Intuition / anxiety / paranoia

How do you tell the difference between your intuition , anxiety, and paranoia

I’ve heard that intuition , the gut feeling, you literally feel it in your gut. Anxiety you feel more in your chest. Paranoia is basically all in your head.

How do you tell the difference?

Intuition is a mental process.

Anxiety is a quite simple feeling.

Paranoia is a complex mental condition.

When you rely on intuition more it grows louder and you begin to tell the difference.

When you start fighting through the fears of anxiety, anxiety grows quieter. ( gets less). But in the meantime, it’s hard to tell the difference.

For me. Intuition was very quiet little voice. Or that’s how I think of it. Until I learned the difference.

Intuition is often rational

Anxiety is often irrational

Paranoia is a mash up of the two

My intuition is the foundation of my feelings of anxiety.

Anxiety often involves the future as depression often involves the past.

My intuition centers around future events therefore causes anxiety.

My paranoia is thinking deeply about intuiting negative things. When intuitung negative things, I am right but there's a level of detail sometimes missing in my intuition that makes me suss out the details. So, everybody gets "the scan." Even in this case, I'm usually on point so, instead of paranoia, it's really hyperawareness.

Sorry, not a Scorpio but I’m a Scorpio dominant with 8th house sun and mercury. I used to ask this all the time, and people would just say “you just know”. Like no tf I don’t. Anyway here’s what I noticed now that I pay attention more.

Anxiety: I start thinking about something over and over again and then this feeling starts - shortness of breath, feel like I want to cry sometimes, feel like throwing up, irritated, snappy, can’t stop thinking about what causes it, feelings of impending doom. I also have this weird thing where I need to rub my fingers together. And I have to keep doing it until it “feels right” lol idk

Paranoia: to me it’s the same as anxiety except I just made up a scenario in my head. Anxiety stems from something that is actually out of my control and happening.

Intuition: I have a strong intuition. I know when something bad has happened or will happen. It’s never failed me and I’ve never been wrong. My mom has the same gift. When it’s intuition it literally comes out of nowhere. I can be extremely happy then all of a sudden I feel like something bad is gonna happen. I feel like something is sitting on my chest and I have to keep gasping for air. Sometimes I get sick to my stomach. I get silent because I’m trying to figure out what can possibly happen. I can’t breathe. I have to distract myself from it but it usually lasts almost the entire day.

Posted by UnusualVaginalDischarge

I usually can’t really tell, they’re all mixed up. I also don’t listen to my intuition because sometimes I just don’t understand the why behind it.

I never listened to my intuition either. Which resulted in anxiety.

Posted by thecrazyariestaurus

Sorry, not a Scorpio but I’m a Scorpio dominant with 8th house sun and mercury. I used to ask this all the time, and people would just say “you just know”. Like no tf I don’t. Anyway here’s what I noticed now that I pay attention more.

Anxiety: I start thinking about something over and over again and then this feeling starts - shortness of breath, feel like I want to cry sometimes, feel like throwing up, irritated, snappy, can’t stop thinking about what causes it, feelings of impending doom. I also have this weird thing where I need to rub my fingers together. And I have to keep doing it until it “feels right” lol idk

Paranoia: to me it’s the same as anxiety except I just made up a scenario in my head. Anxiety stems from something that is actually out of my control and happening.

Intuition: I have a strong intuition. I know when something bad has happened or will happen. It’s never failed me and I’ve never been wrong. My mom has the same gift. When it’s intuition it literally comes out of nowhere. I can be extremely happy then all of a sudden I feel like something bad is gonna happen. I feel like something is sitting on my chest and I have to keep gasping for air. Sometimes I get sick to my stomach. I get silent because I’m trying to figure out what can possibly happen. I can’t breathe. I have to distract myself from it but it usually lasts almost the entire day.

Don’t be sorry for answering as a different sign. I’m not a Scorpio either, I’m a Leo sun with Scorpio dominant placements. Enfp is that’s any consolation.I felt like I read all of this in your voice, which I’ve never heard your voice so I have no bases of comparison . Your writing style reminds me of ... well me. Anyways everything you wrote , I totally identify .

Posted by 777

Intuition is often rational

Anxiety is often irrational

Paranoia is a mash up of the two

You shared your logic, now share how that correlates with your senses. What do you feel ?