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It's all about Situational Awareness. Just be cognizant of what's going on around you. A long time ago, I was in a class and we did an experiment to test peoples ability to 'feel' others around them. The test was for one person to stand in the middle of a 'circle' of other people.
Everyone started off about 10-12 feet from the person in the center, and everyone took off their shoes, so there was no give away sound. The person in the center would close their eyes, and attempt to 'feel' other people coming towards them. The
idea was for the center person to say 'stop' and indicate a direction whenever someone got to within 6 feet of him. It was amazing how varied the responses were. Some people could 'feel' someone practically from the first step and tell us all where the other person, or people, were and almost exactly how far. (we tried it with one, two and three people approaching them) Others had not the slightest clue until someone was a foot or two away from them. We did it both with no background sound, and will a boom box blaring music. Always got the same
results from virtually every person. Now granted, this was a 'controlled' environment, but I always felt that it showed the varying ability for people to be able to have situational awareness with little or no explainable sensory
input. Couple this ability with input from all your senses, and a person can be amazingly aware of what's going on around them, without concentration on any one element of their environment. But, most important of all, trust your feelings of warning. I'm not saying to always listen to your 'inner voice' when it says
everything is fine as this may cause you to loose caution. But, if your inner alarm is telling you that something doesn't 'feel' right.
LISTEN TO THAT FEELING! If something 'feels' wrong, change something, anything, about your current situation. If you're walking, you might turn around and reverse direction, or stop with your back to a parked car and look around. If you're walking into a club, and your alarms go off, walk back out. Don't worry about why you feel the warning, just trust your instincts. The worst thing you can do is stand there trying to figure out why you feel the need for caution. Just trust yourself. Instincts of warning will almost Never let you down. StrikeEagle
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