Art of communicating with the silent one

I beg to differ from both the responders above. Because I dont think they even understand why some people prefer silence. Silence gives the silent person the strength to collect his own thoughts. Such a person is emotionally very strong. Is determined on his goals and because he gives himself so much time.. he meticulously plans his actions. Such person are also helpful but they are reserved. They dont fear rejection... believe me they are not the kind of people who fear rejection.. they are there for everyone but they dont like to initiate a conversation. A silent person expresses himself in someway or the other. He is also looking for his kind of people who can understand those signs. He could express himself in art, or in words he write, or poems, or his choice of movies or hobbies. His emotions are hidden everywhere.. only few people will recognise them and those people will never have problem to talk with silent people. Silent people are very compassionate. They think a few words is enough to express anything. No one needs a lecture or repeat things or be loud to be heard.

I guess you will have to be a very strategic and talkative person to do this effectively. Silent people are hard to get to talk. Hmmm my suggestion would be, try asking open-ended questions like basic information about the person (what they do, where they went to school...etc.). You should not ask questions that can be answered by a yes or a no. This way, you can really get the person to talk and then you can draw questions to ask from his/her responses.

Hi fidanic, I'm a very quiet person and therefore people have to approach me first in order to start with any conversations. If you happen find one like me , hhhmmm... especially guy that you admire, well there is no other choice except you have to initiate first the conversations with him. Good luck! SMILE:D

I think after admiring his any action or surroundigs we can open a conversation.

the best approach is one on one bases, most silent people would not react to you if there was other people around, smile and don't insist that they talk about themselves, this will take time but they will do it when they start to trust you, find out what their interests are and try to talk about it .. and maybe talking about your own problems and asking for help will makes them more compassionate, usually silent people care about others and would like to help but they fear rejection.