Hi Catwoman, it's being able to understand/interpret the thoughts, beliefs, desires and emotions of other people and it is thought that autistic people have difficulty with this. But more recently study has indicated that autistic people understand other autistic people while NT people understand other NTs - known as the double empathy problem
I can understand others quite well at least I can intellectually and not always emotionally regardless of thier neurological status. I just suffer from foot in mouth disease and do things like naming the games I see others playing which rarely wins friends when I call out thier behaviour. I often say very little because I'm afraid of putting my foot in it and come across as aloof, it's a no win situation.
It is a bit Iain, it can be hard to find something to talk about if someones really focussed on a mind game. Sometimes I might be in a position where I'm a captive audience, like on a train, or I'm caught between other people, there are a lot of people who get really rude or aggressive when you try and change the subject too. Knowing that a person is playing a game can help me moderate my responses, but often I will only realise a little later that there is a game and what the game is, some people can be very subtle with thier mind games and it's not until much later that I realise I've been sucked in.
It is a bit Iain, it can be hard to find something to talk about if someones really focussed on a mind game. Sometimes I might be in a position where I'm a captive audience, like on a train, or I'm caught between other people, there are a lot of people who get really rude or aggressive when you try and change the subject too. Knowing that a person is playing a game can help me moderate my responses, but often I will only realise a little later that there is a game and what the game is, some people can be very subtle with thier mind games and it's not until much later that I realise I've been sucked in.
