Social awkwardness is something many people experience from time to time, but certain habits can make social interactions more uncomfortable than they need to be. While most of these behaviors are ...

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Some people struggle even in the most ordinary conversations. Having simple conversations with people can be extremely difficult for those of us who are socially awkward. We are constantly ...

A cat and a dog have left the internet in stitches after a video of them behaving like they're "socially awkward" went viral on social media last week. George originally went viral on TikTok a few ...

"Awkward" is a subjective term, but generally speaking, awkward moments are just "deviations from small social expectations," explains Ty Tashiro, PhD, a psychologist and the author of AWKWARD: The ...

As a kid, Ty Tashiro was an awkward stats nerd. Now, as a social scientist, he explains why the characteristics that make people awkward can... Why the world needs socially awkward people Part 1 of ...

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“I don’t know, I guess I’m just socially awkward,” my 22-year-old patient said with a shrug. “You’re really not,” I said with a laugh—a laugh I couldn’t stop from coming out of my mouth. I had been ...

My 4-year-old daughter was monkeying her way up the play structure ladder when she caught wind of what the other kids on the playground were saying. Two girls, perhaps 7 or 8, had decided to play hide ...

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