I haven’t really talked with or had friends i could socialize with in the past 2 years. I think ive done some damage to my brain because of it. Ive forgoton how to socialize and its weird to be around people. Part of the illness i guess
I’m sort of in the boat of getting out a bit more and trying to plug back in a bit…
My therapist has been working with me to remind me… social skills are skills and can be relearned…
Getting used to people… little by little… and we’ll both get there.
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I tell myself: they’re just people.
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I’ve kind of gotten to where I don’t want to be around people. I’ve retreated into a dream world, and my grip on reality has loosened because of this. I’ve been this way for so long that it’s hard for me to imagine something different.
I went into isolation mode back in 1996, didn’t really come out of it until 2012.
I never turned on the TV, didn’t know how since it was complicated-on purpose naturally, no radio, no newspaper, no magazines, no visits to family or friends, no shopping unless accompanied by my (ex). no socializing on the computer, no movies…
the list goes on.
When I did start watching TV again, it was all so overwhelming, didn’t have a clue to who anyone was or what the tv shows were about.
Can’t say that it did me good to isolate.
Very hard to have to be out and about.
There’s no question that isolation is not healthy or wonderful. But I find that it’s easier to isolate than to tell someone about the life I currently leave because I know it’s not an good or impressive story. The problems I’ve always had with finding a job on my own or trying to find a girlfriend is that all the negative opinions of myself have generally been more on my mind than any accomplishment I’ve made since I’ve made so few.
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I have tried 2 jobs this year. In both offices, i find myself too quiet and don’t fit in. It’s like I don’t belong to there. I seldom say anything and people usually won’t converse with me. If I’m going to get employed, it’s going to be a big obstacle. But I just have a blank mind all the time and can hardly make up any responses to them when they talk.
Well, I isolated myself when I was 19. I hated people in general. I liked some people, nice ones. I never had anything to say.
It was bad. I would say it causes damage, I’m just not convinced that it is all permanent. I became more sociable in 2013, went overboard with it 2014. I mean like partying and promiscuity overboard. That was unhealthy too.
I have a few friends who live here and lots more who are out of town for school.
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I have thought that those of us who hear voices are not only hearing voices because we maybe crazy but that we are perhaps also driven mad because we hear them to begin with. Being put into isolation in a prison is meant to be punishment, so in that sense, it’s easy to understand how we could suffer from some serious complications as a result of being disturbed in the first place.
Isolation has made me more and more nervous about interacting with people. It’s a vicious circle.
I’ve had periods of little social interaction for years at a time, but I don’t feel as any long term damage was done due to those years. The mind is very plastic and can recover from a lot of trauma.
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Well, we’re in different lines of work so this probably won’t help but I’ve survived many jobs without talking to my co-workers. I’m comfortable with people I know and I’m comfortable here but I’m pretty quiet at work the majority of the time. When I worked at a department store about 6 years ago, I rarely talked but there we’re some cool people there who tried to draw me out. But yeah, people must wonder why I don’t talk but I do my job there the best I can. When I talk, it makes people more comfortable but at my jobs it’s not mandatory.