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Difficulty controlling excessive talking in high-stakes social situations

💚 healthsocial problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 3/5

A person reports struggling to control excessive talking during dates and job interviews, leading to oversharing and a lack of reciprocal conversation, which they believe hinders their ability to secure second dates or job offers.

Who's affected: An individual who struggles with conversational regulation in high-stakes social or professional settings.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

What people do today

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A wearable haptic device that provides a subtle vibration cue when the user has spoken for a set duration to encourage pausing.
  2. A mobile app that uses voice analysis to provide real-time feedback on talk-to-listen ratios during practice conversations.
  3. A structured coaching program or workshop focused on active listening techniques and conversational turn-taking for high-stakes interviews and dates.
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Real voices

“I have a problem where I talk too much on dates and job interviews. This can lead to revealing too much information”

Source: Stack Exchange (interpersonal) · CC BY-SA 4.0, user-contributed content from Stack Exchange; summarized and modified

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