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Why You're So Used To Being Silent

There are many reasons to keep quiet. Sometimes it’s better to listen, or maybe you don’t want to draw attention to yourself. Your reasons can have a negative or positive impact. But what happens when you’re quiet for so long that you get used to it? These are the reasons why you are so used to being quiet.

Silence is powerful. What to learn more about the power of silence? We also made a video on the hidden advantages of being silent: https://youtu.be/w-LU2hHmpcs

Writer: Dylan Swanepoel
Editor: Caitlin McColl
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
Voice Over: Amanda Silvera (http://www.youtube.com/amandasilvera )
Animator: Ra-Hyun Ji
Production Assistant: Thomas Kang
Youtube Manager: Cindy Cheong

Official Discord: https://discord.gg/EsWEvrJ

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Herranz-Pascual, K., Aspuru, I., Iraurgi, I., Santander, Á., Eguiguren, J. L., & García, I. (2019). Going beyond quietness: Determining the emotionally restorative effect of acoustic environments in urban open public spaces. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(7), 1284.
Buss, A. H. (1986). A theory of shyness. Shyness: Perspectives on research and treatment, 39-46.
Ishiyama, F. I. (1984). Shyness: Anxious social sensitivity and self-isolating tendency. Adolescence, 19(76), 903.
Guajardo, V. D., Souza, B. P., Henriques, S. G., Lucia, M., Menezes, P. R., Martins, M. A., ... & Fráguas, R. (2011). Loss of interest, depressed mood and impact on the quality of life: Cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health, 11(1), 1-7.
Forgas, J. P. (2017). Mood effects on cognition: Affective influences on the content and process of information processing and behavior. Emotions and affect in human factors and human-computer interaction, 89-122.
Elson, M. Silence, Its Use and Abuse: A View from Self Psychology. Clinical Social Work Journal 29, 351–360 (2001). doi.org/10.1023/A:1012215213461

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