It's hard to interact on a social level

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thats not fair, i was going to a drop in for a while and they closed that too, :thumbsdown:

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Being social is really difficult. Just getting out is hard. Maybe try to get involved with a hobby. There are often hobby related groups around where you can socialize. The focus of the group would help with talking as you’d be able to have a topic of interest instead of just talking about random stuff.

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Yeah I noticed that too. If you are not a former jailbird then you get accused of being mildly mentally ill.

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Have you thought of finding an online support group? My AA ‘home group’ is about seven people living in different countries who meet by Google Hangout (free group videoconferencing). Works extremely well, costs nothing, and prevents me from taking a NERF bat to the yutz who wrecks the meetings for everyone in the town where I live.

I’m sure a few of us here would be willing to support you with this if it would help. Give it some thought?

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The hobbies I have tend to be insular and not involve face to face interaction ie crosswords, surfing the net.
There is genealogy but local genealogy groups tend to be county specific and only one of my ancestors has a connection with the county I live in, a 4 great grandfather who died in the county but wasn’t born there.

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I find myself isolating as well. I live with my family, though, so it’s difficult to be fully isolated (sometimes I wish I was).

Before I was diagnosed, I used to go to AA or NA meetings and speak in the groups. It’s uncomfortable for me to socially engage one-on-one, but for some reason it wasn’t difficult to interact in a group setting. I took an anger management class once, and it was a lot like group therapy. Was very therapeutic and socially rewarding.

I make chit-chat with the neighbors, but I don’t find it to be very rewarding. I like deep conversation, but a lot of people aren’t very interested.

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What skills do you have?

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how about a book club, or a walking /rambling group…they are big in the u.k i think.
that way each of these gives you something in common to talk about.
take care

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None that I can think of. Certainly nothing manual or practical.

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one of the better memories I have of interacting with people this past year was playing spaceteam with a group of silly friends, and it took no skills really, just a willingness to participate

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Unfortunately non of the book clubs in my town that are mentioned online seem to give a specific address before one signs on and without that I couldn’t join(has to be very near where I live)

Rambling would be ok if I had someone to accompany me and help me get home, otherwise it’s a non starter.

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I can strongly identify with you. For a while I thought I had gotten to the point where I didn’t need to socialize, but then I learned that I do need some company. Do you do any writing? You might try that as a way of filling up the void you feel you have in your life.

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Only very occasional bad poetry. I used to be more creative when I was younger but my creativity levels have declined.