The PTSD of the Intuitive Journey

PTSD from Gaslighting About Intuition and Clairvoyant Sight

When Intuition is Treated as “Not Real”

Whether you remember it or not, most people are born intuitive, experiencing clairvoyant sight, energetic awareness, and a natural sense of inner knowing. For children, this feels completely normal. But when adults, teachers, or peers dismiss these perceptions as “just imagination” or “not acceptable,” the message is clear: “Your reality is invalid.”

This repeated denial is a form of gaslighting—an attempt to make someone doubt their own perception of the world. Over time, such gaslighting about intuition can cause lasting trauma. Many intuitive people carry PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) symptoms into adulthood because their gifts were consistently rejected or ridiculed.

Gaslighting and Clairvoyant Sight

Gaslighting works by undermining trust in one’s own experiences. For intuitive people, this often sounds like:

• “That’s not real.”

• “You’re imagining things.”

• “Stop being weird.”

• “Don’t talk like that, it makes people uncomfortable.”

When clairvoyant sight or spiritual gifts are repeatedly dismissed in this way, the intuitive person learns to doubt themselves. They protect themselves from being socially shunned. They may shut down their abilities, minimise them, or apologise for them. This is not harmless—it creates deep disorientation, anxiety, and emotional pain.

The constant conflict between inner truth and external denial often mirrors the core experiences of PTSD, where the nervous system stays on high alert, waiting for the next invalidation or rejection.

PTSD Symptoms from Suppressing Intuition

Living with PTSD from childhood gaslighting can feel like being exiled from one’s own body and gifts. Common signs include:

• Hypervigilance – carefully monitoring expressions, words, and energy in others to avoid being corrected.

• Self-gaslighting – dismissing intuitive impressions before sharing them.

• Dissociation – disconnecting from intuition altogether to survive in environments where it feels unsafe.

• Chronic anxiety and fatigue – carrying the weight of unspoken truths.

• Being Scared or Nervous – if what you “see” makes everyone else jumpy, you learn it must be something to fear. You live with that constant fear that something bad is about to jump out at you. 

PTSD is not always the result of one dramatic event; it can develop from repeated micro-traumas. For intuitives, those “paper cuts” are the constant messages that their sight, knowing, or spiritual awareness is not valid.

Healing PTSD from Gaslighting About Intuition

The first step in healing is naming the truth: what happened was gaslighting, and the impact is real. From there, recovery can move through several stages:

1. Acknowledging Intuition as Real

Recognise patterns of clairvoyant sight, gut feelings, dreams, or sensations. Start rebuilding trust in inner perception without needing external validation. The Intuitions Workshop can give you an environment to help build your faith in your own abilities

2. Grieving the Loss

Allow grief for the years of suppression, the times intuition was silenced, and the missed opportunities for trust. Grief is part of reclaiming authenticity.

3. Creating Boundaries

Set boundaries with those who dismiss intuitive gifts. Only share perceptions with people who can respect them. Boundaries create a safe container for healing.

4. Practising Intuition Daily

Use intuitive journals, grounding practices, meditation, or time in nature to strengthen connection. Repetition helps re-train the nervous system that intuition is safe.

5. Finding Supportive Community

Surrounding oneself with like-minded, intuitive people or spiritual communities provides validation and co-regulation. Being witnessed without dismissal is profoundly healing for PTSD caused by gaslighting. The Tuesday night meditation is great for this.

From Suppression to Empowerment

Healing PTSD from gaslighting is not about proving clairvoyant sight to skeptics. It is about reclaiming self-trust and honoring intuitive gifts without apology.

Over time, intuition shifts from being a source of fear or shame into a source of empowerment. Instead of self-doubt and anxiety, there is grounding, confidence, and the ability to live authentically.

The Truth About Intuition and PTSD

Clairvoyance, intuition, and spiritual sight are natural human abilities. Gaslighting may have created PTSD symptoms such as hypervigilance or dissociation, but healing is possible. By acknowledging the trauma, grieving what was lost, creating boundaries, practising intuition, and seeking community, intuitive people can step out of exile and live fully in their gifts.

Closing Words

For anyone who has been told their clairvoyant sight was “not real” or “not acceptable,” know this: your perception is valid. Gaslighting and PTSD may have silenced it in the past, but healing allows intuition to return as a trusted, celebrated, and life-affirming gift.