I've had intuitive moments since childhood. I always felt like there was a presence protecting me even before I'd ever set foot in achurch to hear anout guardian angels or even ever heard anything about spirits etc. I was just a child when I felt this, it never actually protected me from some terrible things that happened to me and maybe it couldn't but at the same time it has always been there... One of my first strong intuitive moments was as a child and I'd lost mom in the store. I was of course scared so I actually turned to this intuitive side for help and felt to go a certain direction. I did and I found my mom. It's possible it was all luck and imagination but it made me scared of whatever this was.. The logic of a child I guess so I tried to ignore this intuition thingy. I have had many more experiences more significant since though and I've learned to trust this.
I've had moments where I just know something I shouldn't and then find out it's real. I've had those warning gut feelings too that all turned out real. I've had a couple occasions too where I believe I may have been 'rescued'.