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🗓️ 16 June 2022
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The Minimalists discuss why people might perceive us as being awkward with Vanessa Van Edwards. Listen to full episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast: patreon.com/theminimalists
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0:00.0 | Before we get to our more about less segment, Vanessa, we wanted to talk, we were talking |
0:10.5 | off my ear about awkwardness. |
0:13.3 | And you talk about being a recovering awkward person. |
0:15.9 | Yes. |
0:16.9 | So awkwardness, I think it dresses up as different things. |
0:21.2 | So I think some people they feel awkward and they shut down. |
0:24.8 | They inhibit, they go quiet, they go into their introvertedness, they try to hide. |
0:29.6 | Through people, their awkwardness dresses up as being big over the top dramatic interruptors, |
0:35.0 | showoffers. |
0:36.0 | And so I think that awkwardness is this very unique trait because it shows up differently |
0:40.0 | in different people, but you don't always know that you're seeing it. |
0:42.8 | Right. |
0:43.8 | Like you might meet someone and be like, God, they're a show off. |
0:46.2 | Well, that's just because they're scared. |
0:48.4 | I think awkwardness comes because we're, for me at least, I am awkward because I'm scared |
0:52.6 | of being judged. |
0:53.6 | I'm scared you're not going to like me. |
0:54.9 | I'm scared and I'm unworthy that I'm, should be with you, that I'm not worthy of your |
0:57.6 | time or your conversation. |
0:59.2 | But you wouldn't know that because it dresses up as me shutting down, me closing in, me |
1:03.8 | being scared, me being quiet. |
1:05.7 | And so I think that awkwardness is this thing that if we can talk about it, we can see how |
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