“Research backs that up, too. In a series of studies published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, strangers who were forced to have deeper conversations felt less awkward, more connected, and a lot happier after those conversations than they expected to feel. While participants predicted that answering a question from a stranger like, “What is one of the more embarrassing moments in your life?” would make them feel extremely awkward and uncomfortable, the opposite turned out to be true.”