I believe in psychics of all varieties, personally, but I do not know any of them. I have friends who practice varieties of rituals and spells, but none of them claim to be able to predict the future or successfully read the minds of others. Yes, I believe in extra-sensory perception (ESP), and know several people, including myself who experience flashes of such. Mind readers, on the other hand, are not believed by many to be at all common.
The reason I bring up this mind-reading bit is because I’ve found more and more that people expect me to know everything that is going on in their minds. Recently, I had a miscommunication with someone very close to me, because she expected me to know everything that had gone on with her in the past couple of days, when I hadn’t talked with her during that time.
I have friends who believe firmly in the line, “Listen to what I mean, not what I say.” How incredibly ridiculous is that statement? I find that statement to be very outrageous, and even though it is meant in a humorous manner, offensive. When I ask someone if I’ve offended him in any way, and he just says no and gives a smile, then I expect nothing to be wrong, or for him to have taken no offense.
Why is it others feel as though, even though they hide to their true feelings, I should know exactly what is going on and what they really mean? I’m beginning to think that I should just take what people tell me and assume the opposite to be true.
Does anyone else have this issue, or am I the only one who truly has friends who expect me to be psychic? I suppose it’s somewhat flattering at times, because people seem to believe I can see right through them, which, in many cases, I can. I will not say, however, that I can see through lies every single time they are told to me. I also can’t read emotions when I’m over the phone hearing someone smile, laugh, and say, “No, that’s fine, I’ll just get together with someone else. Take care now.”
To me, that sounds like someone who will easily understand there is something else going on, and move past the fact that I’m not getting together with him or her. These other people, however, seem to think that I’m somewhat omniscient when it comes to predicting the way others will be affected by something I’ve done which they led to believe was perfectly fine. Is it my job to take courses to learn to read people’s minds? Do these courses even exist?
I suppose the thing that gets me the most is how angry people get when I fail to correctly read through the facades they send at me. I have had friendships suspended for months, even years, because someone expected me to know exactly what was going on in their minds. I have had relationships placed on hold, or even terminated, because I went along with my previous plans instead of dropping them for my significant other, who said she was fine with my choice of plans.
Someone please tell me how I’m supposed to deal with this. I don’t seem to understand how it is we’re supposed to get through this life without the ability to read minds. Am I wrong to find this hard to decipher? It seems like the only answers to these questions are in the minds of those people who make me ask them, and, frankly, if I could read them, this rant wouldn’t be here right now.
I guess that’s the plague my mind is currently experiencing.