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AliceInWonderland said:

- limited, appropriate

I am extremely limited in a group and I rarely speak unless specifically addressed. This is only in groups though, if I am with Peach this completely changes as in I become social and excited - this behavior is only with her and she's noted it many times.

- Non-verbal communication

Once again, in groups I have a hard time interpreting gestures but one-on-one with Peach I feel like I can tell her emotions easily as if it is second nature. I have never noticed myself having weird gestures or facial expressions.

-Eye contact

I do not make eye contact, only with Peach. Thinking about it, I don't make eye contact with my family often either but it's considerably easier with my brother.

How long did it take for you to reach this point with Peach though? You may have an easier time reading her purely as a consistency basis. 

She's also a pretty straight-forward person by comparison to how corkscrewed people's strategies can be otherwise. 

AliceInWonderland said:

- Emotional Cues

I feel like I can understand emotional cues, I just don't exhibit the right emotion.

An example I can think of is from thanksgiving. My dad showed me a video of his friend who has covid and isn't doing well, and I didn't really feel anything but I can process that I am not reacting properly and will verbally say 'I'm sorry but I don't process information like this normally, that is unfortunate though'

Most people will usually try to put on a polite act so that it gets brushed off as something forgettable. 

Turncoat said: 

AliceInWonderland said:

- limited, appropriate

I am extremely limited in a group and I rarely speak unless specifically addressed. This is only in groups though, if I am with Peach this completely changes as in I become social and excited - this behavior is only with her and she's noted it many times.

- Non-verbal communication

Once again, in groups I have a hard time interpreting gestures but one-on-one with Peach I feel like I can tell her emotions easily as if it is second nature. I have never noticed myself having weird gestures or facial expressions.

-Eye contact

I do not make eye contact, only with Peach. Thinking about it, I don't make eye contact with my family often either but it's considerably easier with my brother.

How long did it take for you to reach this point with Peach though? You may have an easier time reading her purely as a consistency basis. 

She's also a pretty straight-forward person by comparison to how corkscrewed people's strategies can be otherwise. 

 Sometime after the first month of hanging out a couple times a week. 

Turncoat said: 

AliceInWonderland said:

- Emotional Cues

I feel like I can understand emotional cues, I just don't exhibit the right emotion.

Dunning Kruger often has people assuming they're good at this, especially if their more immediate company is too polite, quiet, or otherwise incapable of correcting them. 

What has you under the impression that you follow emotional cues beyond basic media's idea of them? If you aren't too good at picking out behaviors I'd figure that your micro-expressional understanding would be lacking. 

An example I can think of is from thanksgiving. My dad showed me a video of his friend who has covid and isn't doing well, and I didn't really feel anything but I can process that I am not reacting properly and will verbally say 'I'm sorry but I don't process information like this normally, that is unfortunate though'

Most people will usually try to put on a polite act so that it gets brushed off as something forgettable. 

 That's what everyone else did but I really couldn't but knew my father cared about this person so I figured I should at the least  state the unfortunate nature of his circumstance. 

While Illusory Superiority is closer to the assumption for ourselves to believe we're above average in most things, and while Dunning Kruger can go further to assume that simple forms of confidence shows skill rather than the lack of confidence showing a stronger understanding, I've also seen it extend towards a false consensus effect through stating how normal they are, and that by proxy others must be like themselves through projection on a sociological level. 

This is why people who are told earlier that they're mentally ill tend to not conform as much towards this assumption. 

AliceInWonderland said:

That's what everyone else did but I really couldn't but knew my father cared about this person so I figured I should at the least state the unfortunate nature of his circumstance.

What would be "reacting properly" though? 

Turncoat said: 

While Illusory Superiority is closer to the assumption for ourselves to believe we're above average in most things, and while Dunning Kruger can go further to assume that simple forms of confidence shows skill rather than the lack of confidence showing a stronger understanding, I've also seen it extend towards a false consensus effect through stating how normal they are, and that by proxy others must be like themselves through projection on a sociological level. 

This is why people who are told earlier that they're mentally ill tend to not conform as much towards this assumption. 

 This makes sense,  the more you understand the more you know how little you know often enough. 

Turncoat said: 

AliceInWonderland said:

That's what everyone else did but I really couldn't but knew my father cared about this person so I figured I should at the least state the unfortunate nature of his circumstance.

What would be "reacting properly" though? 

 I suppose how everyone else acted and normally does act when someone else is revealing something they deeply care about. 

You are right in saying these reactions are usually an act of politeness even if they don't actually deeply care but they do seem polite when they react and seem to be showing some level of enthusiasm.