Do you sometimes dislike people instantly for no reason?
By ellie333
@ellie333 (21016)
February 19, 2008 4:22pm CST
I am what many people would describe as a people person, but twice in my life now I have taken an instant dislike to a person for no reason at all (which is unlike me I usually accept people of face value until proven otherwise), or seemlingly so at the time. In hindsight my inital reaction was the right one. One ran off with my boyfriend I was with at the time and the other physically harmed one of my children. I believe this is instinct which I should have listened to. Have you ever experienced this and do you now know the reason why? Do you immediately like or dislike people? Please share your experiences. Ellie :D
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
20 Feb 08
I have never been given the chance to be a people person. I am one of those people who is always judged from the instant that someone lays their eyes upon me. I have come to judge some people right off of the bat also now that I have grown older because I have tried so many times to be someones friend only for them to stab me in the back and treat me badly. I am always on the lookout for those type of people and I do not have any friends in my life because I am so tired of the way they do me.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
20 Feb 08
Thank you for your kind words ellie. I really appreciate it. I am just a normal person like everyone else but have always been given a hard way to go for no reason. I am very greatful to have a few good friends here in Mylot. I give people very chance in the world to become my friend but it just never works out in my favor. I am shy and backward in real life because of the way I am always treated by others. I have a big heart for people and would never hurt anyone intentionally. I am so happy that I can at least get online and speak to people like yourself. It does help. I want to give you a BIG HUG right back. Than you so much ellie.
Your friend,
~Stephannie~
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@ellie333 (21016)
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20 Feb 08
Oh that is so sad, you have many friends on here, learn to trust not everyone is bad just the odd few. I always listen to my gut feeling about people, even some on here and having seen some of your other responses and discussions I feel that you are a lovely person, maybe just a little shy in real life but thats not a bad thing. Open your heart and true frineds will find you. Big hugs. God Bless. Ellie :D
@gantwick (849)
• United States
20 Feb 08
Yep! I know what you're talking about. I don't know how or why it happens, but it does. Most people I like. But I'll get a real bad feeling about someone, and eventually something happens - usually not to me, because I try to distance myself from that person (which has bothered friends and family, until I was proven right).
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@ellie333 (21016)
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20 Feb 08
I wish more people would listen to that niggle, gut feeling, intuition, whatever the word for the feeling, that they have on initally meeting people, including myself, I should have listened instead of allowing these two people in to cause hurt and harm. I'm glad that in each instance you have been proved right. I think it is a basic survival instinct we all have deep within us but only some allow themselves to listen to it. Many thanks for your response. Ellie :::D
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@marketing07 (6266)
• South Korea
20 Feb 08
sometimes if i dont like the person image or action i immediately dislike..
@RowenaTheWitch (947)
• Italy
21 Feb 08
I do this a lot of time, there are people who I don't like at first sight and I have failed in judgements only a few times. I don't like aggressive people and attention whòres so it's easy to spot them at first glance. But sometimes it's only an irrational thought, coz I've known a guy who's THE attention whòre but he's really a good guy
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@RowenaTheWitch (947)
• Italy
21 Feb 08
I think it's american slang, I see this expression so many times so I've started to use it, I hope I'm using it properly :D. It means someone who wants to be the center of attention 24 hours a day and he/she will do everything for attention (making nasty comments and making fun of people included). They are the easiest to spot and I avoid them
You're right we have to listen to our instinct
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@ellie333 (21016)
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21 Feb 08
I think it is definately an inbuilt ability within us to pick up on these types of people and from now on I will definately trust my judgements. Not sure what an attention wh0re is but would assume a very outgoing type of person. In UK wh0re is a term we use for people that sleep around with lots of other people. Ellie:D
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@fairyanny (363)
• China
20 Feb 08
When I was young ,I used to do something like that,but changed my opinions after I had got along with the guy a few days later.But now ,I won't do this.^^
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@fairyanny (363)
• China
22 Feb 08
Okay,I will take your advice and have a try.Thanks....Have a good day.
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@velvetice (25)
• United States
19 Feb 08
I would have to say not instantly and it wouldn't be for no reason. I like people and generally I accept most people but there have been a very few I just couldn't make myself like. My husband now had what he called a best friend who didn't work, spent weekends at our home, drank like a fish, made passes at me behind my husband's back and was a big talker. I could never make myself like him at all but didn't push my dislike onto my husband. Finally, he saw what kind of friend he truly was, and I haven't seen him since. I guess it's true about first impressions.
