If you’re talking to someone and they constantly interrupt you, despite you telling them to stop interrupting you, that person does not care about the words that are coming out of your mouth. You are not important enough to be listened to and heard in your full in that persons eyes
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shanewlkr
It took me a while to understand this with somebody I used to consider my friend, but once that realization snapped, people just have to realize they’re worth.
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p.ierre
@shanewlkr exactly. There is value to your words and for too long we have been taught to be nice and just ignore it but not anymore
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tetro
Absolutely! Two points to consider: if you and the person you are talking to have different backgrounds, it may be insightful to understand if one of you is from a high-context and the other from a low-context culture, giving you a different perception of pauses and flow in conversation. Also, the impulse to interrupt can be deeply learned through a person’s upbringing. They may came from a loud, chaotic, chatty family, where the only way for the to get a thought out was to blurt it out in the middle of the convo. Go with your gut feeling though. You should feel heard and respected.
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lav
Yep smile and just walk away.
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p.ierre
@lav I agree. Depending on who the person is this can be difficult
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