Why Your Gut Instincts Are Not Your Guardian Angels

I had been someone who always believed that your gut tells you the true story. I believed that your nervous system and your body knows when it is bad energy around you. I always really took decisions based on my 'gut instinct'. More often than not, my gut was never right.

There were obviously times when things did go as my body was predicting they would - but if I were to look in the hindsight, they were doomed to end that way. It was seldom my gut instinct.

I researched a lot on why our gut acts the way it does and why our nervous system acts up when conditions are not in our favour. Does that really mean our guardian angels are warning us against something? I think not. Here's why:

• My childhood dictates how my gut acts: If my childhood was always super alert, running away from something or the other or always being beaten up; chances of my gut being on hyper alert today as well are higher. I'd most likely think of the negative or the far worse first, than the potential positive

• My generational trauma influences my nervous system: Our nervous system is a combination of a lot of things including our ancestral genetics. If my genes, generational trauma and mental diseases are riding high, my nervous system would not know peace at all! It is always going to warn me about things that do not even exist. It's not my guardian angel, it's just how my nervous system is built

• My diet, sleep and habits: For a raging alcoholic, a sleep deprived student or a junk food eater; the nervous and the gut would absolutely be haywire! There's no way that my gut would be at rest or nervous system would send me the right signals! If you do not trust me, try fasting randomly one fine day and see how your gut would warn you against everything that might seem normal

• My school of thoughts: If I believe that any van is built to kidnap girls, there's no way I see a van on the streets and get a good feeling about it. My school of thoughts also dictate how my gut / nervous system would act up when I am in certain situations. It's definitely not my guardian angel warning me against a van

We always think we are supposed to trust our gut and the body when it says something, but I have come to terms with how much of external factors are responsible for a misguided decision if you always just believe your body.

It'd be wise, if you ask me, to train your body the language of peace and calmness. It'd be wiser, if you ask me, to think in ways that your body is not aware of yet.