thenullifidian:

I’ll never understand people who are constantly defensive as though everything is an attack.

Chill out people.

cognitive-behavioural therapists have a term for that – mind-reading. “In this scenario, individuals assume – without attempts at verification – that others are reacting negatively to them. Cognitive-behavioural therapists typically regard mind-reading as a subtype of the broader tendency of individuals to jump to premature conclusions.”

Thing I learned from that Scott Lilienfield’s piece on microaggressions in Aeon.