More things you wanted to know about me, but couldn't be bothered asking!

I'm empathic. That's right, I can read peoples minds! No wait, that's telepathic. I can however read and feel people's emotions acutely. Now I know what you're thinking (maybe I am telepathic), you assume that everyone can read peoples emotions. But that's not really true, as most folk are very good at putting up masks and barriers to appear happy, when they are actually miserable, or pretend that they don't like someone, when they actually have a massive crush on them. Well, I can see through their false facades, and what's worse, if I'm around them too long I start to feel the same way as them. I gotta be honest and say that this is part of the reason I'm not a huge people person. I don't hate everyone, but in RL, I don't get along with a huge amount of people. I'm not a social retard or anything, I just don't 'click' strongly with a great deal of humans. Bears on the other hand.....

When I am in a shopping centre or any crowded area I really have to focus on blocking out the 'emotional' static from everyone around me otherwise it feels really oppressive. It doesn't stop me going out, but it often keeps me from completely relaxing when going out. When I was single I did consider becoming a hermit and living out away from society, but then where would I plug in my Xbox? How would I access porn? No that wouldn't have done at all. Still the idea of living like Yoda might be cool for a while.

Empathy of any kind is vitally important in a relationship I feel, and I think it's why my wife and I get along. I see other couples and it frustrates me when one side can't tell that they are really shitting the other, or that they don't even care that they are doing it. I can tell very quickly when my wife is losing her patience with me and often before she starts throwing stuff at me. Then I can act appropriately. So I will end this post with some kind of moral lesson (yes there's a first time for everything). Pay attention to the people around you (that you care about), notice how they are feeling and act accordingly. If you're normally selfish, stop focussing only on how things effect you and give a thought to the fact that you are little more that a single multi celled organism amoungst an ocean of billions of other multi celled organisms on a planet that sits in a sea of infinite space. And to quote the end of a Monty Python song, "And pray that there's intelligent life, somewhere out in space, cause there's bugger all down here on earth."