What do you do when you have agut feeling, pandas? Do you brush it off and hope for the best? Or immediately follow the inexplicable sensation telling you not to do something?It can sometimes be difficult to determine what’s a gutinstinctversus what’s simply nerves (or even bad leftovers). But it’s best not to ignore what your body tries to tell you. You just might end up saying “I knew it” later down the line.Redditors have beenrecallingtimes when their instincts were spot on, so we’ve gathered some of their best stories below. From having a feeling that apartneris cheating or that it wouldn’t be wise to hitch a ride with that seemingly friendly stranger, enjoy reading all about these times when people’sintuitionwas on their side. And keep reading to find a conversation with writerSusanna Newsonen!This post may includeaffiliate links.
What do you do when you have agut feeling, pandas? Do you brush it off and hope for the best? Or immediately follow the inexplicable sensation telling you not to do something?
It can sometimes be difficult to determine what’s a gutinstinctversus what’s simply nerves (or even bad leftovers). But it’s best not to ignore what your body tries to tell you. You just might end up saying “I knew it” later down the line.
Redditors have beenrecallingtimes when their instincts were spot on, so we’ve gathered some of their best stories below. From having a feeling that apartneris cheating or that it wouldn’t be wise to hitch a ride with that seemingly friendly stranger, enjoy reading all about these times when people’sintuitionwas on their side. And keep reading to find a conversation with writerSusanna Newsonen!
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I confronted my bf that he was cheating on me. He repeatedly said “I haven’t been with another woman since I met you.” I know, I said. I continued with the allegation. He kept insisting “no other woman since I met you.” Over and over until.It clicked.He stopped talking. I saw it in his eyes. He knew I knew.We were talking about men, not women.
Mine is milder than a lot on here, but when I put on some shapewear and it made my insides feel funny. I had had a tubal four years before, and my husband and I had only had sex once in the previous few months (depression on my part), so he and my sister kept telling me there was no way, especially since it had only been about three weeks since our one-off. Next morning I puked and took the damn test. My surprise caboose is 7 now, and I finally got one that looks like me, lol.
To learn more about the importance of trusting your gut, we reached out to philosopher, poet and writer,Susanna Newsonen, who was kind enough to have a chat withBored Panda.“Humans have survived in the ‘wild’ for hundreds of thousands of years, and that is thanks to our instincts,” she shared. “It’s only our modern society that has devalued the idea of gut instinct in preference for pure brain power. The reality is that you need both. The good news is that the brain and the gut are constantly communicating with each other. The bad news is that the brain doesn’t always agree with the gut when it over-rationalizes situations and, as a result, the gut isn’t always listened to.”
To learn more about the importance of trusting your gut, we reached out to philosopher, poet and writer,Susanna Newsonen, who was kind enough to have a chat withBored Panda.
“Humans have survived in the ‘wild’ for hundreds of thousands of years, and that is thanks to our instincts,” she shared. “It’s only our modern society that has devalued the idea of gut instinct in preference for pure brain power. The reality is that you need both. The good news is that the brain and the gut are constantly communicating with each other. The bad news is that the brain doesn’t always agree with the gut when it over-rationalizes situations and, as a result, the gut isn’t always listened to.”
Suffered from chronic lower back pain for years. Went to the doctor who flippantly told me to fix my posture.Went to a chiro who told me to come in weekly for “adjustment.“Gave up for a while.Went to another doctor who took an x-ray and told me there wasn’t anything wrong with me.One day I went to the doctor for a hernia who had me take an MRI. Was told the MRI would be like 20 minutes, ended up being 45.Doctor sits me down and says, “Yeah, that’s a hernia all right … but did you know that you have degenerative disc disease? The discs in your lower spine are some of the worst I’ve ever seen.“Blew my mind that it took like 15 years of chronic lower back pain to get diagnosed for something that went on a doctor’s wall of fame.
I’m a supply chain professional. In the very early days of covid’s impact here in the US, myself and many people like me saw what was happening in China and other places and knew, for certain, that there was a massive supply chain shock and crazy inflation coming.It was extremely obvious and predictable, months before it hit full force. I kept waiting and waiting for someone in the government to talk and do something about it, but no one did. Then it happened.Then, I heard countless outlets from the wall street journal to Bloomberg to John oliver talking about it and pointing out these factors and causes, that me and hundreds of people like me, were fluently aware of and saw coming clear as day, months ago.That was when I really lost faith in the system, and I didn’t have that much to begin with.
