"As the density of fraught social interactions increases, so does our mental load and our propensity for the social faux pas. Try thinking of one embarrassing thing you really ought not to say when visiting family and see how long it takes before it just slips out. Or make up your mind that at the office lunch you will not, repeat not, dribble gravy onto your chin while talking to your boss. Then feel it trickle." →
AKA the story of my life. God, reading this article made me want to curl up in a ball and rock myself into unconsciousness. Even though it’s just a gently scientific discussion of this phenomenon! (And let’s not even get into the ton of moments when I torture myself into thinking that I’ve said something stupid. Ay mi. How I even leave the house some days I have no idea.)
(Via, of course.)
Funny. I’m always trying to tell people horrible things.
