{"id":73540,"date":"2024-07-21T01:23:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T18:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=73540"},"modified":"2024-07-21T01:23:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T18:23:50","slug":"10-real-stories-how-trusting-their-gut-feeling-saved-these-peoples-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/10-real-stories-how-trusting-their-gut-feeling-saved-these-peoples-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Real Stories: How \u201cTrusting Their Gut Feeling\u201d Saved These People\u2019s Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trusting your gut means relying on\u00a0the physical sensations your body provides to\u00a0determine whether you\u2019re making the right or\u00a0wrong decision.\n\n
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\u201cI\u00a0was a\u00a020-year-old student alone in\u00a0my\u00a0apartment one evening. I\u00a0was expecting the cable guy, so\u00a0when\u00a0I heard a\u00a0knock at\u00a0the door, I\u00a0opened\u00a0it. I\u00a0saw an\u00a0older man that definitely was not the cable guy, as\u00a0he\u00a0did not have a\u00a0uniform\u00a0on. I\u00a0asked him what he\u00a0wanted. He\u00a0said he\u00a0was going around the apartments installing security alarms.
\nI\u00a0right away didn\u2019t trust him and told him that it\u00a0was a\u00a0bad time and that my\u00a0roommate was on\u00a0the phone long distance (when long distance was expensive) with her parents and was going through some personal stuff. She was not there, but\u00a0I did not want him to\u00a0think\u00a0I was alone. He\u00a0asked where she was. I\u00a0just closed the door in\u00a0his face and said it\u00a0wasn\u2019t a\u00a0good time. I\u00a0called my\u00a0landlord the next morning and asked her about installing security alarms, and she had no\u00a0idea what\u00a0I was talking about and did not authorize\u00a0it.
\nWomen, if\u00a0you ever get into a\u00a0situation where it\u00a0looks like you are alone, really try to\u00a0convince the person who is\u00a0making you feel uneasy that you are not alone. Another time when\u00a0I was young walking home in\u00a0the dark, 2\u00a0men stopped their car and started saying lewd things to\u00a0me. I\u00a0just walked up\u00a0to\u00a0a\u00a0house and knocked on\u00a0the door, and they drove off quickly. You\u2019re way more vulnerable when you\u2019re alone.\u201d\u00a0tess2020x\u00a0\/ Reddit
\n\u201cI\u00a0was driving a\u00a0back highway and got the urge to\u00a0pull off and explore a\u00a0tiny strip mall with a\u00a0dollar store, etc. When I\u00a0got back in\u00a0my\u00a0car, there was a\u00a0nasty multi-vehicle crash that closed the whole 4\u00a0lanes. Could\u2019ve been\u00a0me.\u201d\u00a0Corgi_with_stilts\u00a0\/ Reddit
\nThese are like\u00a0gut feelings, and they happen when the cells in\u00a0your stomach talk to\u00a0the ones in\u00a0your brain. These reactions develop as\u00a0you gain experience over time.\n\n
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\u201cWhen I was pregnant for the first time, something just felt off. I knew from the very beginning it wasn\u2019t going to end well. A few weeks later, I started cramping and spotting, which can be normal in early pregnancy. I ended up going to the ER. They couldn\u2019t find any evidence of a pregnancy in my uterus and decided it was a missed miscarriage and wanted to send me home.\n
But that gut feeling that something was very wrong was still there, and\u00a0I listened to\u00a0it. I\u00a0demanded that I\u00a0be seen by\u00a0my\u00a0OB who was head of\u00a0obstetrics at\u00a0that\u00a0hospital\u00a0and wouldn\u2019t leave until he\u00a0saw\u00a0me. He\u00a0had me\u00a0in\u00a0emergency surgery 4\u00a0hours after he\u00a0came to\u00a0examine me\u00a0to\u00a0remove my\u00a0ruptured fallopian tube and stop the internal bleeding. Had I\u00a0not listened to\u00a0my\u00a0gut, I\u2019d be\u00a0dead.\u201d\u00a0kat4190\u00a0\/ Reddit
