Your gut feeling is important. Listen to it.

By: Natalia Rose

Our intuition is always speaking to us in different ways.

Every single one of us experiences “gut feelings.” Or vibes, or whatever term resonates for you. When I first learned about opening up my psychic abilities with Janine Louise Medium, she told me that a gut feeling is the most important form of intuition. And that everyone has it.

Whether you get a bad vibe about a person, place, situation, event or more, I’ve learned that it is always right.

This is because it is our intuition, our sixth sense, telling us that there is something wrong. It is both divine intervention and protection.

It is the universe and our spirit guides warning us that there is an undercurrent of energy not aligned with us. It can be as minor as that person not being meant to be in our lives because we’re not compatible. Or it can signal something deeper, like deception, negativity, or that danger lies ahead.

They are warning us to give us an opportunity to make a decision that helps us in the long run, which may be to not befriend that person, to not go to that party and so on. It could save us lots of heartache and hurt.

They are trying to stop that moment when we realise, "oh crap, I should have listened to that feeling about [xyz]. I can't believe it was right."

So many of my own experiences where I ignored my intuition and regretted it come to mind (and I'm sure you're thinking the same as you read this).

In my first ever retail job, I had a traumatic bullying experience. It was around the time when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. I was bullied, harassed and stalked by my then colleagues and their friends. The worst part? When I first met the people who were involved, I’d had those bad gut feelings around them.

That inkling that something wasn’t right. And had never been able to completely shake it, despite knowing them for years.

I especially couldn't stand one girl when I met her. The feeling that I couldn’t trust her was instant, even though she was always friendly. And the more I worked with her, the more I felt it.

I had no intentions of befriending her outside of work because the feeling I had was so strong. One day, one of my other work friends asked me if I liked that girl. She was shocked when I said I didn't. And told me that I was wrong and that I just had to get to know her. That once I got to know her a little better, I would see how lovely she was.

Doubting that my intuition was right, I let my walls down and we became friends. But, even though we hung out, I was always hesitant and careful with what I shared around her. Every time I would want to share something with her, there was always that lurch in my stomach, or little voice in my head, that said, “no.”

Two years before the bullying began, I kept having recurring nightmares about her doing something horrible to me at work. Because nothing happened straight away, I ignored it and kept pushing that feeling that something was off aside. But in the end, I was confronted with the facts that she never had my best interests at heart, and was one of the main instigators of the bullying and stalking.

All the red flags were there, and I ignored them because of someone else's opinion.

As I’m sure you can guess, I’m no longer friends with any of them. And, if I’d followed my intuition from the beginning, I might have avoided one of the most stressful periods of my life. But, I didn’t.

I don't entirely regret my decisions. I’m at a place in my life now where I can understand and appreciate that being bullied was meant to happen to me for my own personal and spiritual development.

One of the many lessons I took away from it was to never doubt my intuition or gut feelings, especially when it came to other people.

I've even put this lesson to use recently with online dating. I had joined Hinge to try and find a partner (like many others my age), but ended up deleting it after 2 months. I kept getting bad vibes when talking to different men. And one experience really stood out to me and reminded me about trusting my intuition.

I was talking with a guy and then he asked me on a date. He seemed normal, but I got a sick feeling in my stomach when he asked and didn't want to say yes. I told myself that I was just being nervous, and agreed to go. We planned it and added each other on Facebook. The night before our date, I couldn't sleep.

I had horrible nightmares about something bad happening to me - of being attacked by him when walking me to my car (I was planning to drive). When I woke up, my body felt sore like I had been lifting weights and exercising. And my stomach felt sick. Something felt really off, so I backed out of the date. I instantly felt better, like a massive weight had been lifted off me, and the sick feeling vanished.

Annoyed and frustrated at the dating pool and my experiences, I finally deleted Hinge. My date got angry and asked me over messenger why I had deleted my Hinge account, even though I hadn't told him that I did. Majorly creeped out, I didn't respond. But he persisted with sending me angry messages, and I was forced to delete and block him.

His instant and angry reaction confirmed that my intuition was onto something. And, even if I was wrong about him, I wasn't about to tempt fate and find out for myself.

Just remember that you don't need the whole truth or tangible proof that your intuition is right to believe it. And sometimes in life, you may never get proof that you are right. You just have to listen to the universe and trust that they're looking out for you.

What experiences have you had where your intuition or a gut feeling turned out to be right?