Psychological Divination

[HalcyonDreamer]

Is this a common Indigo trait?

For a long time, I thought I was just extremely empathetic, as I could always tell how my friends and family were feeling, and knew how to change their moods to something better when they were off. As I grew older, however. I realized that it wasn't just emotional. Through speech patterns, actions, and basic conversation I could derive so many facets of a person's life, how they were feeling, what they're thinking, what they like, what kind of person they are... and it's just grown and grown since then. I like to think of it as sort of my "superpower" for lack of a better term. It's something I can do, that no one I know can. Since I came here, and learned a bit about the Indigo phenomenon though, I wonder if it's not so much unique, but a skill that I share with others like me?

[HalcyonDreamer]

I'm glad I'm not alone. People usually don't believe me when I tell them about it, until I prove it.

I find that when I first meet someone, it's the easiest time to get to know them. Mostly because almost everyone puts up a false self in front of a new person, and it's much more obvious and easier to see through then the shell they use to hide parts of their selves from you once you're well acquainted. Rather than watching though, I like to do it through a lot of conversation, or sharing artistic tastes.

[HalcyonDreamer]

I do read a lot from the body, just not initially. I find that new people are usually nervous, whether they seem it or not, and this affects their body language and produces skewed results when trying to read them. Once they're in a comfortable place in my company, I begin to read from physical signs.

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10x alot U two
i just started think about two years that way, and sometimes i can be just an ashole,can read other better than my self
nice game but where it goes who knows

[lonelyindigo]

I think I'm pretty adept at telling people's REASONS behind doing everything, because of the reasons you listed. Reasons, actions, word choice, feeling, etc.

They may be telling me one thing, but just because of their inflection I know it means something...a little different. Not always the opposite...

ESPECIALLY vocal patterns. That seems to be a big one. Usually voice changes with every different person they interact with, occasionally physical quirks as well. Plus, don't you love it when your friends lie to other people in front of you, and don't notice? Or think that you've forgotten the truth? I think it's kind of funny. Plus I know when they're lying to me, because of that. That's kind of an interesting psychological phenomena to observe in your friends...

It's also kind of odd when you know they're doing something self-destructive and lying about it to themselves, and then they get mad at you for saying so because they haven't realized it. THEN when they figure it out, they learned it from themselves, and have no idea/memory/belief that you knew anything before. I say it's odd, because people SHOULD learn from themselves, but sometimes you just want to smack someone and tell them to listen.

(If I was lying to myself, I suppose I wouldn't listen to anyone else, either...)

I don't know why I just used totally negative things to just say, "Yeah, me too!" But, oh well.

I like the phrase "psychological divination." Seems quite fitting.




Okay, one more negative nancy and then I'll stop:

It drives me BONKERS when people say, "Yeah, I'm so hard to read *giggle* no one can ever tell when I'm upset!" (And then proceed to skulk around in the shadows and pout and gladly tell every single person that ASKS {{because something is obviously wrong}} about why you're so sad. No sympathy. No. Sympathy. Until you start telling me what's wrong, then it comes back X-P)