Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello I’m really curious in communication what do you struggle the most?
Being interupted and people being convinced that they know what I'm going to say. People mostly male people only listening to about 3 words of what I say then being convinced that I said something totally diffferent and that I've agreed with something I haven't.
Not answering rhetorical questions or offering fun facts related to the conversation.
Picking up subtleties if not in explicit conversation (I was informed after a period of work experience by colleagues that my boss had spent two weeks hinting that I should apply for the full time position, I was completely unaware of this).
I legit take everything literally and don't understand a lot of sarcasm / take jokes badly!
Morse code gave me a lot of trouble..
Eye contact, Thinking on the spot and stuttering are the main ones I struggle with.
I prempt what people are going to say and reply to that, it's apparently disconcerting and rude when all I want is to finish the comminication.
Also lately I've been losing my words, particularly if I've said something and it's not had the expected effect on the conversation.
I struggle with getting people to shut up when I need ALL my mind briefly for a task such as driving though a junction.
"Shut up and let me think" is not me being rude, it's me being literal.
Catching point of something if it’s not literal or social cues. If it’s not said to me directly, then I either don’t catch it at all or wonder why this person behaves this way. In some cases it took me years to figure out something like “how are you?”. Now I know that I’m expected to say “thanks I’m fine” doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. Before I either stared blankly or started talking about my real problems.
Thinking on the spot. Especially if you're confronting me about something.