Does anyone else have a 6th sense for "reading" people?(self.Blind)
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I'm not sure if its a gift or a curse, but I always get a very strong feeling whenever I get to know someone for the first time, or when someone is lying to me or hiding their true feelings about me. I used to think I was just being stupid, but most of my guesses turned out to be correct in the end. I'm not sure if I like this "ability".
bakebreadsmokedope4 points2y ago
I'm not visually impaired, but I have this too. You're likely an empathethic person with good intuition. Nothing wrong with that, keep your head up high
FaerilyRowanwind4 points2y ago
Is it an ability or are you accidentally making a self fulfilling prophecy? That said. Some people who have experienced abuse or trauma get really good at reading the nuances of some emotions as a safety mechanism. Just some thoughts. But you may need to think about that first one a bit. Sometimes we turn people into what we think they are because we are expecting it.
[deleted] [OP]1 points2y ago
I guess it could be from having to tiptoe around one of my parents in order to avoid conflict.
FaerilyRowanwind1 points2y ago
Yes
HegemoneMilo2 points2y ago
I have learned to trust my instincts because they are often right (I'm not VI, btw).
When I first met a person who I now consider my best friend, we were at a school event for our kids. I was knitting. She approached me and asked me if I wanted to join a knitting group at the school. While her words were kind and inviting, there was something else that didn't align. My first instinct was that this person was really prickly and possibly angry. I was a little nervous and didn't join right away. Then someone else asked me to join the same group, so I went and after a few meetings learned why my now friend was so prickly when I first met her... her 3-year-old daughter had died that summer, her prickliness was her mourning... she saw me with my young daughters and was experiencing her grief fresh again. From that experience, I've learned to pay attention to the instinct, but to give it time to figure out what is going on.
BexTheMixer2 points2y ago
I get those instincts about people I know well, and I'm always right. I also have that sense, sort of like mind-reading, about people I don't know well.
the-cat15131 points2y ago
Hmm, hopefully. I have the sixth sense of a brick
siriuslylupin61 points2y ago
I don’t and it’s not a blind thing look in to r/jungiantypology fe in that type of circle they would say it’s in my shadow. I have fi I can do well with making good relations and sympathy if I wanted but it’s a weak thing. But not a blind thing I don’t talk about this but you specifically asked so I am saying it. Not a blind thing though. I struggle with this and thus struggle with social stuff again not a blind thing I am. Just too pragmatic.
I am pretty sure r/socionics calls this fi.
[deleted] [OP]1 points2y ago
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_Night_Wing1 points2y ago
I also seem to have something like this. Somebody didn't like me once and I was able to lay out exactly why they felt that way which ended up being dead accurate. Not sure what to make of it but I'll take it.
chovihanni-VIP1 points2y ago
I has it before and it's even more tuned in since my vision loss
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