Here's something I've been thinking about, especially over the past year.
How does one tell whether your instinct is telling you something is wrong/unwise to do, or whether you're just being irrationally paranoid?
I have always had trouble with this; a lot of times in my life I have been in situations where I'm absolutely sure something terrible will go wrong because my "gut instinct" tells me to stay away from it/not do it- only to later find out everything was absolutely fine. On the flip side, because of this, I have sometimes found myself in situations where I feel something isn't right, and then I tell myself "Oh, I'm just being neurotic and paranoid", only to find myself in trouble because I didn't listen to my intuition.
It's something I think everyone needs to figure out, because life is full of choices and people really need to be in tune with themselves in the world... because right now in my life, I can't tell the difference between my conscience and my paranoia (which comes partially from being mentally ill).
sometimes it helps to talk to people you trust about your problem,... It's not so much that they will tell you what to do, but they will bring a different perspective that will help you make a more informed decision.
Paranoia and intuition are one and the same. When it's found to be correct, we call it intuition, when it's discovered to be ill-founded, we dismiss it as paranoia.
The reason it's sporadically right/wrong is that it's a feeling thing, and feelings work differently than thought, i.e., feelings aren't rational.
My best suggestion is that if you feel something warning you about your situation, take a moment to look at the feeling objectively, think about your options, and use your own reasoning, based on experience, to make your decision.
Your odds of making the right decision might not really be all that better than they would be if you just blindly followed your feelings, but at least you'd know you had tried to make a conscious decision, rather than relying on some vague, irrational impulse.
If neither of these is to your liking, you could always use the timeless method of, say, flipping a coin. XD
Paranoia and intuition are one and the same. When it's found to be correct, we call it intuition, when it's discovered to be ill-founded, we dismiss it as paranoia.
The reason it's sporadically right/wrong is that it's a feeling thing, and feelings work differently than thought, i.e., feelings aren't rational.
My best suggestion is that if you feel something warning you about your situation, take a moment to look at the feeling objectively, think about your options, and use your own reasoning, based on experience, to make your decision.
Your odds of making the right decision might not really be all that better than they would be if you just blindly followed your feelings, but at least you'd know you had tried to make a conscious decision, rather than relying on some vague, irrational impulse.
If neither of these is to your liking, you could always use the timeless method of, say, flipping a coin. XD
fucking kareha
-_-
20jr paranoia steeds weer om verschillende redenen zoek naar een snelle oplossing.