What’s a weird, totally hidden or undefinable talent you have?

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Anonymous wrote:Tell us something you could never tell people in real life without sounding crazy!

My weird talent: If I set a kitchen timer, I will start walking to the kitchen within seconds of it going off. Whether it is for 6 minutes, 16 minutes, or 60 minutes, I will be walking into the kitchen to turn it off and take care of the task within 20 seconds of the timer going off. It’s uncanny.

So, OP, this is weird, because when I saw this thread's title I clicked on it to describe my talent - which is exactly the same as yours.

I also have an internal timer. Maybe it's not as rare as we thought?

I have this too. In fact, when I was 14 I went on a road trip thru Europe with a friend and her family. We'd park up in the Black Forest for the night around 11pm and they'd say "hey kid, we want to wake at 5.30 so we can leave at 6am can you do that?" and I'd wake up at 5.30am on the nose to get everyone up and going.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can sense a mood or vibe-nearly instantaneously-and act accordingly. I’m intuitive and highly sensitive.

Thus is the result of growing up in the midst of chaos with alcoholic parents - it’s a survival skill.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can sense a mood or vibe-nearly instantaneously-and act accordingly. I’m intuitive and highly sensitive.

Thus is the result of growing up in the midst of chaos with alcoholic parents - it’s a survival skill.

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You mean you have a distinct emotional reaction to every moment and every interaction? Meaning every THING makes you "feel"? Nothing is ever just neutral? Because that is all on you. I know that when I interact with anyone I am not responsible for any mood or vibe they feel, they generate that on their own: I am not becoming one with them in spirit to create a vibe.

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Anonymous wrote:I've found myself glancing at the clock when the time is exactly 9:11 ....has happened 100s of times 9ver the years.

Mine is 3:33 am, unfortunately.

Mine are the same numbers (1:11; 12:12), etc. for the last year or two. I think I am going crazy( I even have people text me at the same-numbered times. I did not tell anyone IRL.

4:44 for the last 10 years...

Why is that so you think? Drives me nuts

My mother is Japanese and I'm terrified it's a death omen since the number 4 is unlucky and considered to be linked to death.

[Anonymous]

I am good at using my anxiety as a superpower to anticipate and cover any and all possible scenarios. I have saved my nephew’s life by anticipating something his parents did not.

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I am really good at detecting when confirmation bias is present...

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I have an uncanny sense of direction. I can be visiting a new city and find my way back to hotel without a map or navigation. It makes it great for walking around new places because I am never lost.

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Anonymous wrote:Memories. I recall conversations and what a person told me from ten years or more ago.

I have this too. I am terrible with remembering names, but I can remember details about conversations, where they took place, and if a meal was involved, exactly what I and sometimes everyone was eating while we had the conversation. And I have found that people find it is odd if I meet them again several years later, confess that I can’t recall their name, but can say something like remember that dinner we had in Toronto where you mentioned that awesome new stereo system you had just installed?

My other weird talent is timing of cooking many different and often complex dishes so that they are all ready at the correct time, even if I have added new things to the menu. I do entertain a lot, and due to various dietary preferences and restrictions, meals may include 2-3 entrees and suitable sides for as many as 15-20 people.

OMG my son has the foid/memory talent. It’s a running family joke that every time he shares a family memory he throws in some extraneous detail about what he was eating.

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I had the odd ability to hit gargantuan home runs with ease when I played in HS. Note that I did so mostly while using a Griffey Jr. model wooden bat. It wasn’t uncommon to clear the 430 ft mark, which was well beyond the center field fence at the HS field. Best was well over 450 on flat ground with no wind aid (or steroids). I was scouted but suffered a bad ankle injury.

I was 17 years old.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can sense a mood or vibe-nearly instantaneously-and act accordingly. I’m intuitive and highly sensitive.

Thus is the result of growing up in the midst of chaos with alcoholic parents - it’s a survival skill.

+1

You mean you have a distinct emotional reaction to every moment and every interaction? Meaning every THING makes you "feel"? Nothing is ever just neutral? Because that is all on you. I know that when I interact with anyone I am not responsible for any mood or vibe they feel, they generate that on their own: I am not becoming one with them in spirit to create a vibe.

Nope. It’s more nuanced. I can just sense if something is amiss or off kilter or strange.

As a child, I could tell from the moment I walked inside from school whether my parents were sober, for instance and could sense danger.

It’s almost animalistic.

I’ve met people or know people who give me the shivers - I can sense that they are not someone I want to befriend. So I’ll make snap judgements about people and I’ve never been wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can sense a mood or vibe-nearly instantaneously-and act accordingly. I’m intuitive and highly sensitive.

Thus is the result of growing up in the midst of chaos with alcoholic parents - it’s a survival skill.

