Posted by daizy on March 22, 2003, at 9:59:49
In reply to Re: delusion question » daizy, posted by Dinah on March 22, 2003, at 9:39:35
> I have that skill too, daizy, for the same reason. When you grow up with volatile parents you learn to read cues. Sometimes other people are so surprised, and it feels to them like I'm reading their mind. And I keep in mind that it's just a skill, a skill I wish I had no reason to learn. And because I have that skill, and because I'm really oversensitive to emotions of others, it is sometimes very painful to be around people - especially angry people or people in pain. I seem to absorb those things, and it hurts.
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> I'm pretty sure I'm not delusional on the subject because my therapist readily acknowledges that I have the ability. He says it's one reason he tries to be extra careful to always tell me the exact truth. But he also says that I very frequently correctly pick up the feelings, but assign the completely wrong reasons for them. So I might think someone is mad at me, when really they're just mad.
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> I also have some elements of magical thinking, but I only partly believe them. I'm always aware that it's magical thinking, and make an effort to figure out the logical reasons for what happened.You have it too- cool!!! Yes like you its not something that I would have wished to have its just something that I needed to have...... I hope I didnt sound arrogant in my last post about me being superior, I know Im not, it was just a way of describing what I meant about being able to read people!!!
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