This is a tough topic for me, on one hand I know that I struggle with mind-reading in the sense that I "know" what people are thinking about me and on the other hand I do not mind-read enough and end up making a situation worse. It has stopped me from pursuing new jobs, new relationships and even slowed me down in my class work because of the belief that a professor will not like my work as much and I tell me self, "what's the point?"
One of the biggest ways to over come this thinking is to work on your self consciousness and even work on you timidity. This makes sense to me, if we work on the thought that "You know what? Not everybody is going to like me, why do I need to worry about this?" I think myself is missing the point that my self confidence can be so low that it actually stops me from taking a risk or even being friendly to someone. It is not a healthy mind set to worry about the negative feelings that people can have towards you and it is important to work on getting your confidence levels up so you can perform at your best. http://www.anxietyguru.net/if-you-dont-stop-mind-reading-now-youll-hate-yourself-later/
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