+1

You mean you have a distinct emotional reaction to every moment and every interaction? Meaning every THING makes you "feel"? Nothing is ever just neutral? Because that is all on you. I know that when I interact with anyone I am not responsible for any mood or vibe they feel, they generate that on their own: I am not becoming one with them in spirit to create a vibe.

Nope. It’s more nuanced. I can just sense if something is amiss or off kilter or strange.

As a child, I could tell from the moment I walked inside from school whether my parents were sober, for instance and could sense danger.

It’s almost animalistic.

I’ve met people or know people who give me the shivers - I can sense that they are not someone I want to befriend. So I’ll make snap judgements about people and I’ve never been wrong.

You are literally just describing that you form emotional, personal, judgments about who you meet and interact with. There is nothing magical or special about this and this behavior doesn't benefit you or other people. You are not somehow able an ultimate, godly judge on the goodness or badness of a person in an objective way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can sense a mood or vibe-nearly instantaneously-and act accordingly. I’m intuitive and highly sensitive.

Thus is the result of growing up in the midst of chaos with alcoholic parents - it’s a survival skill.

+1

You mean you have a distinct emotional reaction to every moment and every interaction? Meaning every THING makes you "feel"? Nothing is ever just neutral? Because that is all on you. I know that when I interact with anyone I am not responsible for any mood or vibe they feel, they generate that on their own: I am not becoming one with them in spirit to create a vibe.

Nope. It’s more nuanced. I can just sense if something is amiss or off kilter or strange.

As a child, I could tell from the moment I walked inside from school whether my parents were sober, for instance and could sense danger.

It’s almost animalistic.

I’ve met people or know people who give me the shivers - I can sense that they are not someone I want to befriend. So I’ll make snap judgements about people and I’ve never been wrong.

You are literally just describing that you form emotional, personal, judgments about who you meet and interact with. There is nothing magical or special about this and this behavior doesn't benefit you or other people. You are not somehow able an ultimate, godly judge on the goodness or badness of a person in an objective way.

I don’t think you get what PP is saying. I have this and it isn’t a trauma thing for me. My EQ tests off the charts. It’s become a running joke in my family and with my best friend because I’m never wrong about people. Recently this came up when my best friend was talking about someone at her work I met once and how she did something truly heinous no one ever expected, after like 8 years there. I had met her at a happy hour and told my friend years ago not to trust her, I wasn’t sure why just a vibe. I had forgotten all about that and this person but my best friend remembered, in part because I generally am amiable and like most people so this take was pretty unusual. My husband and mom say the same about me, the always regret when they don’t trust my spidey senses about someone.

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Queen of coining catch phrases

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I can feel something is wrong in my body. I can feel nervous or downright utterly ill, involving vomiting, if there is something bad happening or about to happen that will affect me, my family, or environment. I'm never wrong- but I never know what the something is. I find out later- not psychic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can sense a mood or vibe-nearly instantaneously-and act accordingly. I’m intuitive and highly sensitive.

Thus is the result of growing up in the midst of chaos with alcoholic parents - it’s a survival skill.

+1

You mean you have a distinct emotional reaction to every moment and every interaction? Meaning every THING makes you "feel"? Nothing is ever just neutral? Because that is all on you. I know that when I interact with anyone I am not responsible for any mood or vibe they feel, they generate that on their own: I am not becoming one with them in spirit to create a vibe.

Nope. It’s more nuanced. I can just sense if something is amiss or off kilter or strange.

As a child, I could tell from the moment I walked inside from school whether my parents were sober, for instance and could sense danger.

It’s almost animalistic.

I’ve met people or know people who give me the shivers - I can sense that they are not someone I want to befriend. So I’ll make snap judgements about people and I’ve never been wrong.

You are literally just describing that you form emotional, personal, judgments about who you meet and interact with. There is nothing magical or special about this and this behavior doesn't benefit you or other people. You are not somehow able an ultimate, godly judge on the goodness or badness of a person in an objective way.

I don’t think you get what PP is saying. I have this and it isn’t a trauma thing for me. My EQ tests off the charts. It’s become a running joke in my family and with my best friend because I’m never wrong about people. Recently this came up when my best friend was talking about someone at her work I met once and how she did something truly heinous no one ever expected, after like 8 years there. I had met her at a happy hour and told my friend years ago not to trust her, I wasn’t sure why just a vibe. I had forgotten all about that and this person but my best friend remembered, in part because I generally am amiable and like most people so this take was pretty unusual. My husband and mom say the same about me, the always regret when they don’t trust my spidey senses about someone.

I am also amost never wrong about people. I can tell if they are fake or manipulative, narcissistic, or insecure.

I didn’t have a lot of trauma growing up ( I was adopted, but generally happy) however I became very observant growing up as I was raised in an environment that required that- not going to go into details. I didn’t fit in.