Intuition vs. Anxiety

Written By Laura Zane

Intuition is calmer, its gentle and like a whisper. I often refer to it as those whispers you get in the shower- you're in the shower and you all of a sudden feel something calm and relaxed come over you. In summary, intuition:

✨ Is about bigger moments

✨ Can be easily ignored, it is a quiet whisper

✨ Focuses on the present

✨ Comes with peaceful feelings, a simple knowing

✨ Does not cause physical symptoms

Anxiety is very future feeling, it's out there in front of you and based in fear. For example, you could be experiencing anxiety about (fearing) the outcome of a future event because this is a reaction to a perceived threat (think, irrational fears). In summary, anxiety:

🌀 Can be about anything

🌀 Cannot be easily ignored, it is loud and demands to be heard

🌀 Focuses on the future

🌀 Comes with negative feelings

🌀 Causes negative physical reactions

Do you struggle with differentiating anxiety and intuition? Did this help clarify the two for you?

Laura Zane

Laura Zane is a licensed mental health counselor, holistic therapist, and the founder of Sage Synergy Counseling and Wellness, providing online therapy throughout Florida. She specializes in working with highly sensitive, neurodivergent, intuitive, and empathic women navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, and trauma. Laura is done with the idea that sensitivity is a weakness and brings warmth, depth, and a whole lot of real talk to her work, blending CBT, mindfulness, spirituality, and alternative approaches to help women understand their nervous systems, honor who they are, and build lives that actually work for them. As a highly sensitive and neurodivergent person herself, she gets it from the inside out. She serves clients across Sarasota, Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, Tampa, Naples, and throughout Florida via telehealth. When she is not in session, you will probably find her advocating loudly for the idea that sensitivity is a superpower, not a flaw.

https://www.sagesynergy.net
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