If it can reassure you, it’s not an active thing, our brain just sees signs and does the interpretation of how the person feels all by itself
This varies from person to person. Personally, I’m alexithymic. I had to study body language and facial expressions actively in order to stop being completely blind to other peoples’ emotions/mental states. I solely relied on verbal communication to interpret peoples’ intentions for the first 25 or so years of my life. Made a lot of shit really hard!
Oh yeah sorry, I should have specified that I was talking about the majority of the population where it’s something that just happens without thinking about it unless you’re looking at very specific cues…
This varies from person to person. Personally, I’m alexithymic. I had to study body language and facial expressions actively in order to stop being completely blind to other peoples’ emotions/mental states. I solely relied on verbal communication to interpret peoples’ intentions for the first 25 or so years of my life. Made a lot of shit really hard!
Doing much better these days though.
Oh yeah sorry, I should have specified that I was talking about the majority of the population where it’s something that just happens without thinking about it unless you’re looking at very specific cues…