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@Jennee, I struggle with this as well and haven’t quite defeated the beast yet.
My therapist told me to maintain eye contact and, for me, anyway, that’s very important. When I’m in too deep, I tend to look elsewhere and miss the nonverbal cues that the other person is losing interest.
Also, I’m trying to listen more, really focusing on what is being said. And I’ve just about broken the habit of interrupting to get my thoughts in before I forget. This has taken a lot of practice.
One more thing I’ve used to some success is a watch that beeps at certain intervals. When I know I’m going to be somewhere I’m conversing, like a party, I set it to beep at 10 or 15 minute intervals. This just sort of reminds that time is passing. And certainly reminds me to shut up if I’ve talked the whole time between beeps.
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