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Yes I believe we're all very good at it. I believe it's very much a core feature.
Those more to the SZ end of things are better at it but might think they are even better at it than they are. It goes wrong when forming thoughts from emotions and is (therefore, arguably) a formal thought disorder.
I can literally read minds (as apposed to the emotional reading) from time to time. I don't trust anyone who tries to convince me I can't. Same can happen when manic.
Others might think we are bad at it, reading emotions, but I don't ever believe we are.
Another more SZ-like ability is to shield yourself from feeling it intensely. So it can be done. It's like Stoicism.
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Mania kills cells. Brain cells die. Memories become more reduced conceptually, making more efficient use of limited means. Memories shape our reality. Our memories are more or less split in two by abstractions, conceptual reductions. Mood states with memories, concepts, attached. Memories of pain and those of joy. It causes instability, changeability. Fearing that will leave an emptiness between pain and joy and a greater divide.
See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me.
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