My gut instincts and alarm bells go off about people all the time. I don't think it's all mental illness....I get a feeling about people and have learned the hard way that one should follow their gut and protect themselves. I've been screwed over in person far more than I've ever been screwed over online. Because people suck and many are not very nice or open minded. I used to think my mental illness made me get bad feelings about people and I needed to fight against it. I now know that I'm actually just pretty perceptive when it comes to people and reading their motives. I used to think this made me overly judgemental but it doesn't. If people are genuinely kind to me and good people, I can see it....and when they are not, I see that too. I used to want to help people who weren't kind because I thought they were in pain and needed help. I could not relate to them just being jerks who enjoyed hurting others but yeah, some people just really are horrible. Maybe someday there will be a machine that allows you to see if someone is a good, honest and kind person. Wars could be ended and world peace could be a reality! Until then we must be careful. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure....might be cliche but it's also true.