Do you always overshare? 5 steps to navigate social interactions in a healthy way
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- From pausing before sharing to understanding our triggers, here are a few steps to have healthy social interactions.
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Sometimes we may end up oversharing as a way to connect during social interactions. However, healthy social interactions are based on meaningful conversations, thought sharing and understanding. Therapist Linda Meredith explained this in five steps in a social media post. Take a look.(Unsplash)
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Pause: When you feel that you are oversharing, take a pause and try to understand if what you are about to share is too much. (Unsplash)
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Identify safe people: this is extremely important. Not always what we share might be accepted in a healthy way by everyone. We should identify the people we can be vulnerable to. (Shutterstock)
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Set boundaries: We should set personal boundaries for ourselves to not end up oversharing information. (Pexels)
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Practice responses: Sometimes overwhelming situations can make us have extreme responses. In such cases, we should practice our responses. (Shutterstock)
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