Published on 12, July, 2020
… this is how I as a kid used to call the nonverbal communication. I got interested again with this topic. I would like to know how much I’m missing. I found an article about the importance of nonverbal communication in life and business. Interesting for example I for years tried to figure out why people gesticulate with their hands while speaking. For me it feels irritating, it disturbs me, takes my attention and feels a bit like the speaker tries to force something (believe or view) on me and it doesn’t feel convincing to me at all. While for NTs it works. I’m curious what’s others here experience, impression and knowledge in this topic
I dont gesture that much, but only when i'm really passionate. It's like a indicator of how engaged i am. Or how emotionally involved in a situation. Sometimes it's just exaggeration for the sake of it. it can vary wildly. I can be every expressive sometimes, in a performative way almost, since i pick up and model gestures i see and like from famous people. I try to incorporate them sometimes, to make them second nature. You just practice them over and over, and the body will use them, eventually, in social contexts.
Alienatedhuman said:. I found an article about the importance of nonverbal communication in life and business
Communication is supposedly 80% non-verbal. It's crucial to get it right, yet also hard for us.