Are you intuitive? How do you know? Can you tell the difference between your fears and your intuition?
Those were the same questions I asked myself years ago. I was intuitive and sometimes so wrong, especially when I feared what might have happened somewhere to others I loved.
I decided to take it seriously, as if I were in school, to develop my intuition. That's why I have written and filled out more than 100 journals.
One of the most potent ways to differentiate is to record an intuition in writing or dictating it. If it is so strong and you are convinced, even if it's frightening, write it down anyway. Date and details matter.
Here's an example from my first journal on intuition: On May 20, 1975, I had a conversation in my mind and an image of a woman I had worked with in 1973. I saw her looking at her empty refrigerator and crying. I "heard" her thinking that she needed to go to church; it had been eleven years since she had been there.
I called her and told her I was thinking of her. She asked what about, and I read to her what transpired. It was all true. Returning to my journal, I noted her response.
The more you send a message to the source of life that you believe we are connected, the deeper you develop your belief in your intuition.