Seeing Through People - A Boon or a Burden?

Marked loner and a person who does not give out much in terms of information. Given this title, I am going to share with you all, something that I have experienced, almost forever. 

My characteristics make me fit to be a spy and sometimes a living lie detector. My friends thought it was great that I could catch lies out of thin air or read between lines spoken by a person trying their best to hide their true feelings. 

I have had people, sometimes strangers, come up to me and confess and share secrets and stories. All this even when I never went asking for them to share. 

How does it feel to see through people and what they say? Utterly painful. Their intentions, whether good or bad, is something personal to them. I do not want any part in it. I like to sit and be by myself. Then why do I end up being the one who always ends up seeing everything lying beneath the emotions of the person?

It could be a chat, an email, a phone conversation and the best, a face-to-face. It is utterly disturbing. Intuition, while a gift can be overwhelming in excess, like everything else. If you do believe in clairvoyance, I have had episodes in the past of that, as well. 

I was then told by some that it was because I am observant that it leads to understanding people or situations with such clarity. Keeping to myself was more of my way of observing more, talking less, and thus processing subconsciously. Overtime, it resulted in heightened intuition and being able to draw patterns in the most unlikely scenarios (SmallData, if you please). 

Basically, I caused it to myself. But I also found out that this could really help me out in connecting with people. Helping me understand them and their needs better. Everyone expects some kind of attention or lack of it. Gauging that helps me connect with them better like we were old friends. The very characteristic that made me feel uncomfortable now started making me feel better. 

Whenever, a person snaps, I don't snap back. I can see that they have had a rough day, they are fearing something, they might be upset, or they have been deprived of something which has now come up in our conversation. It helps me maintain my cool and keep balance in conversation. 

I market my content writing services with the tagline "Empathetic Content" and I mean every bit of it. Clients/ employees/ stakeholders need to be spoken to, not told. Being able to understand how they might perceive certain things helps me create content that is fit for them. 

So in the end, seeing through people a.k.a pure intuition is great for business but not so great for personal life. Wish I had a switch for it to toggle back-n-forth. Until I figure it out I would love to hear about your experiences with intuition. 

We are all born with it so we all have it. 

Seek and you shall find. ~ Matthew 7:7

Thank you for reading!

A content writer and marketer by profession, I have a knack for marketing, technology, and languages. When I am not doing anything related to the above three, you will find me on my spiritual quest. For me life is about continuous learning till the end of days. 

My motto: "There is no bigger pleasure than going to bed, everyday, a little bit wiser and happier than you woke up that morning."

You can find out more about me and my works at: www.proma-nautiyal.com