7 Signs It's Your Trauma, NOT Intuition (Gut Instinct)

Gut instinct, also known as intuition, refers to the ability to understand or know something immediately without the need for conscious reasoning. But what if your gut feeling is actually trauma?

Trauma can significantly impact our decision-making processes by embedding fear, heightened sensitivity, and distorted perceptions into our cognitive and emotional responses, often leading to hesitancy, self-doubt, or reactive choices influenced by past traumatic experiences.

Have you ever been confused about whether it's your gut instinct or trauma influencing your decisions? If you've found yourself grappling with this question, you're not alone. This video is for you.

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Writer: Clarisse Delos Reyes
Editor: Caitlin McColl
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
Animator: Madhurima
Youtube Manager: Cindy Cheong

References:
Van Der Kolk, B. A. (2015). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. New York: Viking.
Herman, J. L. (1997). Trauma and recovery. Basic books.
Bowlby, J. (1988). A secure base: Parent-child attachment and healthy human development. Basic books.
Hanson, R. (2011). Buddha's brain: The practical neuroscience of happiness, love, and wisdom. New Harbinger Publications.
Perry, B. D., & Szalavitz, M. (2017). The boy who was raised as a dog: And other stories from a child psychiatrist's notebook--what traumatized children can teach us about loss, love, and healing. Basic books.
Levine, P. A. (2010). In an unspoken voice: How the body releases trauma and restores goodness. North Atlantic Books.
Shapiro, F. (2018). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy: Basic principles, protocols, and procedures. Guilford Publications.

[thorne.e]

The one in those that doesn't fit me is "uncomfortable with stability" - my life was always chaotic as a child that I wanted some form of normalcy. That chaos continued with my (now ex) and this year was the first time I felt real stability and calmness for the first time outside of all that. It doesn't unnerve me, it feels nice to have a stable grounding after everything. Never felt more peaceful than I do now 😌

[Aan]

Timestamps
1). Overreacting 0:30
2). Difficulty trusting 1:03
3). Fear of abandonment 1:49
4). Overthinking 2:31
5). Uncomfortable with stability 3:14
6). Hypervigilance 4:03
7). Avoidance 4:47

Hope this helps you out. Hope you have a nice day. 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[GinBvnny]

Hello! While watching this video I realized that alot of the things i fear aren’t just me being dramatic, i always seem to be scared one day everyones gonna leave me and turn on me, thank you for helping realize that im not being dramatic❤

[safvan]

I often wondered why whenever someone does something wrong to me and I play out how I’m gonna confront this person but something holds me back and the words won’t come out to where I freeze rendering me unable to say what I want to say.

[muskansharma]

I have never related to any video more than this, I feel so much anxiety when I am loved or someone shows concerns for me it's like my mind keeps on telling me that it will end up hurting 😢

[DrewJordan.]

1. Overreacting
0:32
2. Difficulty Trusting
1:05
3. Fear of Abandonment
1:50
4. Overthinking
2:34
5. Uncomfortable with stability
3:15
6. Hypervigilance
4:04
7. Avoidance
4:50

[EpsyWarrior]

To some degree I do have all of them, and I can't seem to free myself of these 7 types even with help. 😞

[HGWhitty]

I've been through what seemed to be a heavilly stressful situation for me, i'm not sure wether or not to call it traumatic since i don't want to overexagerrate, but all of these are so very scarilly relatable to what i'm going through, and i am so ever glad i'm not the only one who mistakes these for my gut feelings. It can be extremely confusing and frustrating at times.

[vxjhxhj]

OMG!! this helped so much!! I didn’t know my hyper vigilance was linked to trauma. This makes so much sense, thanks!!

[deriene_rocha]

I think what we learn is valid and important, even if it is from trauma. Its better than let it happen again. Actually its more valid than intuicion.

[ShadowMoon]

As a child, my father would always whipped me, my brothers and my mom with his belt that has a metal buckle on it, whenever he was drunk or unhappy over the slightest thing. So whenever i hear a metal buckle clacking or clicking, my body would always tense up anticipating that myself or someone is gonna get whipped even if im in a pool changing room or in a public bathroom. It is so bad that i only wear belts with plastic buckles. I just turned 35 too

[stayclassybeautiful]

Watching this let's me know how much I've healed. Thanks.

[ives]

"Trauma is personal, it does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated, the silent screams continue internally, heard only by the one held captive. When someone enters the pain and hears the screams, healing can begin." - Danielle Bernock

[nexovec]

Teacher: Why do you never get a perfect score?
Me getting a perfect score:

[paigerobinson]

You can work through these problems, keep fighting forward, I've stopped experiencing some but stuck on 2, 3, 6 and 7

[RayPeng-]

"STAY BRAVE"
The most valuable thing I needed to hear lately. Thank you!

[animeking]

i came to the conclussion a few months ago that I have some past trauma that I thought was just normal but a lot trauma videos I've seen on home page and watched a lot of stuff I can relate to

[HeavenCin]

This helped me a lot. Esp at a time where I can’t fall asleep because I’m overthinking having sceneries in my head, questioning things and being negative. I was able to fall asleep with a better mindset-more clear. Thank you.

[lucy]

I love this and know I have these things but I also know that my trauma makes me easy to take advantage of and gaslit. I often get emotionally deregulated when I am seeing evidence or am being manipulated, and because my reaction appears disproportionate, people around me will tell me I’m being paranoid. I know I am overreactive so I always run things by my therapist, but many times I have been talked into accepting I am just being paranoid etc, and then my fear turns out to be true and valid. It’s a hard balance. If you have dated a narcissist, you get it. ❤

[MerryCarrie]

I've watched this 3x already. The tears won't stop rolling.