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@spacepirate1551 (17)
• United States
20 Feb 08
To be honest this has happened to me a few times as well, you know the whole not liking a person and don't even know them. I am in the military and am used to different people from all walks of life. I would say that it is just a vibe you get. It happens to everyone. It is just a little voice that says warning warning this person is not right and pretty shady. Its normal and I think that velvetice played her cards right with her husbands 'best'.
@34momma (13882)
• United States
20 Feb 08
yes this has happened to me many times. when it does i listen. why? because of what happended to you. when i have that feeling of oh i don't like this person i am having that feeling for a reason. when the bells and whistles go off, i go the other way!
we are made up of vibrations. like when someone says i get a bad vibe from that person. when you feel someones vibe is off honey run.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
20 Feb 08
Yes it is perfectly possible.
We have "love at first sight" and so naturally, "hate at first sight" might exist too.
But usually, if you really try hard to analyze the reason behind your dislike for someone, you will know the reason. You don't need to tell anyone why but you will likely know.
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
20 Feb 08
Oh yes, a loving world would be a much better place.
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@ellie333 (21016)
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20 Feb 08
Wow hadn't looked on the 'love at first sight', 'hate on first sight' senario. Good point. Yes deep down we always know the reasons why our intuition is telling this about a person, just in everyday life it can become difficult at times to identfy. Thank you so much for your response. I prefer to love, hate is such a violent word, but when I get that INTENSE feeling of dislike about a person I usually go with it and take heed of the warning I am being given. Ellie:D
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@johnhonai (55)
• India
20 Feb 08
yes i do feel the same...... don no how i can find people from the first sight itself whether they wil adjust with me or not....if i don feel like that i will evade them
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@ellie333 (21016)
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20 Feb 08
Sorry meant to say like or dislike upon first meeting people too, I like people more than I dislike its just the odd few I get a feeling about. LOL sorry makes me sound like I don't like people just because I typed it wrong, forgive me, I do very much. Ellie :D
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
19 Feb 08
I have met two individuals who became a classmate during college. I really didn't like them at first glance since, I don't know, something about them that exudes which I really don't like. Later on, I got to know them and confirmed how I don't like them more.
As I try to elborate, the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" doesn't apply everywhere, their facial features of those two classmates of mine have that arrogant display which also complies with their attitude and behavior. They are only nice to those who they think they are better than. And get annoyed when other people contradict their seemingly authoritative reign. Quite those pompous types I guess.
Anyway, I kept those things to myself for I really don't like having enemies at school. I just tolerate them sometimes and then when they are gone, rant about it in a way that others wouldn't figure out who I was referring to. Really vxing, they were. ^_^;
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@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
20 Feb 08
"vexing" rather.. Typos are such awkward things ^_^;
Yeah, they are indeed not nice but I guess they do have reasons to be like that. But then again, I am not really that nice at all so I think they aren't that bad either. Maybe a little but still, there's a reason for things like that, even personalities are due to something else and not entirely a default attribute when one is born.
Your welcome by the way. You have an interesting topic ^_^
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@polofield32 (346)
• Philippines
21 Feb 08
This is very much possible. We tend to become judgmental at times so even if we do not really know the other party that well, we already conclude that we dislike them. Of course it is important that we also give them a chance to prove themselves. Who knows? We might just change our minds about them.
I have personally experienced this several times already. What I do is to give these people a chance. I get to know them better.
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@ellie333 (21016)
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21 Feb 08
Yes I usually give them a chance but in these two situations where it was intense instant dislike I was proved very right by what they did to hurt myself and my family, so if I ever feel that first off I will now keep them at a distance. Thanks for sharing your views. Ellie :D
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
21 Feb 08
I'm at one and one for disliking someone instantly.
1 was in a bad mood, but he was a good guy, I married him.
1 acted nice, but the hair on the back of my neck would stand up every time he looked at me. When the background check on this guy came back, he had been a wife abuser. He lost his job and I could feel less like something evil was about to happen to me at work. Take care and thanks for this discussion.
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@ellie333 (21016)
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21 Feb 08
Thank you also for participating, the first one I think we can put down to your bad mood cos afterall you did marry him LOL but the second one is unnerving, that is the warning one I am talking about and I am glad he no longer has his job and that you now feel safe at work. Ellie :D
@Vintervarg (697)
• Estonia
21 Feb 08
It is weird, that even though I am a peaceful and friendly person, I sometimes feel strong disgust towards some people that surround me in the college. And I do not know what really causes this feeling. But, gladly, there are very few people whom I dislike.
