body language

Nonverbal message can be very hard to interpret. It is very easy to misconstrue someone’s body language even though we are often taught signals to look out for.

For me personally, I tend to have more of a shy personality especially when I’m around people that I do not know. I tend to be stand offish and always cross my arms when I’m in this situation, I have often got told that people thought I was on the snobby side until they got to really know me, and I think it is due to how they have interpreted my body language. I think shy behaviors can be mistaken for negative behaviors, but for me personally it’s that I tend to me standoffish when I do not know people. Another example would be when people talk to me and don’t directly look me in they eye I often think that they do not want to continue the conversation but I think certain people just have a hard time making eye contact as I have a hard time not being stand offish with people I am not familiar with.