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It just came to me in therapy this week – that I act chirpy and happy all the time as a defense mechanism of not knowing the appropriate response to the situation, and also just being too distracted to notice or follow what’s going on in the room socially.
Like I just had someone say something to me yesterday, and I just didn’t follow it, but I smiled happily and nodded and laughed – like “right on, man!” and then I realized right at the end that he had been talking sadly about someone who died, but saying it in a happy sounding tone of voice. I felt so bad, but there was really nothing I could do but move on.
I want to try to start paying more attention to people – build up some confidence that I can follow what’s going on… The faking it thing is probably not serving me as well as I think it is.
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