When a person gets the wrong idea about a person or situation, or medically, a malfunction of one of the senses such as the eye or ear which means you can't see/hear correctly
… leading you to misunderstand what you see/hear. In the relationship sense, you could be said to have a perception problem if you frequently misunderstand people's body language, tone of voice or words so that you took one thing away from a situation when they meant something completely different. For example, if someone is nice to you, you might get the idea that they are flirting when in fact maybe they are just being friendly. (MORE) 
