Awkward! It's what we feel when we cringe, recoil, or shudder at our own or someone else’s behavior. For example, we feel it when we’re hit out of the blue with a humiliating memory from our past, when we hear our own voice on a voicemail, or when watching pretty much anything involving Larry David. Luckily, journalist and author Melissa Dahl has us covered. This week, Melissa and Ellen discuss:
- How awkwardness and cringing are distinct, yet connected.
- How you and Michael Scott likely experience awkwardness differently.
- What is the “irreconcilable gap” and how it explains awkward moments.
- How you are not alone if you are inexplicably and randomly thunderstruck by awkward memories.
- Two strategies to try when these “cringe attacks” strike.
- How, through the spotlight effect and the invisibility cloak illusion, we all think others are paying attention to what we’re paying attention to.
- What happens when you “lean in” to awkwardness.
- How to navigate the most common awkwardness minefield: the workplace.
Melissa Dahl is a senior editor at New York Magazine's The Cut, where she covers health and psychology. In 2014, she helped launch Science Of Us, New York Magazine's popular social science vertical. Her first book is Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness. Pick up a copy wherever you like to get your books.
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