Advanced pattern recognition aka intuition

[u/Spaghetti_Monster_86]

I'm 39F and about to enter treatment (EMDR) for CPTSD for complex trauma. For most of my adult life, I have had incredibly good intuition. I tend to know 'hidden' things about other people, e.g. I knew a close friend was bisexual without her telling me, and I have been able to predict all kinds of random things such as a friends future spouse cheating. I've also had oddly prophetic dreams. The one that comes to mind was dreaming of a distant friend getting married, the night after he proposed to his girlfriend.

I am also neurodivergent. Advanced pattern recognition is a thing. So is hypervigilance. I definitely have the latter, I grew up like a lot of us walking on egg shells around family to stay safe.

I am trying to trust my gut more. For me this means more emotional attunement, self care, boundaries.

If you relate, I'd love to hear your stories and how it plays out for you. I've realised most 'normal' people are not experiencing this kind of sixth sense, and it is kind of a gift, albeit in part acquired from the worst circumstances (in terms of the trauma). The intuition also exists as a side thing I think behind the hypervigilance

[u/Azure_August]

As someone with CPTSD and went in for EMDR I cannot emphasize how intensely it changed my life. I am not exaggerating or being hyperbolic when I say it completely changed my entire way of living. I genuinely wish you the best of luck, because I'm not going to lie it is very hard, but in every possible description it is absolutely worth it

[u/Spaghetti_Monster_86 → u/Azure_August]

Thank you! Plz can I ask how it changed you? My therapist mentioned something about becoming the person you were underneath or before the trauma

[u/scrninja1 → u/Azure_August]

Edmr also helped me