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Mind reading hurts a lot hoping things get better soon. Any thoughts on mind reading?

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gajh

Hello Bluebird91 can you say a little bit more about mind reading? How do you experience it?

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Bluebird91 in reply to gajh

I feel like people know my thoughts.

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LoveforAll41

I don't know if this is what you are getting at, but "mind reading" and "fortune telling" are two thinking errors David Burns lists in his books. Thinking errors take us down painful paths☮️

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Bluebird91 in reply to LoveforAll41

I feel like people know what I'm thinking.

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LoveforAll41 in reply to Bluebird91

Ah, perhaps there is a bit of truth to that because apparently body language is the great commmunicator. Facial expressions communicate a lot too. Do you have a very expressive face? My wife does, but I think that a lot of her grimaces I misread

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Bluebird91 in reply to LoveforAll41

Like you said it's probably a thinking error.

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