When I woke up and read the news regarding the Brussels airport bombing in 2016, I just knew my father had to have almost got caught up in it.My father has been awful close to being a victim of several terrorist attacks (was supposed to be at the WTC on 9/11, was in London during the subway bombings, was sitting 2 blocks away during the truck rampage in Stockholm). So when I read the news, I called him. Turns out he was on an inbound flight about to land, and they got redirected to amsterdam.And before anyone asks - yes, I’m sure he’s not secretly some terrorist mastermind!
Told my parents for years as a kid I didn’t like my grandmother and felt something very off about her… found out when we were older she did some pretty horrible things to my sister…My mom still talks about how intuitive I was as a kid and she wishes she listened to my gut back then. Smh.
Suspected my wife was cheating for months, then I found the plan B pill instructions on our car, I’ve had a vasectomy for more than 7 years.
When an ex-friend got busted for sleeping with a student. I always thought it was inappropriate how she acted outside of school. She would text students on weekends using her number and not a classroom app. She claimed it was for questions about homework, projects, etc. She then invited students to come and watch her perform for a shadow cast of Rocky horror where she played Janet, so she’s in her underwear 70% of the show. Fast forward a few years after all this and I get a message with a news article of her being arrested for f*****g a student. Worst part I had friends that still supported her saying it’s not really a big deal since he was 16-17 and the she of consent is 16. She’s in a position of power and umm ewwww.
Susanna also opened up about some of her own personal experiences where trusting her intuition was the right move. “The biggest one was canceling my wedding four months before it was due to take place, as I knew the man I was about to marry wasn’t the right one,” she told Bored Panda.“On the outside, I portrayed the perfect image and on the inside, my gut was shouting hell no. And it was right. Now, in hindsight, I realized I was in an emotionally abusive relationship where he constantly tried to control the narrative as well as what I did and even how I dressed,” the expert explained. “Needless to say, it wasn’t a healthy one. But for some reason, because I was so deep in it, I didn’t see it then.”
Susanna also opened up about some of her own personal experiences where trusting her intuition was the right move. “The biggest one was canceling my wedding four months before it was due to take place, as I knew the man I was about to marry wasn’t the right one,” she told Bored Panda.
“On the outside, I portrayed the perfect image and on the inside, my gut was shouting hell no. And it was right. Now, in hindsight, I realized I was in an emotionally abusive relationship where he constantly tried to control the narrative as well as what I did and even how I dressed,” the expert explained. “Needless to say, it wasn’t a healthy one. But for some reason, because I was so deep in it, I didn’t see it then.”
Big town hockey coach on local tv always gave me the creeps for some reason. Then years later he was charged with molesting players.
“Somehow, four months before the wedding, some alarm bells of my gut feeling started to go off. I couldn’t sleep, eat, or focus - and I knew something was wrong,” Susanna continued. “Eventually, in a random conversation with a friend, I burst into tears and said I couldn’t marry him. Finally, I was listening to what my gut was telling me. I canceled the wedding and freed myself of his demands. It was the best decision I ever made.”
I read the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which made me think I was on the spectrum. I brought it up with my mom who was shocked to hear that I knew. I learned I was diagnosed as a child but my parents didn’t know how to tell me.
Ellen Degeneres. I’ve always kinda been wary of her. She’s just always rubbed me the wrong way. I was a hater of her for a while. Turns out I was right.
We were also curious to know if Susanna had ever regretted refusing to listen to her instincts. “I do remember ignoring them - ironically again at a wedding scenario,” she shared. “One of my best friends was getting married in Dubai but with only a few months' notice. I was living in London, UK at the time, so it was a scramble to try and get myself organized.““Eventually, I realized I had a very important work meeting with a senior member of the company on Monday morning, and the wedding was planned for Saturday evening. With the time difference and flights available, I couldn’t find a way to make it to both,” Susanna continued. “Stupidly, I ignored my gut feeling to go support my best friend on this day and instead followed my brain to focus on my career path. I missed the wedding and have regretted it ever since. I left the job a year later, so it wasn’t the right one for me anyways. Thankfully, my friend was super understanding and we’re still very close.”
