That little voice of warning, did you listen?

Mud flats near Mount Saint Helens
Centralia, Missouri
October 11, 2015 5:35pm CST
In the early spring of 1980 a volcano that hadn't done much in enough time that people disregarded her as a concern changed the landscape of Washington, and some of Oregon, and the weather patterns for awhile when she blew her top. No lava, but an explosion, gasses, a massive flood and mudslides, all came along when she had her tantrum. To this day there are areas with downed trees that simply...have never recovered. There is a lake with a massive log pile up floating around in it from those trees, from over 35 years ago. What's worse than all of that? People died. People died in such a way that their bodies were never recovered. Some of those deaths, had people listened, could have been prevented. Now, they were warned by outside sources. But we all have an inner voice, a 6th sense, an early warning device. Most of us blow that 6th sense off, those feelings of something not quite right as just our imagination. Don't. Our mind senses all kinds of things that we don't always identify. The way someone is acting, certain sounds, vibrations. For example, I felt like I was having a panic attack moments before experiencing my first earthquake in Japan. Don't go all chicken with it's head cut off, but listen to that inner voice. What about you? Have you had a time when you had a sense something was wrong, and listened, or didn't listen? What happened?
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@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
12 Oct 15
Not in such a drastic way, but I do tend to have gut instincts that I red to do things in a more positive way.
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@kevin1877uk (36987)
14 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt That is true I could have.
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• Centralia, Missouri
12 Oct 15
Well, you may have missed something terrible and never known it, since you listened and didn't do whatever it was, or go whereever it was
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@Beatburn (4286)
• Philippines
13 Oct 15
Usually but not always, our instincts tell us the right thing to do.
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• Centralia, Missouri
13 Oct 15
I always wonder if our instincts were always right, just something changed or we never found out what they were really warning us about
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
12 Oct 15
That feeling that you describe is there but what unfolds is anyone's guess. So what precautions can one take when one does not know what is in store?
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• Centralia, Missouri
12 Oct 15
sometimes all you can do is proceed with caution and try to be alert
@jstory07 (148771)
• Roseburg, Oregon
11 Oct 15
I listen to my brain when it tells me that something is wrong. I do not know about others. But I have never been wrong when I think something is wrong and go with what I am thinking.
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Oct 15
Some people I think are naturally more intune with that voice, others I think have ignored it for so long they no longer even recognize it as a thing
@LadyDuck (502812)
• Italy
12 Oct 15
Yes, I have what they call "instinct", and I usually listen to my inner voice. The only time I forced myself to think I was wrong we had a serious problem and lost money.
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• Centralia, Missouri
12 Oct 15
Everyone has at least once, I think, ignored that voice and had to live through the cleanup afterwards
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• United States
12 Oct 15
i recall that natural disaster 's i was headed back to 'stateside' 'fter a stint in alaska. 'twas 'bout 300 miles from there when it exploded. needless to say, i'd lots 'f remappin' to do. my heart went out to all effected. typically i listen to my inner self with great results. 'n then i married the fella who sent off alarms that i ignored coz so many told me what a great pair we made.... should'a listened to my inner self!
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• Centralia, Missouri
12 Oct 15
Yeah, I think everyone has ignored that inner voice at least once, and then had to pay the price
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@kevin1877uk (36987)
13 Oct 15
I'm sure most of us have, but do we listen, I know that I don't and then wished I had.
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• Preston, England
14 Oct 15
I never had any kind of premonitional sixth sense - life tends to take me by surprise
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@Juliaacv (56396)
• Canada
12 Oct 15
Many times during my lifetime I have had to follow my gut instincts and move quickly and came out the better for it.
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