Do you have to tell your friends everything?
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Do you have to tell your friends everything?
You are not obligated to tell your friends the secrets of your spouse, your coworkers, or your parents; they don’t get a free pass to the closely-held details of lives that come into contact with yours.
If a person is a narcissist, or they feel inadequate, they often end up sharing everything that comes to mind to make sure they are heard. The insecurity of feeling ignored or too much self-validation overpowers their ability to decide what to share or not.
How can I Stop Feeling So Awkward in public?
So set the goal and decide that you are going to do whatever it takes so that you can feel less awkward in public, or at least, act less awkward. You are allowed to feel any way you want to feel, but don’t let those feelings stop you from enjoying your life. Being anxious and nervous is never fun. Most of us tend to avoid these emotions.
How do you respond to someone who is giving too much information?
If someone is giving you too much information, your first line of defense should be to change the subject. Try saying, “Sorry to hear that. Have you heard the weather for tomorrow?” Sometimes, they’ll take the hint.
How do you deal with an overshareer?
Quite often, a caring listener will try to help the oversharer feel more comfortable by sharing personal details of her own. There are a few oversharers out there who recognize this and they disclose their tragic stories as a way to elicit sympathy–or perhaps even to gain intimate details of the other person’s life.
Instead, it’s time to take action one small step at a time. Once you’ve committed to the goal of being less socially awkward, you need to start practicing it. That means you need to get out and talk to more people, engage with others, and be seen more often than you are used to.