Why is intuition always bad news?

Ever had intuitive red flags like:

“My partner isn’t being faithful”, (and they weren’t) or
“Something bad’s gonna happen” and it does?

It feels like intuition is just all bad news.

This was exactly how a new student felt when she looked back at her psychic track record – it only seemed to work for negative experiences:

The intuition that her partner was unfaithful tuned out to be true.The breakup DID happen.

But she wanted more confirmation, so she kept jotting down all her psychic nudges.

She stayed with the exercise, allowing the times of bad new warning to wash over her, knowing they were only part of the catalogue of intuitive memories.

It was tough, feeling all the feels again, but she stayed with it and breathed on through.

Soon other moments surfaced. Times she’d known a new job was on the way, and it was.

That time a new romance grew from a random invitation from friends. There WERE positive times as well. 

Why do we remember bad things first?

Noticing negatives is hard-wired into our human brain.  Watching for potential threats is what keeps us alive. It’s called negative bias.

It’s why bad news travels fast and newspapers sales go up with tragedies. Noticing bad news first is part of being human – there’s even a name for it: Negative bias.

Negative bias means that humans are more likely to read shocking tragedies first given the choice between a good news story and a bad news story.

If you’ve ever stood in a supermarket line eying headlines of any gossip magazine, you’ll know this truth.

Knowing negative bias is just part of being human, it’s easier to be aware of it and make different choices.

While intuition seems like we only take notice of the bad news first,  remember the helpful, positive intuitive hits also come.

Good news intuitive moments are worth noting, because what we focus on gets bigger and what we track improves.

Keeping a psychic development journal is a wonderful way to train the mind to look for the positives and so move from watching for tigers and T-Rex’s to the love and guidance that awaits us all.