the danger of OVERanalyzing
have u ever had someone tells u something, then go straight on thinking "what the heck does he/she means by that???" 4 example, if someone SMSes u "hey, heard u’ve gotten that great job, blanjeryek!!" there’s a tendency of us thinking..hmm..why after 2 years finally he called you, maybe he’s jealous of ur good fortune, maybe he’s a sleazy scumbag trying to get a share of the golden pot, or maybe he knew u just broken up n wanna gloat..or maybe..bla..bla..bla…..well, how about this, MAYBE HE JUST MEAN WHAT HE SAID? Nothing more to dat than what’s written??
People tend to analyze a lot, especially regarding others’ behavior. When we haerd A, we tend to study and analyze it until Z. Maybe it’s just simply an A.. No more than that, perhaps…?
One of the reason 4 overanalyzing is perhaps the fear of being hurt by other’s intention. Maybe we’ve been hurt before this. Maybe that makes us believe that there’ll always be something else behind someone’s action or words, beside what they presented to us.
Another reason is maybe simply because we are VAIN creatures. Say, if somebody who maybe we had a crush on a few years back, started to call us up and said something like "i like talking to u..let’s keep in touch" we could be beyond ourselves analyzing wat does he mean by that.."oo he finally returns my feeling..he cant live without me..he’ll be proposing soon…." HELLO??? If he really that into us, why didnt he just say so?? perhaps he really just mean what he said _ LIKE u, not LOVE u?
Another reason, is perhaps, we ourselves, tend to say something n have another meaning behind it. when we said to someone "frenz forever", wat we really saying was "that’s rite dude, u n i will only be frens, no more" . hence, we often think people said something with a double meaning behind them, cause we ourselves do the same thing.
There are situations that need analyzing, i’ll agree to dat.. For example, when ur boss trying to explain to u (without hurting ur feeling) that he’s not comfortable with u wasting the catridge by printing everything then trashing them in the bin, then perhaps u should analyze why he’s giving u that weird look everything u hit CTRL+P keys. BUt OVER analyzing? now, dats a different thing altogether.
For me, i’d rather take wat others said for wat it was. That way, we wont stay late at nite thinking why did she said that, why did he means by that..watEVER… Sometimes, we have to realize that world doesnt REVOLVES AROUND US. There a hundred of other probs that the poor guy have to think about, aside from US. So next time u find that guy keeps APPEAR INVISIBLE two seconds after u log in ur YM, perhaps that’s because it’s a COINCIDENCE… not because he’s trying to avoid u cause u got an A for that subject which he’s gotten C-?
I myself, would rather be ignorant than being vain.
OTher than that, maybe we should stop making people analyze wat we said, by saying wat we MEAN. If u r curious about something or wanna acknowledge sumthing, just tell them that. but always be careful, cause words can really hurt. arrange ur words so that the meaning reach their heart, without disrespecting them. U wanna convey a msg, not losing a fren 4 God’s sake.
I just hope my frenz who read this doesnt go on thinking "now wat does she mean by that? is she talking bout me?" …cause NOT A CHANCE my dear