I had a friend recently chat with me about a situation that was happening in their life with a mutual friend not being supportive.  When I presented a few different ideas - asked some questions on the other person's perspective - I heard "Oh, no, I know they are blowing me off!"  I stepped back and thought "Wait, there may be some assuming going on here."   There was no evidence to suggest that was happening but my friend was positive this is what was happening.

How hard is it for us to ...