What to Say to Break the Silence...

We have been in front of our computers many times, thinking about what topic to develop in order to publish interesting content. We sit for a while thinking about what to write. At that moment there is silence in our minds. No interesting thought comes to us, or has it only happened to me? I don't know, it's just a thought for everyone. I only know that many call it writer's block.

I was in that moment of mental silence, thinking about what topic to develop, when suddenly came to my mind those moments of discomfort that occurs during a prolonged silence being next to a person we do not know, or when we are inside an elevator with another person, or in an office waiting to be called for an interview and we are sitting next to another person, or simply when we go on our first date with someone we will see for the first time. It is those first moments where the silence of not having anything to say or converse that create an atmosphere of discomfort. Has it ever happened to you?

Has it ever happened to you that the situation becomes unsettling after a long and endless few minutes, it is because the prolonged silence becomes uncomfortable. Silence and not knowing what to say when there is nothing to talk about in front of a person we do not know, makes us anxious and in other cases afraid of not knowing how to break the silence with an interesting topic.

It has happened to me on several occasions that being with a group of people, when there is that long silence, I say something that I know is a very used phrase for the occasion, I say: "a little angel is passing by". And then I make reference to the fact that we have all remained silent. I always do that as a way to break the ice and it is always effective to make the silence comment because we immediately start talking about any topic.

Some people feel uncomfortable in this situation of having nothing to say, especially if they are in front of a stranger. In some cases we resort to talking about the weather, the unbearable heat, the long queues or any relevant circumstance of the moment. One of the topics of conversation that I particularly avoid is about religion or politics, doing so with people we do not know is dangerous because they are very controversial topics that can generate discomfort or aggressive behavior in some people. With the exception of religious or political topics, you can talk about any other topic that serves to put an end to an uncomfortable and prolonged silence.

Although, having interesting topics to talk about is not so easy, sometimes our mind goes blank, just as with writer's block, we often don't know what to talk about. You can be prepared to talk about personal experiences, future expectations, pets, work or personal anecdotes. Talking about topics that people have mastered is the best way to break the ice and build trust between the people present in the conversation, it is very useful as information to discover what are the interests and motivations of the person you are meeting at that moment.

One of the advantages of reading and commenting on articles by other writers on this platform read.cash is that each of us writers has been enriched by reading various topics, we have been prepared in real life to be in real situations, it helps us to start conversations with people we do not know, to break a prolonged silence. Read.cash prepares us on interesting topics to expand our horizons and the possibility to converse with people at any time and in any meeting.

Have you ever experienced a prolonged silence, I would be interested to know how you got out of that situation, I would like to read your comment.

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