2007-10-18 04:04:40 · 10 answers · asked by the ku® 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I know it seems like an easy answer, but if you can afford counseling, go for it and ask your therapist to help you find out why you have this need to talk, talk, talk. (I came from a home with parents who both worked and did not have time to talk to me, ask me about my life etcetera. I find such relief even now -at age 50- in having someone really listen to me that I have trouble turning it off)
If you are going into a social situation where you are concerned about overwhelming people (or alienating them) by talking too much, try this exercise. Before you leave, sit down at your computer, or with a pen and a notebook, and write, write write everything you can think to write. How you feel about anything that is on your mind. Writing does for me what talking does, it allows me to get things out in the open which enables me to decide how I feel about it.
At that point you may have released enough steam to LISTEN as much as you talk, which is the goal.
2007-10-18 04:44:27 · answer #1 · answered by notmuchofacook 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think and asked him to talk because the words the words that come out of the mouth cannot took back.
2007-10-18 04:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by Nur S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a talkaholic too, so the answers really apply to me too. I try to think of questions I can ask and as they are being answered, I try to relate to them, and I try to think of another open ended question. I don't want to ask, yes or no things.
I'm doing it again.
2007-10-18 04:45:55 · answer #3 · answered by jack of all trades 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try chewing gum or sucking on a piece of candy it Will help you concentrate on the gum instead of talking as much.
2007-10-18 04:12:36 · answer #4 · answered by ecko1357 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Count to ten before jumping into a conversation. Try listenening to what others are saying.
2007-10-18 04:12:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Talk only when you are asked a question and limit the answer to 30seconds to a minute.
2007-10-18 20:45:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try to imagine what you want to say and how you want to say it. say it to yourself first in your mind and then say it out loud. give other people time to talk too. It will be hard but practice and you can slowly improve. good luck.
2007-10-18 04:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by Ginnykitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
set a target like for next 30 mins i wont talk too much...next day increase it to one hour and so on...this method is really really very effective...believe me ...gud luck
2007-10-18 04:11:08 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question...I need the answer to this one just because I'm a "talkaholic" myself...LOL
2007-10-18 04:11:10 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Fun Lovin Chick♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think before you talk!
2007-10-18 04:07:28 · answer #10 · answered by Kathryn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