In the communication between peoplehe respect and know how to listen These are fundamental aspects to make it as fluid as possible and for all participants in the conversation to speak actively. The problem is that There are people who do not respect speaking turns and constantly interrupt to others either to give their opinion or to change the subject.
This type of person who constantly generates interruptions is perceived by others as disrespectful. In many groups, whether among friends, family or at work, It is common for there to be someone who exhibits this type of behavior.
This affects others because they want to feel heard and with that comes a feeling of invasion of their personal space. The associate professor of communications at Rutgers University explained to the New York Times that the other People feel degraded and become angry because it seems like their ideas or participation are not valid.
According to research by Susan RoAne published in her book “What Do I Say Next,” It’s one of the top three reasons a conversation ends.
What does it mean when someone constantly interrupts a conversation?
This profile of a person who constantly interrupts the conversation may have some personality traits or psychological disorders behind.
- In some cases, these interruptions are due to the impatience. The conversation may not go where they want it to or it may move too slowly. Have a goal they want to achieve and interrupt the conversation to direct it.
- Another option is that the person who ends the conversations learned all this from his family and he has seen it since he was little, understanding that it is a natural behavior and that it comes automatically when he communicates in this way with his family and believing that this is how one achieves a dynamic communication.
- These people may have ADHD or lack of self-control. People with ADHD have a harder time controlling their verbal impulses and may interrupt and not remember to wait their turn because they don’t trust them to remember what they want to say later. In people with this disorder, deficits occur in the brain’s executive function, a part that regulates behaviors or controls impulses.
- Lack of active listening skills and instead of paying attention to what they say, you prepare in your head what you are going to say next, something that can cause you to lose patience and end up interrupting others.
- Being very enthusiastic or excited about a topic It can also cause a person to interrupt the conversation to show their thoughts and feelings, whether others are speaking or not. It’s a poorly managed emotion and momentum.
- Finally, a study from George Washington University found that gender differences They may be a reason why it is interrupted. Research suggests that men interrupt women 33% more often than other men. Men are more likely than women to interrupt, and women are more likely to be interrupted.
