When you
cringe while watching people
embarrassing/publicly humiliating themselves, especially when they DON'T deserve it. People who suffer from this are generally empaths, or they
may suffer from severe social anxiety.
"I tried to tell my friends that Dave couldn't dance, but they forced him to anyway. I got second-hand embarrassment in the worst way while watching him. By the
time I pulled him out, his face was the deepest shade of
red imaginable, and it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that he was trying not to cry from embarrassment. We
haven't been on speaking terms with those "friends" since that incident."
Moral of the story: Don't
force people to do things they're not comfortable with, especially under protest. It may be funny to you, but you'
ve gotta think of other people.