We were also curious to know if Susanna had ever regretted refusing to listen to her instincts. “I do remember ignoring them - ironically again at a wedding scenario,” she shared. “One of my best friends was getting married in Dubai but with only a few months' notice. I was living in London, UK at the time, so it was a scramble to try and get myself organized.”
“Eventually, I realized I had a very important work meeting with a senior member of the company on Monday morning, and the wedding was planned for Saturday evening. With the time difference and flights available, I couldn’t find a way to make it to both,” Susanna continued. “Stupidly, I ignored my gut feeling to go support my best friend on this day and instead followed my brain to focus on my career path. I missed the wedding and have regretted it ever since. I left the job a year later, so it wasn’t the right one for me anyways. Thankfully, my friend was super understanding and we’re still very close.”
As a kid i told my brother that pressing the button harder made the planes in ace combat 5 accelerate more, he didnt believe me, years later i found out the ps2 had pressure sensitive buttons and i was right.
Susanna shared that she had also ignored her gut a few times while working in the corporate world. “The peer pressure to fit the norm is something else, and even when my gut was telling me not to do something, my colleagues convinced me otherwise,” she noted.“It didn’t lead to anything destructive, but it did lead me to feeling disappointed in myself as I knew I wasn’t living my truth. Don’t ever let others tempt you out of listening to your gut instinct,” she told Bored Panda. “If it’s a no, it’s a no for a reason (even if you can’t yet articulate it and it’s just a feeling). You should never feel the need to justify your decisions based on gut feeling. You can just say, ‘I just feel this is what’s best’,and leave it at that. If people can’t comprehend that, it’s their problem, not yours.”
Susanna shared that she had also ignored her gut a few times while working in the corporate world. “The peer pressure to fit the norm is something else, and even when my gut was telling me not to do something, my colleagues convinced me otherwise,” she noted.
“It didn’t lead to anything destructive, but it did lead me to feeling disappointed in myself as I knew I wasn’t living my truth. Don’t ever let others tempt you out of listening to your gut instinct,” she told Bored Panda. “If it’s a no, it’s a no for a reason (even if you can’t yet articulate it and it’s just a feeling). You should never feel the need to justify your decisions based on gut feeling. You can just say, ‘I just feel this is what’s best’,and leave it at that. If people can’t comprehend that, it’s their problem, not yours.”
My brother asking me for money to buy a car and me telling him he can’t drive and he’s going to hurt somebody or end up in trouble. He told me he’d buy the car one way or another. It wasn’t even 24 hours before he was in jail for driving without a license under the influence of d***s.
When Susan Smith, of South Carolina, claimed a black man had stolen her car with her two sons in the back seat, I could TELL she was lying.
We also asked the expert for advice on how people can get better at following their own instincts. “Slow down and listen. Often we’re so busy and our days are so full, we barely have time to listen to others let alone to ourselves,” Susanna says. “Don’t underestimate the value of connecting to yourself and your inner voice. This is what is going to best guide you in your life and lead you to your happiest, most fulfilling life.““No one else can tell you what’s right for you because only you know what’s best for you. Learn to listen to your gut because it will know what is best,” the expert continued. “The more you practice it, the easier it will get. And even if your brain might be saying yes, try to high pause on all the rational thoughts and ask yourself, ‘How do I actually feel about this?'”
We also asked the expert for advice on how people can get better at following their own instincts. “Slow down and listen. Often we’re so busy and our days are so full, we barely have time to listen to others let alone to ourselves,” Susanna says. “Don’t underestimate the value of connecting to yourself and your inner voice. This is what is going to best guide you in your life and lead you to your happiest, most fulfilling life.”
“No one else can tell you what’s right for you because only you know what’s best for you. Learn to listen to your gut because it will know what is best,” the expert continued. “The more you practice it, the easier it will get. And even if your brain might be saying yes, try to high pause on all the rational thoughts and ask yourself, ‘How do I actually feel about this?'”
June 1994, San Francisco, Candlestick Park for the Giants game. Walking with a couple of buddies in the concession areas waiting for the game to start. Instead of the PA system, announcing the pregame festivities, announcements, etc., The news broadcast of the white bronco making a run for the border was playing. When the O.J. Simpson story first broke days before, we couldn’t believe that the Juice could have had anything to do with it. My friend looked at us as we stood there listening to the police chase of the Bronco and said, “You know, that’s not what innocent people do.”.
