I end up with “talker’s
remorse” every time I open my mouth. I’m not sure it is a recognized
psychological phenomenon, the way “buyer’s remorse” is, but if not, it should
be.
Don’t get me wrong. There
are many times I could say something and I don’t. Then I get “closed mouth
remorse,” because I don’t get any credit for keeping my mouth shut, since
nobody knows I might have said something but did not.
It’s a forked tongue
problem. If I say something, I regret it. If I don’t say anything, I regret it.
Most people get talker’s
remorse only if they say something stupid. Of course, there are others who say
stupid stuff all the time and never regret it either because they don’t know
that what they say is stupid, or they don’t care how others see them. I’m the
only person I know who gets talker’s remorse every time, whether what I have
said is stupid or not. Even if what I said was okay, I’m sure there was a
better way to say it, so I shouldn’t have said what I did.
So I avoid people as much
as possible. If I never have contact with people, I can’t say anything. I don’t
even talk to myself. If I do, I criticize what I said. I don’t like that. Or
else I do. The whole subject of talker’s remorse when you’re talking to
yourself is very confusing.
Some people think I’m the
wise strong silent type. I figure the best way to make them keep thinking that
is to keep my mouth shut. So don’t ask me anything, or I’ll regret answering
you.
JRMcF
johnrobertmcfarland@gmail.com
I tweet as yooper1721.
Following the critical and
marketing success of her first Young Adult novel, daughter Katie Kennedy’s Learning to Swear in America, is What Goes Up, a July 18, 2017 release.
She is published by Bloomsbury, which also publishes lesser known but promising
young authors, like JK Rowling.
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