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Nix the Mind-Reader Approach

by E-NewsCast Team
November 24th, 2009

The key to any relationship is communication, communication, andcommunication! So what happens when your significant othersimply thinks you can read everything that they are thinking? Ithappens all the time. By excluding details of a situation oneside of the relationship can subliminally create a war of wordsand automatically be armed with the dreaded “you don’tunderstand me” attack. “Mind-reader” syndrome conquers manycouples without them even knowing it. Day to day socialinteraction often pits feelings against assumptions. When thishappens it often means that one individual may be suppressinghis or her feelings, causing a lack of communication skills.People exhibiting these problems are everywhere and simplybelieve that their partner just magically knows the way theyfeel all of the time. The ability to love or be loved does notgrant mystical powers to read minds or feelings to anyone in arelationship. Often just explaining your needs and thoughtsclearly can prove to be a start in solving the mind-readersyndrome.Solving the problem completely can be a unique and difficultproblem. Use the list below to help focus, and determine theroot of the mind-reader problem. Ask yourself these questionswhenever disagreements surface. Clarifying your own needs canlesson or prevent additional problems in the future as well asincreasing past problems that still linger. Consider these questions:1. What am I feeling at this exact second?2. What do I want my partner to know at this particular secondthat they might not realize?3. What are the things I am assuming now and up until now?4. Is anything about how I act immature? Does the tone in myvoice or subtle actions deflect and reroute my true feelings?Does my partner misinterpret what I really mean?

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