Not sure if this is the right section or not, but here goes...

Something happened a couple of years ago that has made me do a lot of thinking. My new husband and I ride a Harley. We LOVE to ride. There is no better feeling then sitting on a bike and feeling the wind. We live in Tennessee. We were going on vacation in Florida. We were both looking forward to this trip so much we left 8 hrs earlier then we had planned. We loaded the Harley and took off. Normally when we travel, we just go. We dont' make alot of stops. We stop to get gas and we go. This time was different though. We kept stopping and killing time. It was like we really didnt' want to get to where we were going. I don't know, it's hard to explain. It felt like something was waiting on us. We even talked about going home and getting the truck. It took us 7 hours to go 183 miles. What ended up happening was we were in a very bad wreck. An SUV hit us in the side an nearly killed me. I spent 2 weeks in the ICU and have had numerous surgeries since the wreck. In fact i'm still healing from surgery I just had in June.

Has anyone just ever "felt" that something was going to go wrong or something was going to happen? What did you do about it? What is this called? Is it just coincidence?

Sorry if this is in the wrong place. I'm new here and still learning my way around. Thanks for the help and input!

I'm not sure what its called but there was a study done in the early 90's that said that full airplanes rarely crash. I've looked for it online many times but can never seem to find it. Anyway, it wasn't just that the planes weren't full; tickets were sold people just didn't show up. When interviewed people had different reasons for not being there ranging from taking another flight, illness to down-right fear to fly that day. Weird.

This was no coincidence. Always listen to your feelings now you understand the strength in them so use that to continue a safe and healthy life. You have gift a very special gift. I have it also as did my Mother and one of my two brothers.

You will have days when this feeling gets out of bed with you and stays all day. It will run you nuts attempting to put your finger on the message that you feel. The only way to grasp what you have is just by learning to live with this ability and stay out of harms way on these days. That bad feeling is for real and may not always be yourself that your feeling it about so warn those around you of your feeling. They might laugh at you at first but it will awaken them to be more aware of reality just by you telling them this. Others may in fact thank you for doing so a few days latter. Bad and good walk side by side in life. Some times you may think it is a bad feeling when it is a signal of a good thing about to happen to you. Those are very hard to read.

Thanks a bunch!!! Now I dont' feel so silly thinking about it the way I do. Like I said it was really weird. We never traveled like that. We acted like we knew something was going to happen and we didnt' want to be there. Now I know why,lol

Do you or anyone else have any ideas or info on how I might be able to develpo this better, or learn to tune in to it more. Believe me when I say I never want to go thru anything like this ever again and I don't want anyone else to either. Not even the a$$ talking on his cell that hit us.

I think this is 'gut instinct.' I don't know if you would have to develop it more because its something pretty natural it seems. Just follow your instincts is my advice, that seems for you to have been pretty strong so far.

I have that happen every now and then but usually it delays me and prevents me from getting into an accident... I did wake up one day and go to work when i left my house.. i know this will sound weird.. I looked at the grass and I knew I was going to get fired that day.. It happened.

It is called precognition.
Some interesting examples of it occurred to people who were planning to sail on the Titanic if you would like something on that to read about.

I could be precognition. Always trust your feelings
I have felt it a few times there is really not much I do about it, just wait and se what happens,
or try to prepare as good as possible.

you're not crazy. Definately trust your gut instinct.

Back when I was criminally inclined... I'd get that feeling before doing a job that I'd wind up getting arrested for. Even sometimes when I wasn't involved I'd get that feeling before the police came looking for me to question.

It also would have saved me quite a few beatings. I had that feeling before the atheists pounded on me. I had that feeling before I got in that one drug dealer's car. I had that feeling before the party I wound up getting sliced.

And, it's very similar to the feeling when your house of cards built on lies is fixing to crumble.

Very similar to the feeling when you haven't done an assignment that's due tomorrow. Close to the feeling when you're unprepared for a test... close but not exactly... but close...

Usually that feeling, for me, comes in the moments before the last chance I have to avoid whatever's fixing to happen due to my choices.

There has Got to be a scientific explination for some form of precognition.

Thanks everyone. I wish I ha dlistened a little better that day. Maybe I would be walking now if I had. All I can say is if I ever get that feeling again, I will definatley listen to it!

you say you left 8 hours early and yet 7 hours later you were still in an accident and you had not traveled that far..it sounds like you were meant to be in the accident ..for what reason no-one knows..did you meet someone since that you would not have otherwise met if it were not for the accident..I think it is interesting that you could not seem to make any progress on your trip,,like it was meant to be..what has happened since,have you made an impact on someone elses life by having the accident that has taught them somthing important....curious...

