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I really dislike questions like this. I’m just ND enough where I get both sides of the question and it’s almost immobilizing. What do they actually want? I gotta overthink this.
No people don’t tell me, but I get what they might say, even though it’s not what another person would say, it’s actually asking me about myself.
Who tf writes questions like this?
But it is trying to ask about others' assessmemt of you. Because if you describe your self assessment, you aren't going to do a good job.
If you are totally oblivious, then you won't recognize.
Conversely, you think you take everything too literally but none of your peers notice anything unusual.
It has to be so bad that your daily social interactions are damaged because folks are annoyed that you don't understand and can't help but to let you know.
If on the other hand you perceive the intent but just also constantly think about what the literal meaning would be, that's not really a sign, because you were able to perceibe the intended message too.