stop interrupting people

I don’t actually interrupt people so very often, but.. it’s always a struggle. Not good. N°1: I used to be a shy kid (school years weren’t so happy for me – they practically shut me up). As I got older, I learned that to be so taciturn put me at a disadvantage in many areas of life, tried to force myself to talk more, and, lo and behold!, nowadays I’m afraid that I babble. N°2: What do you when you already know what someone’s going to say? N°3: Terribly impatient. N°4: I like a lively debate. I myself don’t really mind interruptions in certain situations. But I know everyone else does. ;)

^{There’s this quote from Reality Bites which I can’t put together right now and M. still has the tape. Argh.}

on being responsible for my verbal conduct and environment, and learning to treat others with more respect.

I get it from my dad, but I want to be a therapist, so I’d better stop :)

starting to become aware when i do it, and thats the first step.

Today is Dec. 31st and my New Years Goal is to STOP INTERRUPTING PEOPLE. I was a shy person growing up so part of my problem is I am finally talking and I want everyone to hear. Plus I am affraid I’ll forget what I want to say, so I interupt the person and then they get upset and so do I. I’ve tried to stop before. I hope since this is the beginning of 2009 I can really get ahold of this issue and just STOP it once and for all!

I realized a few years ago that I do this. I get so excited about what I have to say that I lose all sense of conversational decency and just verbally overpower whoever I’m talking to.

I’m trying to let people talk. I know that if it’s a serious subject like a death, or a family emergency I can count on myself to shut up and listen. But it’s the times of light-hearted, energetic conversation with friends that I bulldoze right along with some stupid story about me or something I_ did or someone _I know who did the same thing… Geez, I would find me really annoying.

I don’t believe that what I have to say is more important or better than what they have to say. I think I sometimes finish other people’s sentances so they can see how well I understand where it is they’re coming from. (“Ooh, Look! I am so into what you’re saying that we’re like one mind… I know exactly what you’re saying!”) Yes, I would find me really annoying!

I’m really high strung. I’m a gemini. Talkative. I try to curb it. Want to lay back and let other people have a say…

I tend to find myself interupting people when I need something done. I am impatient and want to complete my task at hand. I have ADD so I fight to stay focused but sometimes I get so hyper focused, trying to compensate for my ADD, that I fail to see what is happening around me. This is hurting my job. I really want to correct this bad habit. Any advice.

my mouth shut for very long, and about the most inane things, too.

I always interrupt someone in the middle of a sentence. We end up talking briefly about whatever it is that I’ve brought up and, seconds later, I always end up saying, “Anyway, sorry, you were saying before I interrupted you..?”

I do this every fucking day, to everyone.

No more.

I love and respect my fiance but sometimes don’t know when to keep my mouth shut. It’s truly something I need to get a grip on…