Deep thinker or shallow thinker???

June 3, 2009 1:45am CST
This is something that I wrack my brains thinking about. I know that I read way too deeply into things, wonder if people have ulterior motives, see truth behind what people have said jokingly. I am a sensitive person but not a wet rag if that makes sense. My hubby is an extreme version of me, he imagines a situation escalating into a full scale row and argues it out in his head before the situation has even arisen. In my experience, people say stuff without putting any thought into it (shallow thinkers) and the deep thinkers are "easily offended or sensitive" to what they say. The deep thinkers accuse the shallow thinkers of being nasty horrible people and the deep thinkers in return are told to get a grip. In reality I am coming to realise that some people don't think about what comes out of their gobs but ultimately that is just who they are. You have to almost sympathise with them for not having the mental capacity to think properly. An example I would use is that my Dad said not too long ago about a lad who he saw who had tattoos on each arm and how he looked a complete tosser. This was sat at the dinner table with my mum, me my hubby my sister her hubby. Me, my sister, and our hubby's all have tattoo's. We're not sure if our parents know or not that we have them but instantly felt like he might as well have said we were all tossers, and my hubby was really put out. I know its not just me, so anyone else out there?
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@med889 (5940)
4 Jun 09
I am a deep thinker,when I read a novel I always picture out the exact scene to be able to understand the novel fully. I have been starting to so since I had a particular interest in that. When someone talks to me I have several thoughts in mind, the min travels everywhere and I think it is only because I rea a lot and I have a great imagination. When someone says something which is not accurate I feel inirectly insulte because I have true informations about the matter and he/she oes not want to believe me. Sometime other people perceive it as arrogance because we simply do not have time to wait and listen to something which we already know in detail so we tend to go away while the other may think that we are being arrogant. It is all a matter of knowing things right and there is nothing wrong in it. I am indeed a deep thinker.
@lilaclady (28206)
• Australia
3 Jun 09
I am a deep thinker , sometimes I wish i wasn't as I don't like doing some things because of it, I prefer not to eat eat because I think too much about how that meat got on the plate...one good thing i guess is I treat people the way I wish to be treated, that is another thing that deeper thinking does...
• United States
12 Jun 09
Yep, I am guilty of putting way too much thought into things that happen...And it can also be a bit of a curse...because sometimes I allow small insignificant stuff to bother me, instead of immediately dismissing it. I sort of envy the shallow thinkers...they appear to have a lot less mental baggage to manage, when compared to a person who analyzes and rehashes everything that happens in their life...
@oyenkai (4394)
• Philippines
15 Jun 09
I consider myself a deep thinker and am often offended by what most people do than what they say. I think that deep thinkers have the capacity to not only dissect what was said but also the context of what the other people said. I have someone close to me who often misinterprets simple conversations and easily get offended (not because she's a deep thinker but just her nature) and she quickly defends herself and ends up letting off hurtful words. I try to ignore these hurtful words and see where she's coming from and then I am able to let go of the situation without being offended. I mostly feel people are inconsiderate when they do things on purpose and when they know they're inconveniencing other people but couldn't care less. That's what ticks me off. The shallow thing about this is that he's simply being an idiot. The deep thing about this is that he's an idiot for life because he chose to be one through his actions. Maybe your father simply forgot that you guys all have tattoos and he was commenting on how MUCH tattoos the guy he saw had - could that be a possibility? Thanks for the response on my discussion :)