>>2412882>In hindsight it was most likely nothing. But man in the moment it sure triggered a strong reaction in me.In the Book People of the Lie by Scott Peck M.D he talks about the general often pretty quick "gut feeling" you get when you are around a Cluster B Personality Type. You are the product of millions of years of generations who have survived to pass on their genes, so generally most people will have some sort of subconscious danger radar that picks up on something being wrong. Certain red flags, body language etc etc.
Thing is, and I've experienced this quite a lot with these Cluster B types over the years, is like the title of the book, they're people of the lie, they are very often initially very charismatic and will lie so convincingly because they half believe their lies, so while you have very good "Predator radar" they, being a predator, have adapted other techniques to be a predator and those lies and charisma are designed to put you in a sense of ease. Thing is, they can rarely keep a story straight, and they're often extremely pushy or clearly can't back up their rhetoric which is a good red flag indicator.
Had a bunch of Roommates/work colleagues over the years that were BPD/NPD so I have a very honed radar for sussing them out. Come across a few people on /out/ excursions where all my internal danger "cluster B" predator alarms started blearing. Honestly believe a few of these people I've had to like in other stories here, run across random who is "off", they want me to stay and camp with them and are often pretty touchy feely and I high tail it out of there. Had a few start rushing following me but I'm an extremely fast walker, so I can make distance fast.
"They just wanted to be friends"
I actually make a lot of acquaintances out hiking or in camping sites. Most people are generally sound, but the people who are Off/Cluster B your instincts can tell.
Tip, listen to your initial gut feeling. Your instincts again can quickly suss out danger.
