Helping a coworker
in Psychology ·
I feel for those who are naturally withdrawn, provided they actually find these situations distressing.
I knew someone like that back in high school; he barely ever spoke in sentences longer than five words.
I had my own struggles, so I didn't pay him much mind, but I noticed a pattern. In one-on-one settings, he acted like he was being interrogated, and when he was with our classmates, he would simply stay on the sidelines.
Naturally, people eventually started mocking him constantly. Most of it happened behind his back, which was bad enough, though there was one particularly nasty incident.
You cannot force change if a person does not want it. You simply act with decency and leave the rest up to them.
I knew someone like that back in high school; he barely ever spoke in sentences longer than five words.
I had my own struggles, so I didn't pay him much mind, but I noticed a pattern. In one-on-one settings, he acted like he was being interrogated, and when he was with our classmates, he would simply stay on the sidelines.
Naturally, people eventually started mocking him constantly. Most of it happened behind his back, which was bad enough, though there was one particularly nasty incident.
You cannot force change if a person does not want it. You simply act with decency and leave the rest up to them.