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People with poor social skills have high levels of stress and loneliness in their lives.” Social skills refer to the communication skills that allow people to interact effectively and appropriately with others.
How do introverts make friends?
Introverted, Seeking Friends? 10 Tips for Success
- Check your reasons.
- Quality over quantity.
- Embrace your interests.
- Try new things.
- Know your strengths.
- Pace yourself.
- Start small.
- Keep your identity.
What happens when you don’t have good social skills?
“One of the problems with possessing poor social skills is lack of social awareness, so even if they’re not getting the date, they’re not getting the job, they’re getting in arguments with co-workers or their spouse, they don’t see themselves as a problem,” Segrin said.
10 Reasons Why Highly Intelligent People Have Poor Social Skills 1 They overthink responses. 2 Ordinary topics might bore them. 3 They can find it tough to find common ground with people. 4 They’re more self-conscious. 5 They’re more conscious of you too. 6 (more items)
Sure, there’s some basic training you NEED to go through, but to go from being bad to good in a skill… you’ll have to put in the time and effort. Yet there’s a lot of socially inept people who don’t treat social skills in this way. Instead they look for the one last magic piece of information that will solve all their problems.
How does poor social skills affect mental and physical health?
Poor Social Skills May Be Harmful to Mental and Physical Health Poor social skills often lead to stress and loneliness, which can negatively affect physical as well as mental health. By Alexis Blue, University Communications Nov. 6, 2017