Do you ever feel misunderstood?
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I feel misunderstood everyday.\n\nSometimes I say things and they come out rude/patronizing when actually I am being genuine.\n\nMore often than not, the more I say, the more misunderstood I am.
985329
I do sometimes. Sometimes it's an image just as I'm waking. Other times it's a strong feeling. There have been planes and buses and cars I've had a bad feeling about getting into and every time I listened to it and didn't get in, I was fine but there was an accident or a crash and I would've been in it.\nThe one time I didn't listen to my feeling about a plane, I was in a plane crash (small plane, a Cessna). \n2 & 1/2 years ago I ignored my feeling about a car and was in a car accident not 10 minutes later (hit from behind while stopped at a stop light). \nWhen I've ignored my feelings about people, I've suffered terribly and so have some other people in my life. When I listen, I do fine and so do those I care about and the person I had the bad feeling about turns out to be a bad person. Sometimes it takes a while to find out, but I always find out my feelings are right.\n\nYears ago, I had a bad feeling that something big was going to go wrong with my parents' vehicle. I'd been right about enough things (including a premonition about a crack in the foundation of their old house which was proven to the exact spot to be right years later when the wallboard and drywall were removed when there was a leak) and because I'd been right so many times, my parents traded in the vehicle at a dealership for another. \nTwo days later the dealership phoned my Father and demanded he take back their old vehicle. It now had a serious, major, expensive to fix problem in the motor. My Father said the dealership's mechanics had checked it over and found it fine two days earlier when they accepted it and that they'd done the trade fair and square. Then he hung up and smiled and me and told me I'd been right again.\n\nI've also had dreams about events that have come to pass, but I don't have these dreams often, not like the Medium show, and I don't communicate with the dead or anything like that.\n\nI think I've just learned to trust my instincts, which is something more people need to learn to do.
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feeling like I made a difference...as a therapist that works with children, it can get very frustrating never knowing if you are "really helping".  But occassionally, you have that moment when you just know, you just feel deep inside, that you just had a positive impact on someone.  Nothing beats that.\n\nAnd, of course, skinny dipping in a lake or under a waterfall while backpacking, when you haven't been able to shower for days, and you feel that cold mountain water...ahhhhhh
255661
That's an interesting question. I find it comes and goes in waves. All of a sudden I get in a philosophical mood and I "wonder" and questions abound. And I feel much more comfortable being the asker that doesn't have to reveal but has the opportunity to learn from everyone else. Then I get the chance to process all they have told me and synthesize through the information and find what works for me and what perhaps would not. But there are those days I wake up and think I can move mountains! (Until I actually touch my feet to the ground and remember age could be setting in very soon.) On those days........I can answer a million questions in a row and still scream, "Bring 'em on!" lol.......it so depends on "where I am" I suppose. When I feel lost.......I ask and feel happier asking. When I feel that life is zipping along......I feel worthy of answering.....and am happiest then. *shrugs* Just one girl's story. :) Thanks for letting me share.
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Awesome Amandy, I couldn't agree with you more.  There is a lot of ignorance in the air, and a lot of unwarranted assumptions.  Just because something/someone isn't understood doesn't mean people should assume based on there limited experience what is going on so that they can comfortably fit it into their understanding and further encourage their already misguided ego.  People should be able to look at a person and see that person as a secular human being.  Every culture has different aspects that make it unique and special, as long as you don't hurt or infringe on other human beings, you shouldn't be judged.  \n\nYou are not alone, I think I needed to say that as well, that does feel good to get off the chest.
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I've felt that way a lot, specially during middle school, and only sometimes on occasion now, (i'm in high school ;)\nbut the reason i don't feel that way as often as I did in Middle School, is b/c I had a Heart to Heart with my mom (she's the one I felt like i disappointed all the time), and we finally understood where each other came from, and now I can talk to her like she's my best friend, if I need to, but Hey I'm a teenage girl, we always have those yelling moments!! ;) It's part of growing up, but the best way to cure that feeling besides talking, is giving ur self a bit of self confidence, you might need to start thinking what's good enough for you, and if it is  then don't worry about what ur parents say.
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To further understand myself, I introspect my feelings.  \n\n(I never knew "introspect" was a word until I looked it up!)
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i am just like u. I feel like i don't do anything right. If some people think you are a goof, they will just have to live with it. Real good people do not care what is on the out but what is on the in. Take that into consideration when somebody tries to make fun of you.\n\n         You may not be a goof, you may just think you are and other people could think you are really cool.
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It's completely understandable that you would feel this way. Thinking someone was being true and finding out other wise is realizing you never really knew that person in the first place. It can make you feel as if you are vulnerable, and susceptible to anything others say. But this is not necessarily so. Sometimes we are smitten by others simply because of who or what they are. If they have money, who they know or what kind of a car they drive. It's easy to be blindsided by someone who may possess these qualities. It's also easy to believe someone when they say sweet nothings in your ear. It's what we all want, right? \nLook, the bottom line is this...you LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON. People aren't always what they seem! Before you decided to give your heart to someone else in the future, make sure you KNOW the person VERY WELL! Take this mistake, and use it to your advantage for the future. Some people come into our lives for a season, others are there for a lifetime, and some just leave footprints on our hearts. It's all about living, and learning...but understanding that everything happens for a reason!! \nGood luck to you! I wish you the very best!
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Yes. I do. Sometimes I embrace it and other times I feel all alone.
834041
I think we all feel this way at one time or another...my famous description of myself is the b.o.n....blob of nothing lol...it is horrible to feel so low...but then,...I feel so guilty when I look around and see people so so much worse off than I am, and I wanna hit myself in the head and knock some good sense into it...I bet you have wonderful qualities, and sometimes, when it just don't seem to ever go your way..we have to step back and remember just what God gave us...and thank Him for giving us His Son,...as a sacrifice so that we CAN go on and live...Please..start remembering those things about yourself that shine and how  you can help others...and somewhere along the line, you will start to feel better..and say your prayers darling,..they will be heard...He always hears us...God Bless
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I'm misunderstood by my wife all the time. I misunderstand people, or misinterpret...I usually go to great lengths to accurately describe what I'd said to my wife so the misunderstanding could be cleared up...\n\nCommmunication can be tough...thats why I try to articulate myself as best as possible.\n\nIf its someone I don't really know...they can think whatever they want.
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mmm nope not all of us.  I feel a huge loss but I am not ashamed of their actions.  They made it not me.  I am who I am and I was not ment to be raised by my biological parents or I would have been.  The all mighty had other things in mind for me.  If anything I feel sorry for them,  because in the back of their mind will always be the guilt of knowing what they did.  \nI wish I could know more about them.  Especially if I have siblings who may like your girlfriend need a family connection.  I am blessed to be strong in myself.  But there will always be questions.  Like why in the world my kids are lighter than me, when their father is darker than me.  I know my mom was real light and my dad was dark from non-ident info.  There will always be a greaving for that sense of belonging but I don't feel any guilt.
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YES!  I've let others hurt my feelings and make me doubt myself.  I've learned though that, it's up to me to allow that to hurt me or not.  I am responsible for my own feelings about myself and shouldn't let others make me feel bad or doubt myself.  I must love myself and not let anyone else shake that!\nI don't want anyone else to feel that way about themselves because of something I have said so, I try my best to be supportive instead of belittling or insensitive.
1111320
Yes!  I feel confused and befuddled!  And you?
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when i cant explain!\nWhen i feel there is someone looking and helping.\n~peace for ur nice question
665342
sometimes you get a feelin, but for the most part you don't know, YOU HAVE TO ASK