Comment by Waterluvian
9 years ago
I was the same. Probably still am sometimes. The most helpful reminder to myself was that this isn't a shame or punishment thing. It's simply that most people aren't receptive when spoken to that way. So instead of feeling like I was being shamed into being polite, I just reminded myself that it's my loss if I can't communicate my thoughts, no matter what the transport mechanism looks like.
Language is such a horribly inefficient and inconsistent medium of communication..
It's unbelievably flexible though.
Ambiguous, I would say.