{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"More Than We See","title":"When Fear and Intuition Feel the Same","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":686,"description":"Have you ever felt chills run up your spine and immediately questioned yourself?\nOr known someone was watching you before you turned around?\n\nIn this episode, we unpack one of the most common and confusing experiences people have when they begin noticing their intuition more clearly is the moment when fear and awareness feel exactly the same in the body.\n\nWe explore:\nWhy intensity doesn’t automatically mean importance\nHow the nervous system responds to novelty\nThe role of the superior temporal sulcus in detecting gaze shifts\nWhat frisson (chills/goosebumps) actually is physiologically\nThe difference between sympathetic activation and intuitive orientation\nHow the amygdala reacts to resemblance and why trauma can mimic intuition\nWhy excitement and fear feel almost identical in the body\nMost importantly, we talk about texture.\nFear tends to feel constricted and urgent.\n Intuition tends to feel orienting and steady.\nThe difference isn’t volume. It’s how it moves.\n\nThe Try It Zone\nEvery episode includes a practical tool you can come back to.\nThis week’s practice:\nWhen your body reacts, pause.\nAsk: “What am I feeling physically right now?”\nName the sensation — without interpreting it.\nIf activated, use 4-7-8 breathing:Inhale 4\nHold 7\nExhale 8\n The long exhale stimulates the vagus nerve and supports parasympathetic recovery.\nRegulate first.\n Interpret second.\nThat order changes everything.\nYou don’t owe every sensation a story.\nNotice how you move through this week.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9s0TjWQ6rWk-g1eX_pr8NQ40WRxsY7KM97UVCyOiof4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZWNi/YmYyZDUzZDE3ZGJl/YTIwOWZkNWY1MzVh/OTBlYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}