Intuition vs Instinct

Have you ever had anxiety and wonder how you will get through the day?… 

When anxiety becomes very intense for periods of time and then it wanes, you wonder how can that be? What causes it to be intense sometimes and disappear others times. I believe some forms of anxiety are because we are incredibly psychic/empathic and we have lost the ability to function effectively in a world that is overloaded with stimuli. There are many different therapies out there for managing your anxiety, especially when it interrupts your life to the detriment of your physical health. I have accessed those mainstream and alternate therapies since my 20’s, with much success. Neither is better than the other and I think they perfectly  compliment each other. This is my story about anxiety and how I have managed it over the years.

My first life - the 80’s…

During my early to mid twenties I experienced some of the worse anxiety I have ever known. It was the 80’s and nobody talked much about mental health back then. It affected my whole life and left me physically crippled with fear for about 2 years. 

I had something special deep in my Soul…

I wanted to fight for myself! And a deep sense of “this is not what my life is meant to be!”. In those days my psychic abilities were at their most basic level, that is instinct. So I fought, and I had a win, of sorts. I did operate on a reactionary level without reflecting on what this action, or the next, would bring to me. This is how instinct is used. You react. Mostly it works, but ilife feels like a pinball game and you are being bounced from one drama to the next, sometimes without a breath! For so many years we live like this. Having said that, my instincts directed me to the perfect counsellor, and with that I began the healing process. I began the lessons of Self Awareness and learning to hone my intuition. Although, I had no idea this was happening at the time.

So how come I can’t get my messages?….

Well, it all relates to how you listen for those messages. In those early days, in order to stop the crippling panic attacks, I had to listen/feel the subtle physical changes that meant another attack was coming. Once I was able to do this I developed tools to cut them off at the pass. Something I hadn’t considered until I reflected on it was that my body is the messenger here. When it comes to intuition, it’s not the loud, confusing voices in my head, it is the subtle language of the body.

You can replace your instinctive reactions with meaningful intuitive choices, really!…

By tuning in to your body’s subtle shifts and changes you too can begin to use your intuition and find decision making meaningful. Intuition is honing the brow chakra, or third eye. This is where we decide if our ideas, dreams, decisions and thoughts are fantasy or grounded. I am going to state this again - your thoughts are not your intuition. Your thoughts can come from a place of fear as well as wisdom so to rely on them solely tends to cloud the issue.
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Over the years I found these activities to be quite useful.

• Meditate - a particular type of “connect with your body” meditation will help. Here is one I have made to get you started - CLICK HERE
• Make time to daydream - I’m not talking about hours here, just a few minutes a day. Let your mind wander where it will, don’t question the content, just let the feeling your body gives you whether there is merit or not - even if it is really far fetched. Your Soul is filtering things, like sleep dreaming. What will happen, when you let yourself daydream? Your true course of action will begin to reveal itself and you will trust the yourself and the actions you take.
• Intuitive messages require a level of trust between your mind and body, neither must be the boss. When they work in balance, life is a wonderful thing. The mind will try to dominate as it is the early warning system for danger. Since we are not usually in any physical danger these signals can become a little warped. Journalling helps clear the mind. Try writing every morning, even if you can give yourself 5 minutes. You are emptying the rubbish, much like we do on our computers. Here is a link to an exercise for journalling.
• If you’re not sure about a decision, take a breath. No-one is asking you to rush. If you don’t feel ok about something, give yourself a time out. If someone is asking you to make a big decision and rushing you then that is not your problem, it is theirs. Chances are they are stressing out and looking for you to make something right for them. That is not your responsibility. 

Self Awareness is personal power and the power of Spirit in action!!