It's interesting to think of it that way. Since I have been bed bound for over 2 years now, the interent became a big part of my life. ( I have already worn out one new laptop,lol) I have met MANY people online that I would have never known if not for the wreck. I am the owner of a support forum now that is doing pretty good and I like to think that it's helping people. Maybe I was meant to have the accident so that I could meet all these people. I hadn't thought of it like that. Thanks for this wonderful thought!!!

Indeed, I would ascribe this to gut instinct.

I don't get the feeling often, but regardless I would be hesitant to regard it as a precursor to, or sign of, precognition, since it is not a vision of the future persay, but a feeling about it. It's one of those things that cannot easily be explained, like deja vu. Since deja vu is suspected to be caused by synapses firing twice by accident, I wonder if "gut feeling" is similar, as in being more of a mechanical failure than a paranormal skill.

AC, you bring up a good point, it could very well be just a chemical inbalance or another type of "misfire" in the brain.

Chemical imbalance...Gee, thanks

AC and Durnut, a person has a feeling of foreboding in relation to a trip, during which, it turns out, that in fact something bad did happen. Given the fact the williams22871 is here asking about it, a natural conclusion is that this is not an every day occurrence, but in this case it did occur.

There is an important issue here, that of the basic instinct for survival; williams22871 like all of us has that basic instinct and in relation to precognitive and/or "gut" feelings your impression is a chemical imbalance? Consider what the two of you are suggesting? That a chemical imbalance or a misfire in the brain resulted in a behavior was favorable to survival? No of course not, it’s more along the lines of a resonant experience that enhanced the individual’s ability to function under conditions where survival was paramount.

It also does further suggest because of those feelings, they were probably more prepared to deal with the problem, when it occurred and as a result they are still alive.

Any thoughts?

It is called Premonition.

I find this fascinating, but a little confusing. You were wary of proceeding but kept going. If you had proceeded at your normal rate, there would have been no accident. Therefore the premonition"caused" the accident. Or possibly if you had taken more"notice" of your feelings you would have stopped altogether, thus preventing the accident. I admire the fact that you have found the positive which came from the experience, and i think this is the "best " lesson to be learned from the whole experience, although it would not hurt to work on developing your sensitivity to "paranormal" influences so that they are more directly useful. I have had a couple of experiences where either an angel, or a paranormal premonition with visual and audio special effects, directly saved my life. The definition applied depends on your terms of reference and world view at the time.
The good news is that simply by acknowledging the experience, and especially by trying to understand it, rather than be afraid, you have already opened yourself up to an increased sensitivity, which in turn increases the probability of similar or related experiences.

I agree that it is Instinct. I usually have that happen from time to time. I work at a convinient store on the Graveyard shift. It happened when I was robbed. The fact that the both of you guys were talking about going back to get the truck makes it seem more like instinct than precognition.

I have had a lot of time to think about it and it's really hard to put my feelings and thoughts about it into words. Let me give this a try:

I'm not sure if it was a premonition, of something bad that was going to happen. Making us slow down and try to avoid it. Or was it destined and something was holding us back until we could arrive at the right time? At our regular pace, we would have been at that spot around 2 am. Instead, we were there at exactly 7am. In front of a fire station at the change of shift when they had ALL of thier EMT's there. Was it me sensing that something bad was going to happen or was it something else pushing me to it. I have no idea. It's been over 2 years and I still don't understand the strange way it happened. It is probably nothing more then a bored person overthinking the situation,lol The only reason I dont' totally forget about it and move on is the fact that it took us so long to get there and that just isn't normal for us.

I want to thank most of you for your responses. You have given me some things to think about.

Being perceptive is part of the ongoing process of accumulating experiences that combined with your insticts (subconcious process of stimuli) can present you with "gut feelings" about certain situations in advance. Its a evolutionary process that you would develop such insight since it contributes to your lasting survival.

I am sorry that you are unable to walk. It must be very frusterating trying to figure out the "why's." I don't mean to be rude but this is why I hate motorcycles. My best friend drives a street bike, and she was in an accident herself when she was 16. She wondered the same thing because of how it happened. Luckily she recovered from her injuries fairly quick and years later decided to get back on and keep riding. Do you have a fear of being on a bike now? I know its off topic sorta but...

It's been slow going healing wise, but I have gotten to do alot of thinking that I wouldnt' normally have gotten to do. As far as I know, I'm not afraid to get back on one. But who knows, I might get back on and freak out. Won't know till the day I get to do it. I will be able to walk again eventually, just a slow process right now. And you werent' rude at all. Alot of people dont' like bikes.