Best Way to Respond in Embarrassing Situations!

You can actually take control of embarrassing situations, even when they get out of your hands, see how.

How to respond in embarrassing situations? Following are some of the very common embarrassing situations with do and don’ts.

When you trip in front of People:
It happens alot that we are walking on a footpath and suddenly we trip, or when climbing the stairs we sometimes miss a step and roll down couple of stairs. we cannot avoid falling down, Of course, gravity is to be blamed for that. But one thing we can do is to deal wisely with the embarrassment we feel at the moment when we pull ourself together. Best thing is to ACT like it wasn’t a big deal. Just pick your stuff, stand up, shake off dust from your clothes and continue to do what you were doing before the tragedy.
NEVER LOOK AROUND WHEN YOU FALL AND NEVER SMILE WHEN YOU GET BACK ON YOUR FEET.

When someone points out your mistake while you’re talking:
Another very common occurrence. There are two types of people that point out your mistakes when you’re talking, a) Your friends b)Your foes. When your friends tell you that you’re wrong about something, they want to CORRECT you but when your foes do the same thing they want to EMBARRASS you, so you have to deal with them differently.
When a friend points you out, you can joke, like ‘oh, i knew it i was just checking you’ or something like that, but make sure they get your joke. But when someone who is NOT your friend points you out, admit it with a light ’sorry’. NEVER JOKE ABOUT IT AND NEVER MAKE IT A BIG DEAL WITH LOTS OF APOLOGIES.

When someone jokes about you:
Mostly people take offense when they are being laughed at. This is the worst way to handle it since it can lead to bullying in future. Best way is to laugh with them and comment on the joke, preferably something funny but if you can’t say anything funny just say something like ‘that was funny’ or something like ‘man! that was unexpected’ etc.
NEVER GET ANGRY OR ELSE YOU WON’T GET OFF EASILY.

When no one laughs at your joke:
That happens a lot either because you told a joke when no one was listening OR because your joke was lame. If it was the earlier reason then you can get attention by saying something like ‘you guys just missed something really good’ and then tell them the joke when they are eagerly looking at you for ’something really good they just missed’ if its worth telling. if it was later reason, just comment like ‘just wanted to confirm that i wasn’t the only one who thought it wasn’t funny’ or something like that.

>>Always remember, when you are embarrassed just act normal and make sure not to show it, people would forget about it sooner than you think.

Quitting Smoke, Chewing Bubble Gum Instead….that’s Healthy??

Habit of chewing bubble gum is another addiction like smoking , its just like getting rid of one unhealthy addiction and caught up with another.


You quit smoking because you realized its destructive for your health and now you distract your craving for smoke with chewing bubble gums.You may not know but chewing bubble gums frequently and for longer periods cause Stomach ulcers.
Lets go in detail with a little background.
 
Your story:
So you’ve decided to quit smoking since you finally realized that its harmful for your health, or may be because your respiratory system has started deteriorating, or perhaps you had a heart attack recently and your doctor told you that smoking is most susceptible culprit behind it….Whatever the reason, its not too late since you are still alive after all!
End of story~

…Or so you thought but everyone knows that smoking is addiction and its NOT easy to just decide and you won’t be bothered again.To get rid of it AND get used to your new life style you must have Strong will, devotion to your decision and…..a distraction, for times when you feel like you can’t keep yourself away from it anymore ( i’ll call it desperate times). So you make a habit of chewing bubble gum, in desperate times, on someone’s suggestion, perhaps a friend who heard someone else that it helps.

Consequences:
You got rid of smoking but you picked up another habit that’s unhealthy. Why is it unhealthy? To answer that, let me go back a little and give a preview of digestive system.

When we see delicious food, our honourable brain tells our digestive system that ‘Prepare yourself! this wonderful stuff is coming to you’ As a response our salivary glands start secreting saliva. Now, if the food is in a showcase of a shop that’s above our salary, we would probably suffer from disappointment, but if we surrender to our desire and stuff that food in our mouth, our stomach starts preparing itself to welcome the food while your chewing it , secretes gastric secretions (pH = 2, means highly Acidic) and waits for the food. When we swallow it, it enters stomach and further digestion proceeds in stomach.
Imagine what happens when you eat something you aren’t going to swallow but keep chewing and chewing and chewing? For example, a bubble gum? Your stomach would still secrete acidic gastric secretions. Normally there’s a mucous membrane in stomach that secretes mucous to prevent digestion of muscular walls of stomach, but it has its limits, if acidic secretions remain in stomach for long time, this ends up in digestion of stomach walls, resulting in gastric ulcers.

Summary:

You quit smoking because you didn’t want to end up with, lets say, respiratory problems but you end up with something that would lead you to digestive problems. So quit smoke and do some research to find distractions on your own instead of listening to others.

You can distract yourself with healthy activities, like:

> Mostly walk for 15-20 minutes is recommended.
> Drink fresh fruit juice
> Eat fruits, like apple, strawberries etc. you can also eat tomatoes, they are very good anti oxidants.
> Drink lots of water
> Involve some family member in your resolution and also keep reminding yourself about it.

P.S. These fore mentioned suggestions may or may not work for you. DO NOT get disappointed if they don’t, go to a Rehab centre or consult a professional in that field.