\n\u201cIt was 1995, I was 18, still living with my parents, and I was walking home from a friend\u2019s house at about 2 a.m. in the middle of the summer. He only lived 5 or 6 blocks away, and we often hung out watching movies after I got off work. Usually, I would drive to his house because we\u2019d been out with other friends, but this night I had parked at home, and we walked to his place. There\u2019s not usually a lot of traffic between our houses, but this night I was about halfway home when a pickup truck drove by with 2 guys in the cab and 2 in the bed.\n
I\u00a0immediately felt like\u00a0I was in\u00a0danger. I\u00a0saw the truck turn the corner, and\u00a0I dove over some hedges in\u00a0the closest yard\u00a0I could find. I\u00a0hid under them. I\u00a0saw the truck come back around the corner and slowly drive down the street. When it\u00a0got to\u00a0where\u00a0I was hiding, I\u00a0heard one of\u00a0the guys say, \u2018Where did he\u00a0go?\u2019 And another responded that he\u00a0didn\u2019t know. They kept driving, and\u00a0I didn\u2019t see them again. I\u00a0stayed hidden for a\u00a0good 15\u00a0minutes before getting up\u00a0and running the rest of\u00a0the way home. I\u2019m certain they would have jumped me\u00a0if\u00a0they found\u00a0me.\u201d\u00a0rhyza99\u00a0\/ Reddit
\nPeople\u00a0often\u00a0talk about a\u00a0gut feeling as\u00a0if\u00a0it\u2019s a\u00a0little inner voice, but sometimes you can \u201clisten\u201d to\u00a0your gut through different sensations.\n\n\n\n
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\u201cBack when\u00a0I was about 10\u00a0or 11\u00a0I asked my\u00a0mother if\u00a0we\u00a0could take my\u00a0grandmother out to\u00a0lunch. She was kind of\u00a0against\u00a0it, but\u00a0I kept insisting that\u00a0I really wanted to\u00a0see my\u00a0grandmother and that she would want to\u00a0go\u00a0to\u00a0lunch that day. While we\u00a0were out at\u00a0the mall after getting lunch with my\u00a0grandmother, she started slurring her speech and became extremely confused. She was having a\u00a0stroke.
\nLuckily, my mom noticed what was going on and got her to the hospital within 20 or 30 minutes. Doctors said they were able to stop the stroke, and she came out of it basically the same as she was before. A couple of days after the fact, my mom told me I had basically saved my grandmother\u2019s life by making sure we went out to lunch with her that day.\u201d DargoSun92 \/ Reddit\n
\u201cI\u00a0was with my\u00a0mom in\u00a0the woods in\u00a0eastern Quebec. I\u00a0heard something break a\u00a0rather large branch just over the hill maybe 50\u00a0meters away. I\u00a0told her we\u00a0had to\u00a0leave right away because\u00a0I thought it\u00a0was a\u00a0bear. She told me\u00a0how no\u00a0bears had been in\u00a0the area for 20\u00a0years. She listened to\u00a0me\u00a0anyway, and we\u00a0went back down the mountain toward home. The next day, a\u00a0bear was hit by\u00a0a\u00a0car just on\u00a0the other side of\u00a0the mountain.\u201d\u00a0throwmeinthecanal\u00a0\/ Reddit\n\n\n
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The\u00a0gut-brain link\u00a0can turn emotional experiences into tummy troubles. When you\u2019re anxious or\u00a0fearful, you might get stomachaches or\u00a0nausea, which is\u00a0why they call it\u00a0a\u00a0\u201cgut feeling.\u201d\n\n
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\u201cI\u00a0had been living and working in\u00a0Korea, and one day\u00a0I was coming up\u00a0out of\u00a0a\u00a0subway station and saw a\u00a0man talking to\u00a0another foreign woman. She had that polite, frozen smile on\u00a0her face\u00a0\u2014 the why-is-this-guy-talking-to-me smile. I\u00a0walked up\u00a0to\u00a0her, linked my\u00a0arm with hers, and said, \u2018Hey, Sarah! There you are! Are you ready to\u00a0go?\u2019 and just started walking.
