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> Depression and anxiety, often comorbid, raise the noise floor to the point that it is incredibly hard to feel confident that a decision can be made. maybe re

> Depression and anxiety, often comorbid, raise the noise floor to the point that it is incredibly hard to feel confident that a decision can be made. maybe replace 'depression' with something else but, at work, if i'm on a call with more than 10 people decision making becomes almost impossible. I think anxiety in the virtual room is high and everyone just becomes paralyzed. I've resorted to random dice rolls to make decisions in some of these cases hah. edit: i'll add that the threat of one of my random dice rolls sometimes triggers the team to come together and figure something out.

elric 1y ago
> I think anxiety in the virtual room is high and everyone just becomes paralyzed I don't think that's necessarily anxiety. I'm sure there's a name for it, but it's a bit like the "bystander effect", where no one does anything because everyone expects someone else to deal with it. Something similar seems to happen in meetings with too many participants.
- nemomarx 1y ago
  There can be some social anxiety in large groups depending on the audience too, I think. "if I say something and it's incorrect my boss is in this call" is a very different environment from a smaller chat.
- jimkleiber 1y ago
  I often see it just as overwhelm. Too many conflicting things happening at the same time, wanting attention, not knowing where to put it, and just kinda giving up. Lately I've been seeing life as consistent conflicts, framing it as "emotional combat," and then ironically it calms me down, because I recognize that the one conflict in front of my face is not necessarily the one causing all the feelings I perceive in me or in other people.
- n_plus_1_acc 1y ago
  There German word for that is Verantwortungsdiffusion (responsibility diffusion)
- erikerikson 1y ago
  Sensory overload is one of the terms of practice Not to ignore that the complex manifold of interlocking conflicting social rules can add further friction

elric 1y ago

> I think anxiety in the virtual room is high and everyone just becomes paralyzed I don't think that's necessarily anxiety. I'm sure there's a name for it, but it's a bit like the "bystander effect", where no one does anything because everyone expects someone else to deal with it. Something similar seems to happen in meetings with too many participants.

nemomarx 1y ago
There can be some social anxiety in large groups depending on the audience too, I think. "if I say something and it's incorrect my boss is in this call" is a very different environment from a smaller chat.
jimkleiber 1y ago
I often see it just as overwhelm. Too many conflicting things happening at the same time, wanting attention, not knowing where to put it, and just kinda giving up. Lately I've been seeing life as consistent conflicts, framing it as "emotional combat," and then ironically it calms me down, because I recognize that the one conflict in front of my face is not necessarily the one causing all the feelings I perceive in me or in other people.
n_plus_1_acc 1y ago
There German word for that is Verantwortungsdiffusion (responsibility diffusion)
erikerikson 1y ago
Sensory overload is one of the terms of practice Not to ignore that the complex manifold of interlocking conflicting social rules can add further friction