I've been very aware of other people's emotions ever since I was a child. I never realized there was anything particularly intuitive going on. I did often feel that I just "knew" certain things to be true but had great difficulty explaining why. "Just trust me, I can tell!" I would say to my friends, and simultaneously be frustrated because I was convinced they still would not understand. I had no idea this was an indication of intuitive ability though. I even remember when I was young, reading about psychics and thinking "Gosh I wish I were psychic! How cool would that be!"

I probably had it in my head that being psychic meant knowing everything. Well it certainly doesn't. ;) It just means being perceptive in a way that is different from logical/reational perception.

One thing I was almost always aware of growing up was who had a crush on who! I could always tell, except if the crush happened to be on me (were there any? probably but I didn't know it!) because my self-esteem was so low that I wouldn't have been able to accept the idea that anyone liked me in that way.

I was reminded of this ability of mine the other day watching the People's Choice Awards. Now, this will sound silly, but at the very end of the show the host, Kaley Cuoco (from the TV show The Big Bang Theory) and Chris O'Donnell are shown backstage clowning around in a bit right before going to commercial. I was *immediately* aware that Cuoco had a bit of a crush/attraction to O'Donnell and that she was hamming it up for him because of it. I was also very aware of O'Donnell's feelings of being aware of her attraction and attracted himself but flustered/nervous/apprehensive.

When the show came back on, O'Donnell came out to present the final award, and even then I could feel that he was still having this strange mix of emotions (his face was even a little red, almost embarrassed, like he might have been afraid people could tell) but he was able to get on top of the emotion enough to deliver his lines. I did google him just now to find that he is a Cancer, so his emotionality makes sense. Cuoco is a fiery, flirty Sagittarius (also not a surprise here!).

The final award happened to be for the show The Big Bang Theory. The cameras cut to the stars in the audience, one of whom is Johnny Galecki (formerly of the show Roseanne , he dated Roseanne's TV daughter Darlene). Well Johnny Galecki also happens to have formerly dated Kaley Cuoco.

So here again, as he was getting up I could tell that HE noticed emotional Cuoco's emotional attraction/flirtiness towards O'Donnell and I could also tell that he was having a very *strong* jealous reaction to it.

Again, just like when I was young I'm sure this all sounds very bizarre. But that's how it is. Sometimes it's just very obvious to me. If I could see auras, it might make more tangible sense, then I could say "well I saw red, the color of jealousy and dark browns and blacks, showing difficult, strong emotions" or something but that's not how it is. I just pick it up. I'm a sponge for emotion, what can I say. I sense it. I know it. I don't know why, but I do. And sometimes, like when I was watching that awards show, the knowing is like a lightbulb just lighting up out of nowhere, for seemingly no reason.