Back to normal is great for everyone. But I am feeling socially pressured.
Added anxiety even though its weeks away.
Sorry just venting.
I know not everyone has issues with being social.
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It also costs me energy to be social. I’m an introvert.
Hope it’s for not too long.
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I’m in the same boat. All the extroverts are practically vibrating over restrictions being dropped and expecting everyone to come racing out of the gate to hang out in groups again.
Not happening. Arse off you prats.
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I need that shirt! Thanks for making me kind of laugh.
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Yeah energy is a good word for it. And cost.
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I’m aggressively social. It’s the other side of the coin.
Sure I fail often. But I try endlessly and like to connect to people. I think it helps mentallly ill people as you have to think on your feet and if you play the game you can learn and survive.
So. If your prepared to fail a lot it’s actually not bad if your learning to talk. It really makes a big difference in my life.
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This happens with me as well. Once a social event is announced it starts messing with me. Doesn’t matter if I go or not.
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I have some compelled socialization where I live right now. I don’t like it, but socializing is needed in my case, or I would end up a total recluse. It’s not a good idea to cut yourself off completely from other people.
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I am the same I hate going anywhere today i was out with my support worker to go to the only coffee shop in the area, but it’s in a supermarket 10 people in the coffee shop part and more in the superstore i had to leave as I felt it was too busy for me got myself soda and paid and walked out it’s been worse since the start of the pandemic I also have OCD as well
I’m unsure why I’m unsocial. Probably because I’m used to being ostracised. So why bother with the hurt and ridicule. But aside this I feel like I can’t make the effort. I’m unsure why. Maybe its my meds or maybe that’s just an excuse for not bothering to anymore. I get confused whether or not to explain my behaviour as due to introversion. As you can be an extraverted introvert too if you make the effort to adapt somehow or other.
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I also deal with socialization difficulties because of avolition, poverty of thought and poverty of speech. But of course it is still possible to be sociable, these symptoms do not prevent it
Just a thought. Take it or leave it. But I suffered with muteness. Poverty of thought and speech. But I randomly started a journal. Started to write down words sporadically. And doodle drawings using the line of the pen as a gage, patterns, shapes, faces etc. And as the year went on collected into a book of words that started to take shape into a semblance of meaning for me as the year went by. It was quite a forced effort but slowly built up to poetry. It took me a very long time to develop. But its amazing what you can do. When forcing a habit and not knowing where it will lead or how meaningful it will prove to be in the future. Don’t give up hope. I go through long periods still of not being able to do much. But I force myself when I can gather the energy to. And I can be surprised looking back although it feels meaningless at the beginning.
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My social skills are slightly under the average.
I have poor social skills. I do not know how to “read” other’s words or facial expressions, and often I say things that are inappropriate due to that fact. That said, I have a few friends at my clubhouse that I really work hard to retain as friends. It’s been a long time since I had close friends and I have to say, it’s a lot of learning some give and take. Socialization used up a LOT of energy, I don’t think I could ever manage being a social butterfly, not a chance.
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