1. Sometimes, you're exhausted by the sound of your own voice.
2. You've heard about awkward silence, but you've never experienced it.
3. When you don't have anyone to talk to, you just talk to yourself.
4. You've been told that you also talk during your sleep.
5. At school, you got into trouble for talking too much with people around you during class.
6. But you made up for it by participating twice as much as anyone else during class discussions.
7. You've been on dates that lasted for HOURS because you just wouldn't stop talking.
8. You often randomly jump into strangers' conversations.
9. Or you so obviously want to and stare at them so intently that it makes them uncomfortable.
10. Since you talk so much but only have so many things to say, you repeat the same stories over and over again.
11. So much that even your most patient friends are now sick of it.
12. You've tried giving the silent treatment to people before but it never lasted more than a few minutes.
13. And if it did, they actually thought it was a relief rather than a punishment.
14. You always prefer calling to texting.
15. And hanging out in real life rather than chatting online.
16. When you were a kid, you probably had an imaginary friend. You just needed someone to talk to when there was no one around.
17. In meetings, you often become self-conscious about talking too much, but no matter how hard you try, you can't really help yourself.
18. You often talk too fast and say things without thinking.
19. But people who know you don't pay attention to what you say most of the time anyway.
20. But whenever you stay quiet for a while, they immediately assume something is going wrong with you.
21. But the truth is, even you like to enjoy some peace and quiet from time to time.
