1. It can be hard to tell the difference between an intuitive feeling and justβ¦ a feeling. You know that if you treated every passing feeling like an intuitive nudge youβd probably have lost your damn mind by now, so you have to be discerning about whatβs a βgut feelingβ and what isnβt.
2. Itβs hard to convince someone of something just because you βknow,β and harder to not say βI told you soβ when youβre right. Thereβs nothing more frustrating than knowing a βfeelingβ isnβt a compelling argumentβ¦ except after you were right about said βfeelingβ and the person you were trying to convince would have saved themselves some trouble had they just trusted you a little.
3. You only want to do whatβs βright,β but figuring out whatβs βrightβ is basically your #1 life struggle. You know what itβs like to be able to discern whatβs βrightβ (most positive, most helpful, most beneficial, etc.) in any given moment, and the gratification you get from acting on that inherent knowing. Unfortunately, this can also leave you susceptible to only wanting to act on whatβs best, when figuring that out is sometimes a process of trial and error.
4. Itβs hard to play dumb when you know people are being dishonest or disingenuous with you. And if youβre being honest, sometimes it hurts to be able to tell someone finds you annoying or wishes you werenβt around as much. Itβs probably the biggest downside of being hyper-sensitive to whatβs around you, but also probably saves you from spending time with the wrong people.
5. You can be very indecisive, as they say: the clearer the choice, the louder the cry to try and choose otherwise.
6. We live in a world that values thinking over sensing, yet our subconscious minds are much more powerful than our conscious ones. And thatβs exactly what youβre tapping into when you have that βintuitive feelingβ β your subconscious intelligence. A major reason people doubt themselves is because this typically isnβt seen as valid as conscious choice-making, though we already know the opposite is true.
7. You rarely realize that not only can you intuit βtruthsβ but also βpossibilitiesβ (hence being prone to intense anxiety). There are usually multiple potential outcomes to any given situation, and the more you are conscious of one, the more you are conscious of the (less likely, more unfortunate) others.
8. Sometimes, itβs better not to be hyper-aware of (or sensitive to) everything thatβs going on in the world, itβs exhausting. You can start to feel as though the worldβs problems are your own, and that gets overwhelming when you realize that you alone cannot solve them. (Good news, theyβre not β they only feel that way because thatβs how you perceive them.)
9. You find joy in understanding things, so youβre quicker to think about them than you are to enjoy them. You sometimes have to remind yourself (or consciously re-teach yourself) to just sit back and enjoy life. Youβre so busy putting the puzzle together, you forget to kick back and check out the bigger picture, which is pretty great, too.
10. Not everything requires an in-depth emotional analysis. In fact, some things are best served by leaving them alone. Figuring out the difference between what is and isnβt is a delicate dance that you have to learn to master.
11. Your hyper-sensitivity is something you have to protect. Itβs really easy for people to take advantage of you and your empathetic capacity (intuitive people are almost always very empathetic).
12. You wonβt let yourself continue doing anything that doesnβt feel βright,β even if thatβs the easier (or more logical) choice. Your life is totally subject to how you feel about it, even though in reality, you would be better off seeing with a touch of logic and objectivity now and again.
13. You always find yourself asking people βwhatβs wrong,β because even the smallest micro-expressions can read to you as βoff.β Alongside being hyper-aware of things like this, you have a hard time just letting them go. It feels like seeing a burning fire and just walking away.
14. You feel everything more acutely in general. You take everything seriously, and seem to feel everything with more intensity than other people do (for better and for worse).
15. You take on other peopleβs problems as your own. You sometimes confuse βperceiving something being wrongβ with it βbeing your responsibility to fix.β Your challenge is in letting yourself perceive a situation, yet also just letting it be what it is at the same time.
Source: Brianna Wiestβs book The Truth About Everything, Thought Catalog
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