Gut Feelings Actually Exist?