I remember in acting class we were assigned a role to perform with two or more people. In the beginning, I noticed people highlighting only their parts with a highlighter. Just memorizing what they are going to say.
I worked with a director once who discouraged this process of memorization in a play and for good reason. When one memorizes only what they need to say, the other actors and audience members are being cheated.
When cueing up to the last couple of words of the other person dialogue, you truly are not responding by listening. The process becomes robotic. A sound bite to recite.
This has recently been going on in society also. People just don’t listen anymore. They are looking at you while preoccupied in an abyss of narcissistic chaos and drifting away mentally.
They just want to talk and then talk over you.
Once in a while during a conversation, throw in a made up word or phrase to see if the person you are speaking with stops you to explain that word or phrase.
Is it because the smart phones have been covertly rewiring our brains? The looking glass skewing our perspectives and perceptions. Destroying our patience and creating a turbulent impatience to our attention spans.
Digital devices have become digital babysitters for parents, offering entertainment and distraction for their children while they do the same. Communication as a family unit is diminishing since the inception of digital literacy. This is how the young are learning to communicate.
Human connections and experiences are being lost. Communication is slowly disintegrating as texting and messaging are taking over and semantics are suffering the repercussions. Acronyms and abbreviated words are become commonplace in language.
To focus and look into the eyes of the person you are speaking with is the key to communicating. Listening and recognizing the vocal patterns and reciprocating in kind.
Listen closely, learn, understand and focus on the what is being said. Write the whole word out in a text, it doesn’t take any longer.
Put down the gadgets and communicate in person. Look at the person your speaking with. It’s so much better for you to see laughter than a laughing emoji or lol.
Mentally, it’s a lot healthier for everyone.
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So many do not know how to talk to someone in person, sadly. There disconnect in communication is the reason for divorces, depression and a myriad of other societal ills. IMO. We have lost the true connection to others by not verbally speaking or looking someone in the eye. We have created a world of liars and narcissits because no one knows what honesty looks like anymore. Or any real feeling. We live in a sad time.
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