How to Know if You Are Irritating

People rarely see themselves the way they actually are, let alone the way others see them. If others find you irritating, it may be hard to discover or gauge. Changing your normal method of interacting with others is one way to uncover what others think of you and whether they find you irritating.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Take notice of how much time you spend talking compared to how much others spend talking to you. If you know (and are ready to admit) that you spend more than 60 percent of the time talking when others are around, you might be irritating.
2. Watch what happens when you enter a room. In order to do this, you need to stop your normal routine and step back for at least 10 minutes to do nothing. Watch what's going on around you. If people naturally engage you and strike up a conversation, you're probably not annoying. If people leave you alone or ignore you, it might be because you've irritated people previously.
3. Look people in the eye when you're talking to them and evaluate their level of interest. If people roll their eyes or look away frequently, it's a good sign that you've ticked them off and you need to stop what you're saying.
4. Develop more sensitivity to the people around you. Usually, discovering you're irritating others is an uncomfortable revelation. You can change your present way of dealing with others by closing your mouth, not sharing your opinions so readily and listening more than you speak.