Posted by trouble on March 12, 2002, at 2:44:39
In reply to Intuition, posted by Shar on March 11, 2002, at 12:34:21
Hi y'all,
I think you're lucky to have a sense of intuition that you trust and is part of who you are.
I have been lucky too, in life-threatening situations that turned out good, but not from my doing, but b/c someone showed up or I found a door open that was supposed to be locked so I found shelter from the storm, etc.
So many of my psychiatrists and psychologists have rightly told me that I must not trust my own perceptions and that I don't have this "intuition" trait, though I've read books on how to develop it and tried. But my pdocs turn a jaundiced eye toward any mention of intuition, and are inclined to record it as psychosis. I still think that the more reality-oriented I become the more available intuition will be, but for now it's all bungled up w/ delusions and hypothesis that run amuck.
However, when it comes to helping people my supervisors always put down Highly intuitive on my job evaluation, and I do seem to instinctively know how to relate to Alzheimer's patients who haven't left their room or said a word to anyone in weeks, but I do it blindly, w/out any inner voice directing me. I don't think that's intuition, it's more recognizing a kindred spirit and giving them what I need for myself.
I wish I could hear that still, small voice inside telling me what to do next, but it's so quiet and unassuming I just drown it out. I try to pay attention to my solar plexus to get a reading on people and situations and that's dead too. I am a very poor judge of character, a "mark" really, trusting no one but somehow ripe for the picking.
I know meditation and nature walks and yoga would make space for intuition, but wellness stuff threatens my entire way of life, but here I sit, almost entertaining these ideas. Thanks for the inspiration,
trouble
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