When I was in highschool I thought my stepmother was cheating on my dad. Me and a friend rode out bikes up to the mall and as soon as we walked in I saw her and some guy sitting across from each other right in front of the food court. My stepmother was so shocked seeing me her eyes got as big as pie plates. As they were walking away he put his arm around her and they were whispering something to each other.
“One of the easiest ways tonotlisten to your gut instinct is when you start to listen to everyone else around you,” Susanna added. “It’s easy to fall into this trap because it’s a very noisy world - from our friends and family offering well-intended advice to society and social media pressuring us with theirshoulds.When it comes down to listening to your very own gut instinct, learn to ignore all that outside noise and fully reconnect with your inner voice. It’s that voice that will know what is best for you.“If you’d like to hear more wise words from Susanna or check out her books, be sure to visit herwebsiteor follow her onInstagram!
“One of the easiest ways tonotlisten to your gut instinct is when you start to listen to everyone else around you,” Susanna added. “It’s easy to fall into this trap because it’s a very noisy world - from our friends and family offering well-intended advice to society and social media pressuring us with theirshoulds.When it comes down to listening to your very own gut instinct, learn to ignore all that outside noise and fully reconnect with your inner voice. It’s that voice that will know what is best for you.”
If you’d like to hear more wise words from Susanna or check out her books, be sure to visit herwebsiteor follow her onInstagram!
Scott Peterson.The day he spoke about his wife with all her family supporting him, I told my husband, “He killed her”.
Cycling home from work with a friend, the route took us from a downhill stretch on a main road and then through a smaller side street busy with shops, cafes and nose to curb parking. As we swung off the main road my spidey senses went off and I hit the brakes even though the path was clear, my friend continued at speed until a black BMW turned right in front of him. I barely managed to stop and would have crashed too if I hadn’t braked earlier. Friend was a little bruised, bike was ok, new BMW had big scratches right across the front of it.
I suspected that an allegedly close friend of mine was the one spreading lies about me behind my back. She was the kind of girl who would always say I was her best friend, I was her sister, etc. but would rarely contact me unless she needed something. Found out people knew things about me I’d only told one or two others in confidence, so I made up something about myself and told it to only her. Rest of our friends learnt it and confronted me about it and I had my “I knew it” moment. Never spoke to her again.Edit: the “thing” I made up - a different girl in our friend group had cheated on her boyfriend with another guy in the friend group whom I’d been texting with but it never went anywhere serious as I found him a bit sus (he told me he was in love with me 4 days into texting). I told the snake friend that we were dating and told her not to tell anyone because I wasn’t ready for people to know. Around the time the other girl’s boyfriend found out about her and the guy, my snake friend told everyone about me and the guy implying that I’d also been cheated on. Not only that but she heavily implied that I deserved it because…she had a crush on that guy EVEN THOUGH she had a boyfriend. This all sounds like high school drama but sadly it happened mostly in our early 20s. I’m not friends with any of those people anymore.
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There’s more context, but my ex-husband’s ex-girlfriend (who I love like a sister and has helped me so much) sent me screenshots of him trying to cheat with her very early in our relationship. He also texted her that he missed her a few days before we got married. I always knew it.Edited for more clarity so that people don’t mistakenly think I’m the biggest nitwit this side of the Internet: I suspected that something was going on for years, but had no evidence and was repeatedly called crazy, insecure, jealous etc.Divorced his ae nearly 6 years later, got in touch with his ex (that’s the long story I didn’t want to get into), and then finally saw the screenshots. Had I seen them earlier, I’d have hightailed it out of there.He also faked a text from her, later in our marriage, begging to take him back — just to make me feel like st. Had my suspicions about that text too, and she confirmed it was fake at the same time she sent me the (real) screenshots.
The day I confirmed my ex had secretly turned into an alcoholic was pretty rough. Long story short, she showed up to my house stumbling and then it clicked…all those times I thought it was alcohol in her breath it was—I had just been gas lit to believe other wise.
The Prince Andrew BBC interview reaffirming my suspicions.
When i was 8 i looked at my mom and asked her if she was pregnant, she said no, and i asked if she was sure and she doubled down. i then said, “well you should probably start going to the gym you’re getting kinda fat.”About a week later she announced in front of the whole family that she was in fact pregnant. she just didn’t wanna tell me before everyone else lol.
