How can people deal with embarrassment in a healthy way — and what behaviors make the experience worse?
Lori Miller, LMHC says …
- Embarrassment is an emotion that comes from self-critique. “He’s going to think I’m an idiot, or I should have known better, etc.” In a reality-based world, everyone makes mistakes and this “slight” could be the door that opens to a winning opportunity if it’s played right.
- “It would be so much easier to address the error and outright introduce yourself or say whats on your mind. OMG, I haven’t seen you and I was literally thinking of you yesterday or I am so sorry, I thought you were waving at me and wanted to grab a coffee..laugh and play it off then introduce yourself. You truly looked like my dear friend …which is a compliment by the way. It’s such a pleasure to meet you even though you were looking for someone else.”
Available:
Lori Miller, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Contact:
Jo Allison
jo@successinmedia.com