\nThe guy followed\u00a0us, but\u00a0I sped up\u00a0and made an\u00a0abrupt turn into a\u00a0coffee shop. We\u00a0hid, and\u00a0I saw him walk past, still looking for her. We\u00a0ended up\u00a0getting coffee and chatting for a\u00a0bit, and\u00a0I found out that he\u00a0had followed her off the train and had been getting increasingly aggressive for the last 10\u00a0minutes. I\u00a0don\u2019t know what might have happened, but I\u2019m really glad I\u00a0interfered!\u201d\u00a0Alma_knack\u00a0\/ Reddit\n\n\n
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\u201cMy\u00a0dad passed out in\u00a0a\u00a0bathroom at\u00a0the airport. I\u00a0told him to\u00a0purchase an\u00a0AED because they were selling them at\u00a0the time at\u00a0Sam\u2019s Club (2007) for 1k. I\u00a0just knew it\u00a0was an\u00a0arrhythmia, and\u00a0I was right. He\u00a0died a\u00a0month later and if\u00a0he\u2019d had his AED he\u00a0might have survived. It\u00a0was an\u00a0arrhythmia.\u201d\u00a0 micekins\u00a0\/ Reddit\n\n\n
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Research connects these moments of\u00a0intuition to\u00a0specific brain processes, like assessing and understanding emotional and nonverbal signals.\n\n
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\u201cIn\u00a0middle school, I\u00a0was up\u00a0late one night. My\u00a0mom and brother were asleep, and my\u00a0dad had gone away on\u00a0business. I\u00a0let the dog out, and when\u00a0I went to\u00a0go\u00a0get him, I\u00a0got a\u00a0bad feeling, like someone was out there. There wasn\u2019t really a\u00a0reason for me\u00a0to\u00a0feel this way, but it\u00a0was just dark, and\u00a0I got spooked, so\u00a0I put the chain lock up\u00a0on\u00a0the back door when we\u00a0got back inside. Back then, we\u00a0never locked our doors.
\nA\u00a0few minutes later, the dog is\u00a0drinking by\u00a0the back door, and he\u00a0suddenly stops and starts growling (like a\u00a0low grumble) at\u00a0the door. I\u00a0was sitting where\u00a0I could see the dog but not the door. Then I\u00a0hear the door pull open and the chain lock catch. The dog started barking like crazy, and\u00a0I ran upstairs to\u00a0wake my\u00a0brother\u00a0up. He\u00a0went out and looked around, but no\u00a0one was there. I\u00a0think the dog\u2019s barking scared them away, but\u00a0I don\u2019t know who it\u00a0was or\u00a0what would have happened if\u00a0I hadn\u2019t locked the door.\u201d\u00a0monaforever\u00a0\/ Reddit\n\n\n
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Throughout your day, your brain collects and works with sensory information from your surroundings. Some of\u00a0this information you\u2019re consciously aware\u00a0of.\n\n
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\u201cThis happened twice while delivering pizza to\u00a0shady neighborhoods. Things didn\u2019t look right, so\u00a0I trusted my\u00a0instincts and booked\u00a0it. Both times, no\u00a0one ever called back to\u00a0ask about their food never arriving. That\u2019s all the proof I\u00a0need.\u201d\u00a0LoneQuietus81\u00a0\/ RedditThese intuitive moments are like our brains\u2019 secret superpower to\u00a0understand emotions and nonverbal signals, as\u00a0research\u00a0suggests. While we\u00a0go\u00a0about our daily routine, our brains are quietly collecting and making sense of\u00a0all the information around\u00a0us, even if\u00a0we\u2019re not fully aware of\u00a0it. Before you head out, be\u00a0sure to\u00a0check out\u00a0this fascinating article\u00a0where we\u00a0share a\u00a0mother\u2019s important message to\u00a0all parents. She saved her baby\u2019s life by\u00a0simply \u201ctrusting her gut.\u201d\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Trusting your gut means relying on\u00a0the physical sensations your body provides to\u00a0determine whether you\u2019re making the right or\u00a0wrong decision. \u201cI\u00a0was a\u00a020-year-old student alone in\u00a0my\u00a0apartment one evening. I\u00a0was expecting the cable guy, so\u00a0when\u00a0I heard a\u00a0knock at\u00a0the door, I\u00a0opened\u00a0it. I\u00a0saw an\u00a0older man that definitely was not the cable guy, as\u00a0he\u00a0did not have a\u00a0uniform\u00a0on. I\u00a0asked him what he\u00a0wanted. …\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":73543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moral-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73544,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73540\/revisions\/73544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}