My kung fu training taught me to read people's intentions through their body language and now I can't turn it off. I see aggression and deception everywhere and I don't know if I'm more aware or just paranoid.
More people experience this than they realize.
Skills developed for specific contexts can generalize in ways that distort rather than enhance our relationship to ordinary social situations.
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