Neurotypical people tend to favor INTERPRETING over LISTENING.

When I taught communication, this came up often ... the idea that most communication fails were based on MISINTERPRETATION and not an inability to HEAR or LISTEN which are two different things entirely.

There is a lot of ... "This is what I THINK someone is TRYING to MEAN" ... instead of simply LISTENING and HEARING what someone is ACTUALLY SAYING.

However, individual realities mean everyone has different dictionaries ...

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Taking into consideration personalized dictionaries, cultural and social language, and #PreferredConnotation ... you end up with an impossible communication gap that requires TONS of duty, double duty, and triple duty before things can become clear to all parties involved.

In fact, it rarely happens at all.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘈𝘕𝘠 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦.

𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 – 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺.

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