Well I don’t know how to keep the conversational ball rolling.
Most of time its “Hey, How are you ?”. “I’m fine, thanks”. And thats the end of the conversation.
I don’t know what to say. Anybody suffering from this ?
How do I get the right conversational skills ? Any advice/thoughts ?
Maybe it’s alogia. I haven’t anything to talk about.
Well I think I can improve myself if I get the social skills.
How? I wanna try it too
I have noticed I become very happy and talkative after taking my evening paroxetine dose. I become so happy, that i start to event jokes. Morning paroxetine is small, so I dont become that happy in morning but surely the evening dose is high and i become very happy and talkative in evening.
But still I don’t have normal social skills. I think with meds and building social/conversational skills we can improve ourselfs.
practice can help
just ask a lot of questions to get it started, but also try to keep it 50/50 in general
I have it, It’s called lack of speech which is a negative symptom. Only practice can help it
I have this problem too. Its a negative, yeap 
… I think John_Raven is right, try practicing it. I regret I lost so much time in isolation. I went to a state, where I am on the edge of suffocating when I need to talk, yeah…
I have it too. Coffee helps me, but it also can bring on positive symptoms.
I’m struggling with this, too. I feel like this illness has destroyed my social skills. The worst part IMO. I do practice by talking with my parents, but they know me well so it’s easy.
Talk about simple matters like the weather or the super bowl. I often get foot in mouth syndrome when I think too much. Practice helps. Reading magazines help for topic choosing.
I struggle with this as well, but I will say I have been getting a lot better with practice. It’s like I had to relearn how to have a conversation.
Start with the weather. It’s easier to talk about.
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