[Caliwany]

Your post was most definitely insightful. I am guessing it is a combo of clairvoyance/sensitivity and psychological. For example, at work, this guy made this comment indicating envy. I told my husband about how much it bothered me. How I felt hatred from it (it was just a normal comment) and I hated that someone could associate that with me. He (a "normal" guy) said that on a scale of 1-10 the comment was, at worst, a 2 when to me it was a 3 conservatively. I think we just feel emotional energy so much more easily than others and are more affected by it. Relationship are much deeper and meaningful too...as is the hurt. Maybe that is why touching means so much more...and how we must protect ourselves so we don't get too close and thus get really hurt.

I hope I am not picking up background info in all cases though because I really don't touch most people even friends who have proven themselves. I think it might be more related to privacy. Like maybe I will pick something up that would violate their privacy and/or give them something I hold private.

It sucks being like this though because it makes things more lonely. I am thinking we are at different stages of life and I can tell you that it is all worth it. Just as the bad is really bad...the good is really good. You just have to wait for it. You *will* need that patience later on as you will need it for those you do become close to. Our lives are not easy but we are here as messengers and to help elevate others. It is just that those who are not ready do not understand us...but those who are will appreciate us like nothing you have ever known.