The power of intuition: learn how to identify your inner voice

who never had one bad feeling🇧🇷 It comes when you least expect it and is accompanied by anguish, tightness in the chest and the strange, disturbing feeling that something is not quite right. When these perceptions arise, you are often sure that something bad is coming. Some people even give up on trips and other plans, even though there is no rational reason for it.

Many call this feeling intuition and, for some, such an idea differs from women to men. But after all, what happens to the mind when that feeling arises? THE female intuition exists🇧🇷

CLAUDIA interviewed three experts with different views on the subject.

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Intuition for psychology

the psychologist Katia Larsenan expert on the subject, explains that intuition can be identified based on some indications that demonstrate that that sensation came, in fact, from the unconscious🇧🇷

“Tachycardia, butterflies in the stomach, feeling of fear in the heart and change in breathing rhythm are some of the signs that should not be ignored. Women have an inner wisdom that surpasses our analytical mind.🇧🇷 It comes from the unconscious and can be felt in the body by bodily sensations as a signal to move forward or avoid some attitude or decision”, he says.

However, attention must be paid to the fact that psychological disorders can also be the cause of these sensations. However, they occur in different ways and intensities. “The difference between some of these signs and anxiety and stress, for example, is that they are passing signals. As soon as we realize and become aware of what is happening, they dissolve. In psychological disorders, the symptoms do not disappear, they intensify”, explains the psychologist.

It’s as if the intuition involved a sensation more subtle than disturbing. The diagnosis of a anxiety disorderfor example, is given when a list of symptoms with a certain frequency and intensity is presented, which is very different from light and transitory signs that our body presents to connect us with the information of our inner wisdomexplains Katia.

According to the specialist, all these personal sensations originating from our unconscious can become even more intense in the menstrual period🇧🇷 Some studies prove the relationship between the variation of female hormones and neurotransmitters such as noradrenaline and serotoninwhich are modulators of mood, well-being and a state of relaxation.

“Increased sensitivity during menstruation periods (PMS) opens up the possibility for women to listen to themselves more, as their body naturally asks for a certain retreat🇧🇷 Intuition is always there, regardless of hormonal fluctuations, but body sensitivity can make us more attentive to what is happening around us”, reveals the psychologist.

But, after all, why are women more sensitive to these sensations? According to Kátia, a woman’s body has cycles like nature and rhythms like the moon, every 28 days. These cycles generate changes in mood and needs that affect the female psycheopening to a more sensitive and vulnerable state, which makes it more receptive to this function.

Men are also capable of being intuitive, since intuition is a psychic trait of human beings; however, they need to surrender to the sensitivity, nature and flow of life, something that macho culture would not allow them to do.

The psychologist says that this tactile personality can vary. “All psychic functions communicate to a greater or lesser degree. Some people are more mental, others are already more sensory. We can balance our psychic functions so that we activate the less dominant ones through practices, meditations, art etc”, she says.

Concrete answers do not always come immediately. “We can take the universe of animals as instinct and the plant universe as the wisdom of the trees of a forest, which predicts the destruction of their species and creates forms of natural preservation. We are part of that nature, our human nature with conscience”, reflects Katia.

Intuition for Psychoanalysis

doctor Cezar Siqueiraa psychoanalyst, believes that intuition actually exists and is a psychic phenomenon, but far beyond that. “When we speak of feminine intuition as a gift, we are talking about the ability to anticipate or foresee something without knowing very well why. As a phenomenon, intuition has this characteristic, an idea that comes from elsewhere”.

For psychoanalysis, intuition as an omen or premonition can only be verified after what happened🇧🇷 “Interestingly, it is much easier for us to say that we intuit an event when that thing has already happened. We are more sure as we confirm. We have a very strong validation of intuition when it actually materializes”, he explains.

In addition, the psychoanalyst states that it is usually based on some previous event, translated into sensations, not thoughts. “A sensitive certainty, not a rational one. It comes from a collection of information emerging from past experiences”.

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The specialist states that intuition and paranoia can be easily intertwined. “Can be one sweet paranoia,” he says in a joking tone. “It is easy for that to happen. It is somewhat harmless, but the fact that it comes out of nowhere and without any concrete reason, with the character of certainty and taking the subject with a force that such a situation will certainly happen, it is very easy for paranoia to be disguised as intuition”.

