When I was younger (and before I had partial blindness) I was very good at reading people. I just needed to watch someone interact for a few minutes I through body language, facial expression and so on , I was able to make assumptions which were almost always true. This si a form of hyper-observance. Nothing supernatural about it.

I've always been the shy quiet one who observes others. I believe that as we evolved we developed instincts to be able to read each others emotions. This was so we could sense danger from out fellow humans. In modern society, we do not pay attention, because by comparison modern society is very safe as compared tothe environments in which we evolved. So, being the quiet kid who watched others rather than interacting, I learned how to use the animal abilities to read people to a point that many thought I was psychic, when I told them things they didnt' think I had any way of knowing, because they had no idea how much their body language gestures and facials expressions told me. I always tole them I wasn't psychic.

However, in retrospect, if I unscrupulous, I could have easily convinced people I was.

The paranormal is not real. Psychics don't exist. They are just another type of con man/woman who uses "magical thinking" like religious leaders do to part you from your money.

BTW, as I mentioned above, I am now partially blind, and can no longer "read" people as I once was able to do, because it worked primarily off of visual cues.

When ego kicks in and greed and selfishness comes to play to control another human being thats when I draw a line and move on life is too short to get abused

There really are people born with psychic powers, but it's inborn and never used to show off or prove anything. In fact, we all are. In the US, anything not considered "rational" is suppressed and scorned, so not used, but in other countries people frequently use ESP and other powers to communicate. They do in the US also, but don't realize they're doing it, as when horse riders communicate with their mounts mentally.

My sister, mom, and I were born strongly psychic and when my mom wanted me to come downstairs to help her, she'd just contact me mentally. In Haiti we MKs (missionary kids) used esp to coordinate our beach trips since we didn't have phones. I seldom used a bridle or saddle with horses and all of them obeyed my mental commands, even when I was driving them in a horse cart.
They could change gaits, pull over, or go any direction I thought of, even as I was thinking it.

I'm a nonbinary (I don't strongly identify with either gender) androgyne ( I have mixed gender traits), and in my Cherokee tribe I would have been trained as a "two-spirit" shaman, and in fact my daughter is one in her tribal group. As a "two-spirit" androgyne she participates in both men's and women's ceremonies.

By the way, don't bother trolling me, I'll just block you.

Nothing bothers me more than deceiving people intentionally or ignorantly for that matter. I grew up believing that we chose our professions based on others needs not on our greed. So sad the self serving people that abuse the trust of others.