Is it normal I worry people don't think i'm listening to them?

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This thought crosses my mind when I talk to people from time to time. Sometimes I'll insert a comment just to "prove" to them that I'm actually listenting because I'm afraid that they might think that I'm not.

Well are really listening to them or just making it seem like you are when your mind is 1,000 miles away?

I have a tendency to do this myself.

I'm the same, but I'm sure you have nothing to worry about (:

I know what you mean. I actually sometimes interrupt the speaker in order to make him or her have no doubts that I'm listening. Asking questions also helps.

So say things like "yeah," "uh-huh," and "hmm" while they're talking and then ask them questions about what they were telling you.

I dont think its normAl but i feel the same all the time its really annoying because i fully realize that the speaker could just as easily be content with an absentminded but agreeable confirmation or some other form of "2cents". I think it comes from your own need to be heard. This need has not been addresses so you sympathise more deeply with speakers.