As the queen of humiliation, I've dealt with quite the number of embarrassing moments in my day. From tripping down a flight of stairs, to dropping a a maxi pad in front of one of the hottest guys in school. You name it, it's happened to me. Over the years as situations have only worsened, I've actually learned some tips that might help you deal with your fair share of embarrassing moments, too.

Here are some helpful hints to get you through embarrassment:

Accept the embarrassment

Before everyone makes a joke about it, laugh it off. Make the joke before they can. Whatever may have happened, it probably could've been worse, and something ten times more embarrassing will happen to you later on...trust me.

Change the subject

So usually when someone makes a joke towards me I laugh nervously and smile, when really. I'm choking them in my mind. The first chance I get I try to change to something that has nothing to do with what just happened. Direct their attention to something else, move on, and try to pick up what little is left of your pride.

Bury it

So yeah, sometimes it's actually hard to move on from something that was literally so embarrassing it made you want to crawl under a rock and never come out of hiding. Always remember though, eventually you're bound to become yesterday's news. Don't dwell on something silly that happened, because I guarantee you, someone else will end up doing something far worse than whatever it is you did.

So if you're socially awkward like I am, clumsy, or just a completely lost cause, you are not alone, my friend. I truly believe embarrassment happens to the best of us and the only thing we can do is accept it.