Reasons To Follow Your Gut Feeling

Something just feels right and true even if you couldn't prove it. Gut feelings can be useful in a lot of ways. As a matter of fact, many people follow what their gut is telling them when making a decision. But can you really trust your gut feelings? Is it best to go with them or just stick to what is rational and obvious?

There are studies showing that gut feelings are the result of brain's reception to subliminal signals. There are things that a person wouldn't consciously understand or pick up that the unconscious brain can. Subliminal signals are those that the conscious self can easily miss in certain situations. A neuroscientist at the Centre for Neuroimaging Research said that when people think that they are having an intuition, it just means that their brain learned an association between subliminal signals and the likely results of their action. Another scientist added that the unconscious brain, which produces the gut feelings, is wise because it always picks the best decision.

Given this, it might be very helpful to follow your gut feelings when you are faced with a dilemma or any kind of situation. If what you are seeing is different from what your gut is telling you, it is highly likely that your gut is the right one. Rationalizing everything can lead to over thinking and overanalyzing. Sometimes, it is better to stop thinking and simply go with your gut feeling.

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