posted March 26, 2012 12:05 PM            

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Originally posted by MataMoros:
My intuition.. I have to basically mentally focus on something else so I don't look at a person and read them.

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posted March 26, 2012 12:24 PM            

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Originally posted by s4nd:
mine are always wrong. ima fire moon if that helps.

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I can relate.

I agree with NativelyJoan.
I usually don't judge people when I first meet them (or at least, try not to), because I am not very intuitive so I get easily misguided by false assumptions.

I have to really get to know someone to get a clear opinion on them.

Sure I can get "vibes", but in the end, how do I know if they're real? How do I know I'm not fooled by my own perception?

posted March 26, 2012 12:54 PM            

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I didn't mean to say, "I can read a person like a book in a split second." I cannot and would not want to.

posted March 26, 2012 01:01 PM            

I just wonder how people can be so intuitive and get things right the moment they meet someone, it's somewhat of a mystery to me.

I need time to observe and analyse people and situations.

And oh, I'd love to know more about tautomers's experiences too!

posted March 26, 2012 01:13 PM            

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Originally posted by Faith:
I'm really curious about this. What kind of things do you see...a general picture of good or bad...or what a person might do in certain situations, ie "They seem like they would lie a lot" or something?

Can you tell us what kind of things you see?

Your birthday is near Gary Goldschneider's, who is my favorite pop astrologer, and whose objectivity with reading people is just astounding. Maybe that's significant.

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It's extremely hard for me to explain what I see unless I am actually doing it (it's easier by example). I'll try though.

It's as if there is a wall of meters in my brain, and they are all wired to a central processor. Each one works independently and if one goes over or under a threshold, it "pings" and there is information tied to that. The information is coded though, and I have to decode it to figure out what it means. Some codes are very simple and I can figure them out instantly, others are very complex and can take a very long time (sometimes months) to figure them out, but that's rare. It's also a purely objective process. I do my best not to impart any judgement while I am reading, or else it leads to errors.

Often time, I will see someone, and they will display some sort of behavior, and that fits to a template. A template of a type of person that has x y and z characteristics. Because of their behavior and body language display, they fall into that template, and I cross check to see other behaviors within that match. If they do, they fall into that catagory and all their subsequent behaviors will be logical, and predictable 90% of the time.

The idea of feeling out whether a person is bad or good, honestly doesn't directly happen. No one is simply bad, or good, and falls somewhere in the middle. That information is tied to other things. As far as lying goes, there is a special meter tied to that. I can sniff that out usually very easily.

How these things actually "feel" is very hard to explain. It is a feeling, very very subtle, but it strikes me in an instant and I begin to process it. It's very similar to the feeling of someone asking "If you have 26 parts and you cut half of them into 4 pieces, how many parts do you have?" and then the answer pops in your head and you know it. It's that "knowing" feeling that I look for, but I don't actively look for it.

As I said before, people make sense to me. Always have. Every behavior, movement, speech tone, action, has a reason behind it. Something about the person causes them to do what they do, and do it in the way that they do it. It's that reasoning behind it that I look for, and I just know what to look for and how to do it.

I often can see beyond the mind of the individual as well, and see what is blocking them with problems they are having. I have learned though that I have to be extremely careful with this skill, as it's easy to over do it can cause people discomfort, push them away, or in rare cases cause them to cry.

It's also interesting to note that I am not bothered by this. All of this is highly intuitive by it's nature and I don't really have an off switch for it. I read people by default. A lot of individuals I know get overloaded if they have this sort of gift, and even people in this thread that are intuitive by their nature are bothered by it, and have to avoid at times it being turned on. I have no problem with this myself. It's not possible for me to be overloaded by this sort of stuff as my mind is able to process a lot of information.

In think I can sum this up as I am able to read and see semi-conscious and subconscious motives behind people, which are really powerful things to know as they aren't easily controlled by the individual, and they are highly logical and interconnected.

posted March 26, 2012 01:14 PM            

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Originally posted by Doux Rêve:
Oh no, I got it Faith, no worries

I just wonder how people can be so intuitive and get things right the moment they meet someone, it's somewhat of a mystery to me.

I need time to observe and analyse people and situations.

And oh, I'd love to know more about tautomers's experiences too!

Hopefully he'll share them with us, I'm very curious.

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Thank you.

I hope tautomer hears us. I'll send him a telepathic telegram & see if it works.

'Not too confident that it will.

posted March 26, 2012 01:18 PM            

I think it's a mix of intuition, logic, and analysis.

Your placements really do reflect that!

posted March 26, 2012 01:19 PM            

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Originally posted by Faith:

'Not too confident that it will.

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It worked!

posted March 26, 2012 01:33 PM            

I've also thought of writing books on interpersonal relations and other things. The problem is I have no credentials for such things. I'd feel far to obligated and pressured to do research on human subjects before I write anything to back up my claims.

I forgot to add, that I can be fooled by my own perceptions. I am not perfect. My ability to read people who I have romantic interest in is quite poor. I'll still read things fine, and in hindsight get it, but I will not decode things right due to wishful thinking and idealism. If I also have a very strong dislike of someone I will also read them rather poorly.

Also, I actually can read (some) people instantly in a matter of seconds and have a near complete picture. It takes time to still decode that in my mind though to explain it to others. I'll understand it perfectly in my head, but can't verbalize it until it's processed. Give me around 10 to 15 minutes one on one with someone though, usually (not everyone, as I said some people can take me months to figure out) can be enough time for me to figure them out enough to spook them. Meaning, see enough in them that when I tell them they are shocked that I picked up what I did in such a short period of time.

