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How often do you self-censor? Is it hard to bite your tongue?

I'm the sort of person who has trouble not saying what they think. It just rolls right off my tongue. That's not always a good thing. Learning to nod and grin would often be in my benefit, but I find it difficult to do.

How about you?

silvereyes 8 Feb 13
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I find it all the time. Especially when I am at work. I have to deal with public all day. I find my self stopping and think about what I am going to. If I would say what on my mind I would be fired with in fifteen minutes of starting a day..

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A bit. I'm naturally very polite and deferential to begin with, so it's not difficult or unusual for me to think about what I say before I say it. I think my self-censorship is pretty well built-in. Sometimes I reword or omit something. Occasionally I think twice and decide not to speak at all. I'm cool with it. Nobody cares what I have to say anyway, so it doesn't matter.

Where I get into trouble is those areas in which, due to my strangely poor socialization in early life, I disagree with the herd about what constitutes a socially-acceptible thing to say. Like, I don't see anything wrong with telling someone, point blank, that I disagree with them--no matter who they are. Some folks think that's rude. Or being honest about your strengths. Many folks will consider that boasting. I make trouble for myself when I breach these idiotic imaginary lines that others abide by and refuse to feel abashed when they try to call me out on it. Uh, no--im not playing your dumb game that sucks. And I'm not going to feel bad about it, either.

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Most of the time say what is on my mind, yet also I am careful and seek to do this in a way that is not offensive, not only for the sake of politeness, but also because the other side is much less likely to act in the direction I want if I manage to offend him/her.

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Every minute of every day.

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Never. Let the chips fall where they may.

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When I was younger, never. Now I'm better at picking my spots. Maybe I have less energy and It makes things a little less stressful.

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I am convinced my mind to mouth connection has no filter

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