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My gut has never steered me wrong. If someone strikes me as a fake, jerk, loser, creep, or jackarse, away he goes. If I've discarded a few people who were having off nights, oh well. Better safe than sorry. There are plenty of people out there who won't trip the internal DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER alarm. No sense wasting time weeding through the ones who do.
Right on. I agree.
Ok, so here comes some .... of my non-professional opinion of the physiological factors of the gut instinct.
I think 'gut instinct' is your brain processing information that winds up giving you anxiety or discomfort. This feeling is usually translated into your stomach, as that is our first (or main) receptor for stress.
Most of the time, we don't have enough evidence to consciencely decide a situation or a person is wrong for us early on. We can observe, and try to get a feeling for someone, but before we REALLY know someone, it is hard to make an accurate judgement. Our gut instinct is us subconsciencely telling us to run.
EVERY time my guy instinct was telling me something, it was right.
One time, I thought my dating struggles were related to my overly protective gut instinct. So I went against my gut, giving someone a chance. Things didn't go well for me, as my gut was 100% correct.
Call it 'the force', gut instinct, or whatever you want, but I'll never ignore it again.
I'm going to listen to my instincts and intuition, especially if they tell me there's a problem. I will reconsider if time shows me otherwise. However, I will also wait for confirmation when my intuition tells me that someone is okay. My intuition is pretty reliable, but not infallible, so I always want more confirmation for any non-trivial decision.
There is no brain in your gut. Your "gut instinct" is generated from your brain just as much as any "logical instinct". When people say their gut is telling them something, it's because their brain is processing all sorts of data about the situation, from the clothes someone wears, how they talk, how they act, financial security, background, etc. and we formulate an opinion of this person. Sometimes the data we have to initially go with is not fully understood.
There is no brain in your gut. Your "gut instinct" is generated from your brain just as much as any "logical instinct". When people say their gut is telling them something, it's because their brain is processing all sorts of data about the situation, from the clothes someone wears, how they talk, how they act, financial security, background, etc. and we formulate an opinion of this person. Sometimes the data we have to initially go with is not fully understood.
This.
Though Gut instincts are wrong often, but humans don't remember the times they made bad predictions, just the times they made good ones.
I think I can understand what the OP is saying. I have tried to get some of my friends acquainted together in the past and more often than not, one of them will tell me later that he or she doesn't think it will work out because of some false perception about their personality. I'm sure you guys have met someone who you become good friends with later, but your initial impression is negative.
Gut instinct is probably the most over-rated tool a human can use.
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