And yup, as I said before, it was as if my chart was hand made for reading other peoples minds (not in a psychic way).

posted March 26, 2012 01:40 PM            

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Originally posted by Doux Rêve:
It worked!

Haha thanks tautomer for sharing, that's really an awesome ability you have!

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posted March 26, 2012 01:46 PM            

A lot of what you said, on the emotional spectrum, I can related to, as I would burn out working with patients in a psychological environment as well. LL is one of them no offense intended! But I get overwhelmed by all the emotions I pick up here.

tautomer, how do you feel about medical intuitives? Does your talent lend itself to that? Like, can you feel where blockages are within people here?

posted March 26, 2012 01:48 PM            

And of course no one is infallible, especially when it comes to romance.

It's still quite amazing that you can read most people like that, I wish I could do that!

And, I know, Faith!
Synchronicity

posted March 26, 2012 03:09 PM            

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Originally posted by Doux Rêve:
Oh yes, you should totally use that ability of yours, maybe not now, but sometime later, write a book or just write articles on a blog or something, share your knowledge.

And of course no one is infallible, especially when it comes to romance.

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Agreed

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And, I know, Faith!
Synchronicity

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posted April 23, 2012 08:41 PM            

I also have pretty good intuitions about people. It's not a judgement about the person, so much as an overall impression.

When I was younger though, I was good, but not AS good at reading my own first impressions, since I ended up disliking a lot of friends of mine who ended up as really close friends over time. There was a difference in the way that I was reading them though... 1. My Aries Moon impulsivity sometimes tends to make me write people off when I first meet them if they say something that comes off as very rude or undermining to me. This was worse when I was younger. 2. Many times my very close friends have been people that I've had to go through difficult times with to get to the core of who each of us are, and THEN we bond- SOOOO... My first impression will usually be repulsion and attraction and, especially when I was younger, I would read it more negatively than not- when in actuality I should have recognized it as someone who was going to bring a lesson into my life.

But yeah... I have had flash moments of insight when I first meet someone and they have been completely true about that person. I also have flash insights when someone will SAY a certain thing. It may not even be something negative or related to the insight, but it's like I connect it to an eventual probability of how it's going to play out.

posted April 23, 2012 09:21 PM            

If I immediately dislike them, then we usually end up getting along really well.
If I immediately like them, then we usually end up hating each other.

That's only if they're strong, other wise I'm usually pretty "on" with my first impressions of people. Not sure if it's different when meeting someone on the internet though, because there are a few people here that I've had some strong positive reactions to the first impression... which kind of worries me. lol

posted April 23, 2012 09:47 PM            

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Originally posted by tautomer4314:

It's as if there is a wall of meters in my brain, and they are all wired to a central processor. Each one works independently and if one goes over or under a threshold, it "pings" and there is information tied to that. The information is coded though, and I have to decode it to figure out what it means. Some codes are very simple and I can figure them out instantly, others are very complex and can take a very long time (sometimes months) to figure them out, but that's rare. It's also a purely objective process. I do my best not to impart any judgement while I am reading, or else it leads to errors.

Often time, I will see someone, and they will display some sort of behavior, and that fits to a template. A template of a type of person that has x y and z characteristics. Because of their behavior and body language display, they fall into that template, and I cross check to see other behaviors within that match. If they do, they fall into that catagory and all their subsequent behaviors will be logical, and predictable 90% of the time.

The idea of feeling out whether a person is bad or good, honestly doesn't directly happen. No one is simply bad, or good, and falls somewhere in the middle. That information is tied to other things. As far as lying goes, there is a special meter tied to that. I can sniff that out usually very easily.

How these things actually "feel" is very hard to explain. It is a feeling, very very subtle, but it strikes me in an instant and I begin to process it. It's very similar to the feeling of someone asking "If you have 26 parts and you cut half of them into 4 pieces, how many parts do you have?" and then the answer pops in your head and you know it. It's that "knowing" feeling that I look for, but I don't actively look for it.

As I said before, people make sense to me. Always have. Every behavior, movement, speech tone, action, has a reason behind it. Something about the person causes them to do what they do, and do it in the way that they do it. It's that reasoning behind it that I look for, and I just know what to look for and how to do it.

I often can see beyond the mind of the individual as well, and see what is blocking them with problems they are having. I have learned though that I have to be extremely careful with this skill, as it's easy to over do it can cause people discomfort, push them away, or in rare cases cause them to cry.

It's also interesting to note that I am not bothered by this. All of this is highly intuitive by it's nature and I don't really have an off switch for it. I read people by default. A lot of individuals I know get overloaded if they have this sort of gift, and even people in this thread that are intuitive by their nature are bothered by it, and have to avoid at times it being turned on. I have no problem with this myself. It's not possible for me to be overloaded by this sort of stuff as my mind is able to process a lot of information.

In think I can sum this up as I am able to read and see semi-conscious and subconscious motives behind people, which are really powerful things to know as they aren't easily controlled by the individual, and they are highly logical and interconnected.

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Wow I find that completely fascinating! I'm not good at 1st impressions. I've been wrong many times so I try not to read too much into it. U never know who had a bad day or who's mom just died or something. So r u really intuitive? Or is this all just from being perceptive and observant? Or how do u know what things to look for? My goodness I wish I had that skill lol but that's alright.