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How Having an Awkward Conversation Can Help You Learn More About Yourself
A few things you should notice when having a strange interaction
Out of all days, why has this person decided to talk to me here and now. This just got awkward, how do I make it stop?
We’ve all experienced some sort of awkward conversation in our life. You usually don’t see them coming, they’re unexpected, to say the least, and they leave you feeling uncomfortable.
Do you ever think of how the person who is taking to you is feeling? It seems like they’re just begging for an awkward moment to occur. It’s funny how we tend to view the whole idea of awkwardness. Awkwardness is what makes us human and we all need a little bit of it to make us feel that we’re not perfect.
The human species craves interaction, we're social creatures, but for some reason, we don’t feel like this when somebody stops us randomly on the street. We have to put on our best smile and hope for the best and by the best I mean for the conversation to end as fast as possible.
Sometimes you tell yourself that you don't want to talk to anybody and you just shut off all hopes of interaction, but when it happens you’re immediately engaged. You want to figure out what this person wants from you and how they can…
