How do you handle an incessant talker?

NJSue
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:30:12 +0000

I wouldn’t rule out hearing loss as a possible reason for increased intensity of the monologues and interrupting. My mother was the same way; she was always compulsively chatty (a mask for anxiety and insecurity), but as she aged, it became exponentially worse. She would fill any perceived “silences” with talk because she did not realize that anything else was going on. Unfortunately she was too self-conscious to wear a hearing aid even after a diagnosis of hearing loss. I would much rather wear one than drive everyone around me crazy.



Pontificating is a lot easier than listening and assimilating.



I like this. Maybe we get just get tired as we age; hence, the old bore syndrome. Also, the less people do, they more they talk about it.