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26 Jun 2015, 11:00 am

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It just bugged me when I read something that I identified with and remembered that I had already answered questions about it.


Isn't that something that the police/detectives do?! 8O

Not that I have personal experience with this, but I gather that cops interviewing suspects or person of interest tend to repeat the same questions over time, to see if they get different answers, then they know the answers are lies because the story is changing. It's a cop technique apparently.

For example: "So what's your favorite color? And do you enjoy animals or are afraid of them? How's that uncle of yours doing? My uncle just bought a bright yellow car. I hate that color don't you? What's YOUR favorite color?"

It can be within the same conversation or one that takes place a week later, but they ask the same stuff in different contexts to see if your answer remains the same.


I have heard of this investigative approach before, thankfully I don't have any personal experience of it either.
Part of me wants to believe that I would have recognised a pattern like this, but I have doubts about my regular abilities at that time, due to a tonne of stress.



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26 Jun 2015, 4:29 pm

I've never been profiled in that particular way, but I have known people who did similar things where over time I got the sense they had been interrogating me to figure something out about me. It's a very creepy feeling.



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26 Jun 2015, 5:59 pm

dianthus wrote:
I've never been profiled in that particular way, but I have known people who did similar things where over time I got the sense they had been interrogating me to figure something out about me. It's a very creepy feeling.

It is a creepy feeling!
My sensitivity to noise was noted long before he asked about it, I remember being happy that he was interested about my attitude towards sounds, because it gave me a chance to provide an alternative explanation to "shes just being dramatic".
He also asked about glare that time too, but it was within a discussion about bodies of water and how the light reflects on the surface.
These are the types of conversations I remembered as I read about sensory issues.



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26 Jun 2015, 6:58 pm

Oh come to think of it...one time a coworker was asking me about why I'm so picky about food. She asked if there are certain textures I don't like, and something about the way she said it made me think it was an odd, knowing sort of question. It gave me a weird feeling.

I don't like for a person to be asking me questions, as if they think they have figured out something about me that I don't know :roll: I'd rather they just come out and say what they are getting at.



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26 Jun 2015, 7:32 pm

Yes, your example is the same type of conversation we had, I would have seen him on average 2 times per week over this 6 month period. Most of the weird feelings didn't impact on me until i remembered the conversations.