Padraic,
The problem with my, "ablity" is determining which of my perceptions is true and which is hallucination. There are three specific tactics I have employed when honing this skill:
1. I spent a lot of time just blurting questions to people about the things I was feeling and got mixed results and many people balking at the questions claiming they were too personal, which they probably were.
2. I made it a party game where I just ran about cold reading people, it was a gas!
3. I try to keep what I know about people seperate from what I infer about people and move inferences into knowledge only when there is sufficient evidence to support it.
The problem with one is that it was wholly reliant upon people a) knowing the truth about themselves and b) having a willingness to open up to me about very personal things. I've developed a personality such that people usually will open up to me. I regularly receive puzzled looks paired with a statement of, "Gee, I don't normally open up this much to people." Still it is hard to know which of my impressions are "true."
Number 2 came about because I had written off ALL validity to what I was feeling and figured I would just have fun at parties. The only problem with being a convincing psychic at a party is that you WILL unearth truths about people and even though your sense impression might be false or just a shot in the dark the tears people cry will be real and causing pain in a party setting is a social faux pas I would rather avoid.
Number three seems to be the best approach and dissuads me from taking any actions based only on inferences but provides a small edge when dealing with people.
Rhizo
The problem with my, "ablity" is determining which of my perceptions is true and which is hallucination. There are three specific tactics I have employed when honing this skill:
1. I spent a lot of time just blurting questions to people about the things I was feeling and got mixed results and many people balking at the questions claiming they were too personal, which they probably were.
2. I made it a party game where I just ran about cold reading people, it was a gas!
3. I try to keep what I know about people seperate from what I infer about people and move inferences into knowledge only when there is sufficient evidence to support it.
The problem with one is that it was wholly reliant upon people a) knowing the truth about themselves and b) having a willingness to open up to me about very personal things. I've developed a personality such that people usually will open up to me. I regularly receive puzzled looks paired with a statement of, "Gee, I don't normally open up this much to people." Still it is hard to know which of my impressions are "true."
Number 2 came about because I had written off ALL validity to what I was feeling and figured I would just have fun at parties. The only problem with being a convincing psychic at a party is that you WILL unearth truths about people and even though your sense impression might be false or just a shot in the dark the tears people cry will be real and causing pain in a party setting is a social faux pas I would rather avoid.
Number three seems to be the best approach and dissuads me from taking any actions based only on inferences but provides a small edge when dealing with people.
Rhizo
