It's neat to read about others' talking about their intuition. It's been something I've learned not to advertise in general public because of some of the reasons mentioned here.
But now and then I "blurt" without thinking and hit something on the head without meaning to and it can get pretty uncomfortable in the room. I know that feeling.
And, I too, wish it were something I had control over but periods of intuition are followed by a sort of dry period with no cause of pattern that I can see.
My sensor husband has known me for a very long time but still has no faith in my intuition though he has seen its accuracy numerous times. That's pretty frustrating to me. Especially if I think something unfortunate is going to happen. I can see it coming and I send out warnings and am left with "I told you sos" in the end. That's something else I now avoid saying in spite of the fact that it feels good to say it!
It's maddening to "know" something and not be able to prove it except by watching it happen.
When I was in high school and got into higher math I had to intuit it because my math skills are zilch despite extra tutoring. This caused me no end of trouble because in working word math problems I could get the correct answers but had absolutely no idea how I got them so I couldn't show my work and was sometimes accused of cheating. Frustrating.
There is something called MMEs. Micro-Momentary Expressions. They're those little facial expressions of emotion that flit across someone's face so rapidly that many miss them. I seem to be very good at catching these. I know that others' don't like this. The reason they're fast is because you're not supposed to see them, right?
The word
schadenfreude which Victor used this week, secret delight in someone else's misfortune, is one I see occasionally and that one will stop me in mid-sentence. That brief, widening flicker in the eyes. . . Creepy.
I won't go into more arcane anecdotes here, although I'd like to. But there's not much sense in doing so, as my experience is that they can be easily explained away with rational thought.
"Telling ghost stories." Ooo-eeee-ooo. And then the teasing starts. . . You all know the drill.
I'm not sure how many of these "coincidences" a person has to rack up before they are considered "psychic, but apparently the number is too high. Heh.