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@ellie333 (21016)
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21 Feb 08
It is obviously something as so many people seem to get this, and it seems to be the ones that are peace loving and people loving that are the ones that feel the disgust more. I am definately going to listen to this gut feeling from now on as I have been proven right in my initial dislike of these two people. Many thanks for sharing. Ellie :D
@EmTeeBee (64)
• Australia
19 Feb 08
Absolutely. And there is always a reason for the dislike, whether we are aware of it or not. Because most people are socially well adjusted, we can deal with those we dislike in an socially acceptable manner. But I do believe that there are some people who trigger in us an unconscious response of dislike. Usually your instinct is correct. I have had this situation a few times, and occasionally early on I over-rode my inner alarm bell warning system. Each time it was to my detriment. I quickly learned to trust myself, while giving the person time to show me I was wrong about them. I have always tried to live by the thought that not everyone is going to like everyone all of the time, but I do not have the right to make their life miserable just because I don't like them. I can be pleasant, even while in self preservation mode.
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@ellie333 (21016)
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19 Feb 08
Yes like you I over rode those intial alarm bells and yes to mine and my childrens detriment, but we live and learn. I am never nasty to people, because I believe what goes around comes around. When the feeling is so overwhelming though it does make you wonder what it is we are being shown and acts as a reminder to listen to those instictive gut feelings. Ellie :D
@EmTeeBee (64)
• Australia
19 Feb 08
Absolutely agree. If we were all a bit more self aware, and listened to our unconscious thoughts, we might just have an easier path through life. I also believe in what goes around comes around. There has to be some Karmic retribution for those who make life unpleasant for others. But then again, learning to deal with these people is a life lesson in itself!
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
20 Feb 08
As soon as I meet a person YES I get an instant feel for their character and if the feeling is dislike and REALLY intense...then I know to either avoid them like the plague or seriously watch my back with them....Being a former street kid, my sense of judgement with ppl is VERY fine tuned and I ALWAYS go with my gut instinct..Partly because its so accurate and partly because its never done me wrong, in fact its partly what kept me alive back in the day..
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@ellie333 (21016)
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20 Feb 08
So really our gut feelings are a bit like an inbuilt survival instinct which I suppose because of modern society a lot of people have lost, or don't listen too anymore whereas having been a former street kid you had to fine tune that to survive. Admiral. Thanks for sharing. Ellie :D
@anonymili (3138)
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20 Feb 08
I am one of those people who will make a concerted effort to get along with and like everyone they meet until they do something to prove me wrong. A few times in my life I've disliked someone on first meeting and have gone with my instinct and kept my distance, this has initially caused some awkwardness with the person who introduced us but pretty much all of the time my instinct has been right... My husband is one of those people who will take an instant dislike to someone for his own reasons and he's been right on a few occasions but on quite a few others he's had to change his opinion as he's got to know the person. I would rather stay the way I am and give people the benefit of the doubt generally until they do someone to change my mind :)
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@ellie333 (21016)
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20 Feb 08
Oh yes I usually do to but on these two separate occassions it was an intense immediate dislike and I was actually proved right and should have kept my distance, but instead learnt the hard way once they had caused their pain and hurt. Next time I will go with the gut feeling, but in general I will like people unless like you say proved otherwise. Ellie :D
@okwusman1 (2247)
• Abuja, Nigeria
20 Feb 08
yes, i do dislike people instantly for no reason, also i do love people instantly, all depends on the way you feel about the person at that particular time. mere looking at your face, i can read what you can do in the few seconds. i hate people alot and also i like people alot, all depends on my impression about them.
@suchandra6 (88)
• India
20 Feb 08
the same happens with me.can you believe once my fiancee was talking to a colligue for the first time on phone for say an hour.I instantly started getting disturbed whenever she used to call. i could make out everytime she called without even being told that it was her.I confided to my fiancee but he brushed my thought saying shes a lovely person with healthy thought and was married.But you know what in a few days he got to know what she wanted and dreaded her.Was puzzled as to how my sixth sense was so strong
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@ellie333 (21016)
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20 Feb 08
I think men have it but women tend to listen to it more, gut feeling, niggle, sixth sense, intuition I think whatever we call it we are more in tune with it. I only wish in these two instances with me I had listened more and hurt and harm would have been prevented. Many thanks for sharing. Ellie :D
@gemini_rose (16264)
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20 Feb 08
It does not happen very often to me but I know exactly what you mean and when it happens I cant control it. I call it my gut instinct or my gut feeling. I never used to listen to it but as I have learned over the years when you get this feeling about a person,or a situation, go with it, because 9 times out of 10 you are usually right in your assumption the first time!!
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@shoumik12 (176)
• Bangladesh
20 Feb 08
I don't immediately start to like someone but I do sometimes start to dislike someone immediately if they have a disgusting face.