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Originally Posted by LAX Star
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This is another phenomenon I wondered about
. It isn't something that I experience regularly...actually, it's something that I haven't experienced in awhile:
I occasionally come across an individual who's very bad at interpreting and discerning situations. Their countenance doesn't show that they are not listening, nor is it seen that they are too focused on their answer to hear the question.
Instead, they are misinterpreting the question or situation. You say the sky is blue, and they repeat: "here's why you *think* the sky is purple"
In other words, they think that they can "read" situations, when in fact, they misread situations, and badly.
They think they can look at a situation and size up someone's motives, when in fact, their assumptions are (sometimes) wildly off course.
They do this not only with myself, but with several others. Therefore, the issue is not a matter of my not communicating clearly.
When someone seeks to "psychoanalyze" a situation, yet their conclusion is way off base, this can cause interrelational problems. When someone seeks to determine another person's motives merely on the basis of what they see, and when they "frame" someone's motives within their minds, the results can be toxic.
This is not a matter of not being introspective, and them seeing something in myself that that I don't see: as individuals, each person possesses likes and dislikes. If I trend towards City life, and misinterpreter concludes that "my personality likes the isolation that rural life provides (!)"
This "type" of person can cause a lot of discontent in families or in the workplace, if they misread situations and assign motives accordingly. Because this type of personality then *reacts* towards that which they misinterpret.
In any event, I don't know if this personality type has a classification, or if it's worth examining. I don't come across this kind of personality type often. I do however, have a curious mind
, and I like to figure things out...
Thanks in advance