9 Signs Your Superpower is Intuition
Trust Your Gut: The Power of Intuition
Have you ever experienced that indistinct feeling in your stomach when faced with a decision? Sometimes, we deliberately ignore or resist it. Although intuition isn’t a specific organ or bodily function, learning to trust it can be incredibly beneficial. According to Psychology Today, intuition is a mental matching game. The brain takes in a situation, quickly searches its files, and finds the best match among stored memories and knowledge. So, when you feel like you know the answer to a question beforehand, you might actually be right.
While psychologists and various experts offer training sessions to develop intuition, many of these seem more like subjective musings than reliable methods. Whether you can train your intuition through specific practices is debatable, but learning to listen to yourself can certainly activate it. Your intuition might have helped you more often than you realize. Here are several signs that your superpower is your sixth sense.
1. You Have Vivid Dreams
Dreams and intuition share a common source: the subconscious. Both are products of the unconscious mind, making them difficult to control and understand. If you frequently have bright, memorable dreams, it could be a sign of well-developed intuition. Keep a notebook by your bed and jot down your dreams. This practice can enhance your memory and have a psychotherapeutic effect. Even unusual dreams can hold significance.
2. You Often Glance at the Clock at Precise Times
Do you frequently notice the exact time or beautiful numbers like 4:44 on the clock? There are days when I see the exact time so regularly that I question the accuracy of my watch. This could be due to a well-developed intuition, allowing you to know precisely when to look at the clock.
3. You Are an Empath
Empathy is another sign of a person with developed intuition. If you are sensitive to the emotions of others, you likely understand their actions better. Solutions to difficult situations often come to you naturally.
4. You See Through People
No amount of smiles or compliments can cloud your judgment if you feel that someone shouldn’t be trusted. Your first impressions are often correct. However, remember that everyone deserves a chance. Sometimes, what we perceive as intuition can be prejudices based on a person’s appearance.
5. You Are in Harmony with Your Body
Sometimes, you just know when to rest and when to push harder. This is a great skill. Women who look much younger than their age often credit their youthful appearance to listening to their bodies. Simply hearing your body’s signals isn’t enough; you need to respond to them.
6. You Predict Phone Calls
You pick up your phone absentmindedly, and it starts ringing. Or you think of someone, and they call you. Such coincidences happen to everyone, but for people with developed intuition, these phone predictions occur so regularly that it seems like telepathy.
7. You Rely on Inspiration in Your Work
There’s a saying, “It’s like riding a bike,” which means doing something automatically, without thinking about each movement. Sometimes, you just know how to do something, and in such moments, it’s easier to show than explain to others why you’re confident it will work.
An interesting study from the University of Chicago showed the importance of relying on muscle memory. Beginner golfers improved their skills by thinking through each movement, while experienced players’ results worsened when they started overthinking their actions.
If you’re already good at something, trust your instinct, intuition, or inspiration. It doesn’t matter what you call it. When you let go and allow your inner sense to guide you, things often turn out just as you want.
8. You Find and Let Go of the Right People
In an interview with Forbes, Shelley Row, author of “Less Thinking, More Living: Lessons on Overcoming Overthinking,” states:
Intuition plays a crucial role in decision-making in rapidly changing environments, especially when there are contradictions in data, ambiguity due to lack of data, or decisions focused on people, such as hiring, firing, or political decisions.
While you might make logical decisions based on concrete data at work, in unstable situations, only your sixth sense can help.
9. You Are Always on Time
Sometimes, you just feel that you shouldn’t rush to the train station, and it turns out the train is delayed. Or you know that your friend is always late, so you arrive later than agreed. You don’t do this consciously; you’re just good at timing, and intuition plays a significant role in this.
Don’t consider the sixth sense a divine gift or an innate ability. This quality develops with experience; you just need to be more observant and listen to yourself.
For further reading, you might find this article on developing deduction and intuition interesting.
