Misunderstood

[LadyOfMystery]

So let's talk about misunderstandings or feeling just plain out misunderstood.

How often do you feel misunderstood? What do you get misunderstood on usually?

For me.. It seems like it goes in seasons. It's as if I talk in clarity and perfection and then all of a sudden one day it seems as if I'm speaking some unknown language. Because when i try to explain myself (even if I feel like it's totally clear to me) things just end up getting worse.

I know I've been in these seasons even on CF and I make a post or thread and I just see it go up in flames. lol

 

[Somber]

I can relate. I have that happen quite a bit. It can be over anything. I think for me, it is partly due to the fact that I am not always straightforward as much as I should be. Like, sometimes I am afraid of hurting someone's feelings, so I try to explain in more gentle words about what I am thinking about, but then the point I am trying to make doesn't come across at all, and they brush over it. Or I do try to be straightforward, and I word it all wrong, and in the process, offend a person, and they misunderstand my intentions, yet again. Yes, my life is full of misunderstandings. I need to find that even balance in life in my communication.

I often go out of my way to understand other people, so sometimes I wish that more people would take a little bit of time to understand what I am trying to communicate. One thing I do not want happening though, is someone to try to over-think what I was trying to say too, since that, yet again, leads to more misunderstanding. I wish communication were easier sometimes, like we could just send thoughts to someone, so they could get the whole picture in our head and know exactly what we were trying and intending to mean.

 

[A.B.C.A.D.]

For me it's mostly being sarcastic but it takes them a long minute to catch on, oh well.

 

[Cearbhall]

For me it's when I have so many responsibilities to juggle, and everyone wants their thing to be #1 in my life. Sorry, doesn't work that way.