Is it intuition or anxiety? In this episode, we’re going to try to differentiate between to two to help us make more informed choices, as opposed to making knee-jerk decisions that might lead to self-sabotaging behavior.
Here are two reasons why you should listen to the full episode.
- Discover how our anxiety may be tricking us into making false assessments of a situation.
- Learn how to spot an anxious thought and stop it in its tracks.
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Episode Highlights
What is Intuition?
- Intuition is often described as a form of knowledge that seems to appear within our awareness without an obvious source.
- This differs from anxiety in that anxiety may manifest as an intense feeling, worry, or fear.
- Intuition touches more on our instincts than logic.
Why Do We Experience Anxiety?
- There is such a thing as a healthy amount of anxiety. Anxiety motivates us to avoid potentially harmful situations and helps us stay ahead of danger.
- Anxiety disorders may arise when we are on high alert even when there isn’t a significant danger present.
How Does the Thought Make You Feel?
- Anxiety may disguise itself as the fear that something very bad is going to happen if you don’t listen to your “gut” instinct.
- Intuition is often described more as a “knowing” that seems clear and makes sense to us.
- If you’re having trouble differentiating between the two, it can help to lean on a trusted friend or therapist to give you an objective opinion about the situation.
5 Powerful Quotes
- “Often, many of our anxieties are environmental such as our financial situation, problems at home or work, sickness, and exhaustion.”
- “Anxiety has the power to raise our blood pressure levels, affect our digestion, cause physical aches and pains, exhaust us, and impact our personal success and relationships.”
- “When anxiety masks itself as intuition, we risk self-sabotaging in ways that our not-anxious self would never do intentionally.”
- “Chaotic environments, scrolling mindlessly on social media, or substance abuse are just some of the variables in our lives that increase our levels of anxiety.”
- “Being able to trust ourselves and our thoughts is a skill that we master over time with constant maintenance, trial and error, and mindfulness.”
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