16/03/2021
The difference between Intuition and Anxiety is in the message, according to and I thought it was a really useful distinction- Intuition gives you a very clear ‘yes’ or ‘no’ message. Yes you should go for that promotion. No, you shouldn’t start a relationship with that person. Yes we should buy that house etc.
An anxiety response is more thought based. It sounds like ‘If I take that job, I’ll have a lot more responsibility, I’ll have to learn something from scratch again, I don’t know if I’ll be any good at it etc’ If something is pushing you out of your comfort zone, fear will throw up lots of anxious thoughts like these.
Intuition doesn’t need to convince you, it doesn’t need to chatter or make specific points. It just knows. The message comes clearly as ‘No I shouldn’t take that job, it’s not right for me.’ But anxiety has to put on a good show specifically because it’s not grounded in your gut and at it’s core there is only fear.
I thought that was a useful differentiation! 💗