You watch her stay through the awkwardness and feel that hollow knot of embarrassment with her - that memory keeps replaying in your head long after the moment ends. You can learn why that feeling ...
You know the feeling. You see something embarrassing happen to someone else—or you sit through a particular cringe-inducing scene in a sitcom or comedy movie—and you feel embarrassed on behalf of the ...
When I was young, I thought being only average would cause more chances of feeling embarrassed when our inadequacies were revealed. I now know that the fear of being seen as inadequate is socially ...