For him, the feeling behind the scenes is the reason behind the thoughts, where the human being is always anguished in the face of the unknown and the lack of knowledge. “Intuiting is nothing more than anticipating what we don’t know what it is”, he says.

In addition, the psychoanalyst shows the difference between the female and male unconscious: it depends a lot on how both genders see their anguish. “Today there is a certain mythology in relation to the feminine gift and the different capacities of genders. There is a very large social weight. It has nothing to do with a man’s or woman’s ability to be intuitive. We know today that men and women are social constructions. Intuition loses its place in a society where man is forbidden to cry and obliged to always be rational”.

Asked about the relationship between intuition and psychological disorders, Dr. Cezar states that anyone with a serious condition or not, can have their perception of the world influenced by unconscious issues and misreadings🇧🇷 “In psychoanalysis, we treat mental disorders as singularities, not ‘diseases’. It’s paranoia when it gets in the way of a person’s life. Paranoia is only ‘sweet’ when it doesn’t interfere with your quality of life”.

Intuition for Neuroscience

Intuition is based and surfaced in the prior knowledge and area of ​​expertiseaccording to dr. Igor Duarte, neuroscientist. “A doctor, for example, has no intuition in the field of Physics. As women, in the course of evolution, have always been related to multiple tasks, the female brain has specialized in seeking various information and sensations. Therefore, women actually have greater intuitive ability than men,” she points out.

The brain works basically by hormones, some more evident in the female body, being an aggravating factor. “There is an area of ​​the organ called corpus callosum, responsible for connecting the left side of the brain to the right side of it. The woman has about 250 million neurons the most alone in this region, compared to man. This connection is better in the female body, where it seeks more sensations and more efficiently”, explains Igor.

“There is another area of ​​the brain present in both genders: the anterior cingulate gyrus. This area is more evident in women, being responsible for anticipating negative problems. Very activated when we have an expectation of something bad. As intuitions usually have a dangerous character, and being greater in the female body, this can also be an additional component”, he points out.

doctor Igor claims that the cultural issue is an aggravating factor when it comes to sensations. “When a man says he felt or sensed something, he ends up being a joke among his friends. Therefore, in order not to be ridiculed, the boy ends up repressing these situations and ignoring the signals that his brain provides”.

But is it possible, through these data, to scientifically affirm the inability of men to intuit as women do? doctor Igor disagrees. “Intuition is something of the brain. This does not mean that man cannot be intuitive. If there is training, they will be able to achieve the same skills. Just develop. The problem is that men, in general, do not care about feelings. So it’s more complicated to develop that side,” he explains.

Asked about the psychological disorders through the neuroscientific view, Igor states that depression is more common in women due to hormone issue, usually being related to serotoninsubstance existing in women about 60% more than men. “When the brain is low in terms of mood, the area mentioned above – activated for negative reactions – fluctuates a lot, especially for those with depression. Therefore, these people tend to have more premonitions, unlike those with a more normalized mood.” For the doctor, it is not possible to confuse symptoms of disorders with intuition: a condition of depression makes the brain more attentive to negative situations, suppressing any positive information.

Speaking about prejudices and sensations, dr. Igor affirms the relationship with previous experiences🇧🇷 “What the newspapers convey, for example, of criminals being mostly black, induces our brain to believe in dark skin as trait of evil🇧🇷 This can become racial prejudice. To separate the two things, a lot starts with putting it in the mind consciously. What happened to the journalist William Waack, for example, is something very common among the Brazilian people. This is related to social issues, environments and information we acquire”.

Today’s women suffer from an enormous dilemma: live what they feel in their hearts or follow the collective, which is what society imposes. To live your own truth, you need to own yourself, believe in yourself, let go of limiting standards 🇧🇷 what we know is the hardest part 🇧🇷 and follow your own intuition without having to justify everything that is felt with objective answers🇧🇷

Being able to emerge in any human mind after improvement, it is a fact that intuition is natural when it comes to the female psyche🇧🇷 Therefore, take advantage of nuances that constitute the mind when you are a woman, can be the big step to connect with your inner me🇧🇷

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