by Infinitude » Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:22 am
I've had plenty of experiences where the things people were saying were corresponding really well to my inner thoughts.
Here's an example to try and explain it a bit. Suppose you were watching a TV show with someone, and you were thinking about the TV show, and the other person was talking about it, and you noticed that the things you were thinking lined up with the things the other person was saying. Would this surprise you? No, I don't think it would, because you're both watching the TV show and so the things you're thinking and they're saying are both lining up with that.
Now let's think about the environment. If you're sharing an environment with someone, this is actually really similar to the example above, because your thoughts, and what the other people are saying is lining up with what is occurring in the environment. This can occur at longer distances at well, but basically it is just an example of people being in synch. And the fact that people can see you, even if they're not focusing on you, means you'll have just that extra bit of alignment.
And now here's another example. I use tarot cards and do readings on myself. The only thing is, I have no idea how to use tarot cards (apart from my own method). Basically, I'll put down a few cards and it will "tell" me about myself. How does it do this? Well, basically, the cards are designed such that pretty much any combination will tell a story, and my mind will just create a story that fits what cards I put down. The cards aren't doing anything on their own, they're just a catalyst for my mind to understand itself and it just seems to be somewhat supernatural.
So, there are plenty of rational explanations for how this is occurring, and the only missing step is that due to your mind having a certain, ahem, "psychotic" activity, you are paying much more attention to all of this synchronicity. I get these experiences too. For example, I was in a psychologist appointment, and I had some questions that I wanted answered, but which I didn't want to mention to her, so what I did was think the questions as she was explaining something else, and what she said after I thought it answered my questions for me. How? Because I already knew the answers, and she was already tailoring her questions to me, so it just helped me to realise that I already knew the answers, and I made a very suspect jump in interpreting what she was saying.
So, understand that this is normal, it's just that most people don't pay attention to it, and that you can use it to your advantage to help yourself become consciously aware of what you already know subconsciously.
Dx: schizoaffective, social anxiety AKA spiritual and self-conscious