Yesterday I was irritated with this website. I felt left out, excluded, depressed. The sun wasn’t shining outside and I just started crying buckets. Did it really have to do with those minor things? Is it my depression?
This afternoon my sister called me and told me (trigger warning) that her husband has just died by suicide. He had been physically abusive with her in the past and they were in the process of divorcing.
I feel terrible about the whole situation. It has triggered my voices and delusions. Why do I now think that I was feeling his pain yesterday intuitively? Is that even possible?
That’s awful. I don’t think you necessarily felt his pain unless you saw him or spoke to him right beforehand. And even then, you’d still just relate to his pain in general. But I think you’re an empathetic person so it wouldn’t surprise me if you did pick up on his pain. I’m very sorry for your loss and I hope you find comfort soon
No it’s not intuition. If you had the intuitive thought that x is going to kill himself and then it happened then in some circumstances it would be fair to call it intuition. But feeling unwell before something happens and attributing it to intuition would be a mistake. Every time you feel unwell you will think something bad is going to happen. Also it makes you think you have intuitive abilities which probably should be avoided in szs/