How do you tell the difference between intuition and anxiety?

Question

I often get strong gut feelings that something is wrong in a relationship or a situation. But I also have anxiety that creates fear about things that turn out to be fine. I cannot tell when to trust my gut and when to recognize it as anxiety talking. How do you distinguish between the two?

leo_cooper · Accepted Answer

Intuition tends to be quiet and specific, a knowing about something particular. Anxiety is loud, generalizes widely, and often catastrophizes. Intuition says something specific is off. Anxiety says everything might go wrong.

ethan_gray · Answer

Ask whether the feeling is attached to specific observable evidence or to fear of the unknown. Genuine intuition usually connects to something you noticed but have not consciously processed yet. Pure anxiety is usually untethered to specific evidence.

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