Hi Kathy; This subject is very fascinating to me. There was an article in Psychology Today magazine that told this story; The editor of a popular magazine approached psychologists and asked; "Is there a sixth sense?" They told her they would show her. They sat her in front of a computer screen and told her she was about to watch a series of images, some calm and others very emotional. On two fingers of her left hand, they attached electrodes that measure changes in her skin resistance. On a third finger they placed an electrode that monitors blood flow. Then, they left the room. She viewed 40 images. Then, a psychologist came back in the room. They viewed the charts together. In each case, her body responded with a bump on the graph BEFORE she saw the emotionally disturbing images. There was no "bump" before she saw calm relaxing images. Her body KNEW in advance. How? New research from Washington University in St. Louis has identified a brain region, the anterior cingulate cortex, that acts as an early warning system. They are doing more research to try understand how it works. All they know is that the body reacts in advance, and the signals come from the anterior cingulate cortex part of the brain and we "feel" them in our gut. Hence - gut instinct. As for me - I believe that gut instinct or "sixth sense" is something bigger than me sending me a message. Whenever I have ignored my gut instinct, I have regretted it. : ) Linda

Hello Kathy I'm sorry. I quess I could have actually addressed your question a little more specifically. LOL Yes I would resort to my 6th sense in certain cases even involving my children. I have in fact done so already in the past. Thank God it has not ever been in a life threatening situation yet. The truth of the matter is though, many life threatening situations are the result of accidents or other emergency type events and you may very well not have anything but your gut instincts to follow. So, my answer to your question is Yes. May a smile follow you to sleep each night,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and be there waiting,,, when you awaken. Sincerly, Bill Vanderbilt Mental Health And Political Forums Respectively http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/8212/ShowForum.aspx http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/9637/ShowForum.aspx Great New Product And Biz Op. Came to me highly recommended by a very good friend. I am just starting and I will keep you all informed as to progress. It really looks good. Here is my link http://www.aatcm.com/billdaddy

Hello Kathy, He he, yes you did recognize me. Hey I will come back and write something when I come back from my work. George

Thank you all,I want to hear from your personal feeling on this matter not so much things from articles,The scenerio is if it was your child in a life threatening situation would you listen to your Gut Instinct or six sence????Despite what higher ups are telling you???Better yet could the state or some agency step in because they feel you are not doing what is in the best interest of the child???What would you Do??would you let someone else govern over your decisions or would you stick to your gut feelings and fight???kathy

Hi Kathy, I would definitely follow my gut instinct, not what others think I should do. The reason I would follow my gut is I believe we are all blessed with guardian angels and what we consider "gut instincts" are in fact our Guardian Angels helping guide us through this life, keep us safe. Based on this belief it would be very dangerous not to listen to my gut, I think.