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Went out for my wife’s best friend’s birthday in 2022. Met best friend’s friend, Ashley and her husband, Brian. I generally have a bad judge of character but I marked Brian as a scumbag within minutes of meeting him. I have a terrible poker face, so my wife wasn’t happy that I clearly wasn’t having a good time hanging with Brian.Anyway, about 8 months later it’s revealed that Brian took the profits from his business for sports betting purposes and was in the hole over $1 million.Brian convinced ashley to quit her job when they got engaged and now she’s severely behind her prior career prospects and moved back in with her parents at 35 because she and Brian had to sell the house immediately as Brian allegedly owed some people who work outside the confines of the law a nice chunk of change.
Much less scandalous than some of these other ones, but for me it’s definitely Blue Bunny’s Bunny Track ice cream.When I was a kid I would absolutely demolish the stuff. There was a little tiny grocery store near my home and I’m pretty sure my parents were the only ones buying it to keep it in stock there. But then one day I see on the shelf a variety called “Bunny Tracks Premium.” It had caramel and peanut bits in it, a total violation of all things holy in my opinion.As time went on, the store would stock less and less of original Bunny Tracks and more of the imposter variety. Child me was convinced that they were phasing out the original and replacing it with this affront to God and soon the premium variation would be the only one you’d be able to find. My parents probably thought I was insane but here we are, many years later. Original, unadulterated Bunny Tracks no longer exist and the variation with the caramel and peanuts it’s just labeled as standard Bunny Tracks.Anyway Kemp’s Moose Tracks is my one true love now.
Dad got caught sexting a hooker on my mom’s birthday. I knew he was an adulterer, but it was nice to finally get confirmation.
When I forgot to knock when I went in my managers office.Found out why someone had the job title of “Head CSR”.
When I was a kid my friend’s neighbor was working on his car door window and I don’t remember what he was doing at the moment exactly but I said “I’m going to laugh if your window falls through your car door " and wouldn’t you know it? Not a minute later the window falls through the car door, stuck between the ground and inside the car door.I still don’t know how it happened. But I knew it was about to happen. He said I jinxed him.
I predicted the day one of my parents would pass. As soon as their partner called, I just knew. It wasn’t scary or overwhelming, it just was. That was one of the times I was sad to be right.
Brother in law overdosed. Everyone else was convinced he was done with d***s but I just knew he wasn’t.
I don’t know but at the time I just felt like buying Put Options right before Coronavirus hit and it surprised the F**K out of me, I was shaking seeing $2,000 worth of Options turn into $100,000 within 2 days. It was crazy! l m a o 🌝.
Recently discovered/learned about covert narcissism.It explains many, many abused things about my relationships from others. First from my parents and now from my missus of 20yrs.It’s like I knew I wasn’t feeling right for all my life. Like something wasn’t right. I knew there was nothing wrong with me but I wasn’t out of the hole. Until recently that is.I’ve broken down almost every day this week at this crude reality. But relieved that “I knew it” wasn’t all in my headEdit: yep, I’m getting therapy for this and other things I’ve been dragging around for decades.
I remember asking this popular girl out to a dance, miraculously she had said yes, so at home I looked up how to do the best romantic dances, and practiced for hours. When I arrived she had come with a date, and totally blew me off, and proceeded to ignore me the entire night. It took all night to realize that she was f*****g with me in the first place, that I should’ve realized it earlier, but…. I’m not too bright.
That a person at work, who almost constantly worked from home even when they should have been in the office was not working at all and was also using the company card as their personal piggy bank.They had to go on leave and it all came out.I don’t normally suspect people to not work when WFH, but they never seemed available and only responded to messages between 10 and 11pm.
When my best bud, who was suspiciously perfect, took his own life.
I knew my old best friend killed that girl when I heard the bull s**t story she gave the cops when she was hiding from them.
Ex was cheating. Don’t ask me how I found out for sure, but I knew it before.My son is an adult now, and I finally told him why I’m mad to this day at his mom. He was less than a year old. He kept on and on about why I’m still so mad at her because i sheltered him and blah blah blah…Sometimes, things are better left unsaid. Can’t un-ring that bell. Now he’s mad at her. And it shows. Still wasn’t my fault, though, and we (my son and I) have a great relationship.
I say it to myself a lot. Mostly because I’m an observer and a good listener. So there are usually hints of a marriage is in trouble, someone is pregnant, or someone is cheating.
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