Trusting your intuition

There were several instances in my life when my gut was SCREAMING not to do something or to change the course but I did not listen to it for rational reasons or because of misplaced pride or ambition or simply fear. And it ended really really badly every single time.

Just now I had a similar situation, I am looking for a job and got my first offer but I just had this incredible hurting void in my chest just thinking about this job, like I just kept crying and drinking every day and felt like I would rather die than commit to it. The same feeling I had in the past when I took wrong turns. After a few days I ended up declining the offer.

Now my rational brain is upset and fearful because I just exchanged a real opportunity for months of uncertainty, rejections and defeats in an absolutely awful job market. But the feeling of absolute dread and almost physical pain is actually gone, like I don't want to hurl myself off a roof anymore.

I hope I did the right thing by listening to my gut for once, but I need some success stories. When was your intuition right? Did you narrowly avoid something or left a room for a better opportunity because you listened to your gut? Or maybe it was the other way round, you didn't listen to it but it was proven right?