30 Times People's Gut Feeling Ended Up Saving Their Lives

Here's a list of moments when people listened to their gut feeling which ended up saving their lives.

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30 Times People's Gut Feeling Ended Up Saving Their Lives

There just isn’t any clear explanation for gut feelings. They just come without warning and we really don’t know what causes them. 

It’s not like we have some kind of Spidey sense or what but it seems like our bodies and minds have their own way of sensing danger or something wrong with whatever is going on around. That’s why we always hear that we should trust our instincts or gut feelings when we’re about to make a decision that will somehow affect our lives. 

Sadly, a lot of us don’t trust ourselves. We doubt our instincts in fear of making a mistake or ending up a failure. 

Our intuitions or gut feelings are there for a reason though and we should really learn to trust them and ourselves more. Who knows- maybe trusting your gut instinct could be that one decision that will change your life for the better. 

It could lead you to the success you want or it could lead you to the life you’ve always wanted to have. More than that, it might also be what could save your life. 

It has happened many times before. When someone asked on Reddit for people to share a situation where a gut feeling saved them from troubles, many people were happy to share their stories. 

Some are quite frightening and others were a bit cheerier. Here are some of the best ones. 

1. Thank goodness for that sensor light

1. Thank goodness for that sensor lightGoldfishguru
Goldfishguru

2. Sometimes, it's good to be helpful but sometimes, it's better to be safe

2. Sometimes, it's good to be helpful but sometimes, it's better to be safeNaweezy

3. Teach your kids never to ignore that feeling

3. Teach your kids never to ignore that feelingamtm032

4. This is the stuff of thriller films and serial killer documentaries

4. This is the stuff of thriller films and serial killer documentariesStuwe
Stuwe
Stuwe

5. Gut feelings never sleep

5. Gut feelings never sleepTheBigSqueak
TheBigSqueak

6. Parents instincts never fail

6. Parents instincts never failThr33wolfmoon
Thr33wolfmoon

7. His instincts act fast

7. His instincts act fastDYESMOD
DYESMOD

8. It's not right if it doesn't feel right

8. It's not right if it doesn't feel rightclumsydogsdance

9. Not knowing a shark was right there in your vicinity is terrifying enough

9. Not knowing a shark was right there in your vicinity is terrifying enoughkkkilla
kkkilla

10. It's better to be safe and ignorant of what their plans were than actually knowing and experiencing it

10. It's better to be safe and ignorant of what their plans were than actually knowing and experiencing itdeleted deleted deleted

11. At least those can heal

11. At least those can healwhy_did_i_get_reddit

12. Mother Nature wasn't kidding with that one

12. Mother Nature wasn't kidding with that oneWalkerBRiley

13. Very narrow escape

13. Very narrow escapechrisw1984

14. Sometimes the body knows more than it lets on

14. Sometimes the body knows more than it lets onleadpainter

15. A mother's instinct is rarely wrong

15. A mother's instinct is rarely wrongstaciafisch

16. It pays to do a bit of research

16. It pays to do a bit of researchantilockbrakesystem

17. When you get that feeling, you always need to obey it

17. When you get that feeling, you always need to obey itCitizenMage CitizenMage

18. When you're alone in the woods and you get this feeling of being watched, you just have to book it

18. When you're alone in the woods and you get this feeling of being watched, you just have to book itCDeats

19. That is just a whole load of shady

19. That is just a whole load of shadyBurghFinsFan BurghFinsFan

20. No to fried brains please

20. No to fried brains pleaserat_bandit

21. Nothing right would have happened if they found her there

21. Nothing right would have happened if they found her thereCheapCurrency CheapCurrency

22. That would have been a freak accident

22. That would have been a freak accidentdeadeyeAZ

23. Fake parties are never good

23. Fake parties are never goodMy_Names_Jefff

24. Maybe they're the only one who listened to their gut instinct

24. Maybe they're the only one who listened to their gut instinctryanseecrestt

25. Kid must have felt like a psychic

25. Kid must have felt like a psychicSnowLeopard000

26. Everything was too good to be true

26. Everything was too good to be truemilly_mathe

Aren't broken mirrors generally bad omens?

Aren't broken mirrors generally bad omens?onmylunchbreak-

28. The feeling was ignored but it still saved them

28. The feeling was ignored but it still saved themMarshallsussmanite

29. A combination of gut feeling and common sense

29. A combination of gut feeling and common senseYaBoiBigmac

30. Good call

30. Good callObskure22

When you just have that gut feeling, the best thing to do is to obey it. We're not sure if it's the universe sending us signs but well, it does help most of the time to help us make decisions that are good for us.

Who knows? Maybe one day, a gut feeling might end up saving your life too.

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