Alice's life is going swell until she gains the ability to read minds. She becomes very distraught when she discovers that the vast majority of the people around her have rather disturbing thoughts, thoughts better left unread. Random people think disgusting things all day long. Her friends are only using her. Her lover has been cheating since day one. Most likely, all of the above and more. Dirty Mind Reading is a Sub-Trope. See Also: Unhappy Medium, and some types of Insanity Immunity. May intersect with These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know if the read thought is really terrible.