Hi

Has it happened to you that some social contexts would bring to life your worst part, that you would say and do things which everyone had the right to interpret as bad?

To me, it happens to the extent that when provoked - I would catch myself saying things which speak of me very badly, but some of which are utterly and unquestionably untrue?

Just one example: I was sort of interrogated by a colleague of mine whether I had told our manager about what he had done (spreading some malicious rumours). I had not, but in the course of the interrogation, I suddenly confirmed. It was totally unconscious and - like I said - untrue.

That very moment he simply interrupted the conversation and left, presumably to spread the word.

In isolation, such a thing would not bother me, but as it happens too often, I wonder what the heck.