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[quote=Anonymous] I am not sure if this is an appropriate post for the section but to be honest I am not sure where I should post it and I am hoping that I can get some advice here!  I recently joined a support group for individuals that have gone through a specific tragedy. There was a waiting list for the group and the organization was able to open a new chapter so that a bunch of us could join at the same time.

One person in the group was so bad to be around I honestly don’t know how to verbalize it because nothing I say in this post will give an accurate depiction of how irritating the situation was. This woman absolutely would not shut up throughout this entire support group meeting. She literally interrupted every single person over and over and over again as they were sharing their stories, all of which were very emotional. Imagine a table full of people crying as they are opening up and being vulnerable to a group of strangers and then we have motormouth Sally who WILL NOT SHUT THE F UP. Probably 2/3 of it was trying to make everyone else’s story about her, but I’d say a solid third of it was not even that- just generally interrupting, asking probing questions, etc. She seemed manic. I feel like I have not interacted with someone so socially unaware in as long as I can remember.

Since none of the rest of us knew each other it was sort of awkward, because obviously no one wanted to say anything and everyone was just trying to be polite. But you could tell that everyone was getting really frustrated.

So here’s my question: do I go back? If not, do I say something? It’s not the kind of thing where I could just disappear, but I could easily make up another excuse. I just think about how everyone is probably feeling the same way and if none of us say something then it’s kind of a shame...[/quote]

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