Disclosure (Best Policies?)

[jheti]

I'm an over-discloser. That is, I open my mouth and my truth falls out. I have almost no censor.

I am literal-minded. I think in simile. Everything is like something else. I am always concretizing concepts.

I'm always rephrasing things, making them more delicate, but it's always in hindsight after I've ruined a round of Truth or Dare, botched a speech, wrecked another relationship, or made an ass of myself in front of fifty-two judgmental adolescents.

The only thing I can do to stop the flood is shut my mouth.

Hence, why I barely talk to people. XD

Are there any other strategies for being less stupid/having more social grace? I'd love to hear them.

God, please.

Comments

[minuet1965.livejournal.com]

well, it depends.

Is this affecting people that you care about and your relationships?

When I WAS younger that used to happen to me too and its still a problem.

I now stop and think before I say anything I might regret or not take back later.

I nearly lost friendships over it

[weskerismybitch.livejournal.com]

If I might offer some advice that you are looking at it the wrong way. It's really difficult to get rid of that kinda talking like really hard and there is a much simpler thing to do. Most things you can get away with if you smile while saying them or giggle a little bit. Not excessively but just enough to make light of whatever the situation is. They might think you aren't bright but they will almost always assume that you are well meaning. Which is true.

If you stutter or go back and correct yourself that is when problems are most likely to happen, you'd be AMAZED at what you can get away with by just bulldozing through things and sticking to your guns unashamedly. It's rarely what you say, it's almost always how you say it.