So you've done something absolutely cringey. How do you deal with the embarrassment and stop replaying the awkward moment in your mind?
Psychologist ; , author of We're Not Broken: Changing The Autism Conversation; , author of Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness; and visual artist share their advice.
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Navied Mahdavian is a New Yorker cartoonist and the author of the graphic memoir .
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