Cog 8

Intuition or Anxiety?

by Maxifern

                     

The majority of friends, students, 

family and clients have told me 

through the years, they have good instincts, 

they trust their intuition and have, 

particularly the women, a premonition 

before something really challenging unfolds.

What it came to be though after 

a few rounds of talk casual or 

formal was that it was overreacting 

to external stimuli. What was 

discovered were the unresolved 

fears and insecurities ceasing the 

moment to jump on the front seat 

and grab the steering wheel of their 

driving life vehicle. Furthermore, 

following more analysis, ideology and 

cultural preconditioning (that bred 

drama as a form of existing and 

social integration mechanism) surfaced.

But one classic brain wiring profile 

always stood out:

'You are a good person, therefore 

you care, so you worry!'

You worry, as a result you feel 

entitled to take action and intervene. 

Very prevalent among parents and 

females irrespective of position or role.

Being able to tell the difference 

between intuition and anxiety is a 

life skill that could take a lifetime 

to master. It doesn't just happen 

of course with the passage of time.

Quite the opposite, one can lose 

touch entirely with any notion of 

perspective or transformation and 

change while getting older. 

Older in many respects for many of us 

means deterioration, being weaker 

and more fragile  

than wiser and more in control.

Why do people get confused?

Both intuition and anxiety seem 

to inhabit the mind. However, 

in extreme circumstances they 

can operate from anywhere in 

the body, mainly, the head 

and gut. A distinctive difference of 

intuition, at least for the "trained souls", 

is that it operates equally 

during good times! 

You feel pleased, satisfied, 

you have reached that place of 

bliss and fulfilment. And somehow 

you knew all along that place was 

there waiting for you to 'get back"

to it.

Here lies our chance to 'remember" 

and re-introduce ourselves to intuition..

Ask yourself what was the last time 

you had a good time. Not in theory! 

Not in appearances! Truly! 

If you can't remember or 

it was a long, long time ago,

it is not your intuition that pokes 

your peace for this and that but anxiety!

Anxiety is the rule of your “game”.

Quick profiling for beginners and a mind reset

INTUITION

A soothing, quiet voice, reassuring 

you of being on the right course.

No need to rush, shout or tell off anyone.

It is a whisper..

A water lilly floating on a crystal clear lake..

A lonely puffy cloud on a sunny sky.

ANXIETY

A loud voice that persists and 

keeps escalating in volume.

You feel compelled or forced to 

take a certain action.

Fear and threat is what your 

senses accumulate even when 

you are at home, nobody is around.

'I have no choice' is the dominant

phraze your mind keeps repeating.

It is a siren..

A fast growing ivy on your window

that eventually blocks your view..

An overcast sky that feels permanent..