Is it normal to be really annoyed by people who talk over you?

I can't stand it when people talk over others. I notice it happens a lot to soft spoken people who tend to deal with social anxiety in some way. They build up their strength to add to the discussion and it really bothers me to see them absolutely deflate when they're just ignored.

I'm a bit of a loud mouth myself lol, but I really try to be aware of who is around me and allow everyone to say what they want, I don't just run over people. It's gotten to the point now where I'll use my loud voice to talk over chronic disrupters by saying, "EXCUSE ME BUT I THINK THAT PERSON WAS SAYING SOMETHING BEFORE YOU INTERRUPTED." I don't know why it gets to me so much, it's just so disrespectful and I've run into so many people who seem so un self aware that they're doing it and how it makes people around them feel. It's like a lot of people live in their own world where the only thing that matters is the sound of their own voice.

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  • Tommythecaty

    Oh yes it annoys me a lot, the contradiction being that I do it myself.

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    • RoseIsabella

      I can relate.

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      • Aethylfritha

        Omg yes. I never realized its considered rude cause my female friends and i talk over each other and nobody minds. Were all ADD as fuck.
        Im sorry if i do it just remind me...my braun goes too fast

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  • I really hate it when it happens so if someone talks over me when I'm trying to help them then I let them and don't even attempt to give them the information they need.

    Happened trying to get a new dresser into a bedroom and I tried to say twice the way they were doing it will break it but got cut off by both twice so I just shut up and let 'em do it how they wanted and as expected it broke. When it got brought up later I said I knew it was going to break and they say why didn't I bring it up to which I just said that I did twice and you didn't listen, and now you have a broken dresser.

    Now when anything similar happens with the two people I'm talking about and they cut me off to only then after say, "Sorry what were you saying?" I just reply "Doesn't matter" and they freak the fuck out because they don't want a repeat. I'd be lying if I said I don't get some fun out of it now.

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  • litelander8

    You defeat people who interrupt people by interrupting them.

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  • bbrown95

    Yes, I used to be that very soft spoken, shy person and would pretty much just sit there the entire time watching everyone else talk, then people would assume I was unfriendly because I "never talked". Lol, I tried, but you guys wouldn't let me have a single word in edgewise!

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  • someone0noone

    if someone did that for me I'd be really touched, I'm hella anxious around people I don't know well.

    Not so with people I'm familiar with though and I call out my mom often because she regularly interrupts me and my dad talking. We're in a conversation and she'll just interject (in the middle of someone else's sentence) with something totally unrelated. and I'll say something like "Um?? We were talking about [xyz], actually. Does what you just said have anything to do with that?? Is it more important than our conversation??? Could you have at least let us even finish our thought or said excuse me!"

    It's the worst because I can't do the "keep talking over them" trick since I completely lose my train of thought when she starts talking (ADHD, easily distracted).

    Personally if someone's talking and I want to say something (presuming it's either someone I'm comfortable with or needing to say something important), then I'll kind of start with saying some variation of "um", or the first couple words of a thought ("Yeah, I-", "Oh, and-", etc). This lets them know I have something to say, and with most people they'll either stop talking and say "yeah go on?" or they'll finish their thought quickly and ask "and what were you going to say...?".

    I guess if they keep talking for a long while even after I've made multiple indications of wanting to speak, I'll either shrug it off or go quiet but look very clearly disgruntled/annoyed.

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  • rocketdave

    Go to some of the museums in London and show them the naggers scolds of yesteryear!

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  • soleyman_the_magnificent

    I deal with this all the time with my wife. She’s a bit of a motormouth. Assuming she pauses enough to get a breath, I’ll ask, “Are you done?”

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  • FromTheSouthWeirdMan

    When someone does that I make sure I finish my sentence even if we both talk at the same time. Never stop your sentence. Get louder as they try to talk over you too. This will show them that you arent going to be spoken over. I think its just rude. I always try to let people speak and include everyone.

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  • jodi1955

    talking over someone shows disrespect and is wrong

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  • ellnell

    Yeah i'm soft spoken and have social anxiety and it happens a lot. I dont really think people mean to be rude though, some are just really loud and can never shut up even for 1 second... Would be nice though if such people were ever told to be quiet and look outside themselves, like all quiet people constantly get told to speak up and be tougher etc.

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