Socialising for Beginners

[tyme]

@MDT @Appleblossom @Historylover @TAB @tonys ,

Yeah, defo about socialising being a muscle (for many of us anyway).

And geez, it's hard to get that muscle moving after having it dormant for a while, eh?

[Dimity]

That's helpful @Appleblossom re diversifying the social/emotional investments and  the succession of moments overtaking rumination.

And doing rather than being the vocation @MDT... a lesson learned in retrospect for me.

@tonys I'm not sure if I've ever had the chance to say I love and admire your lyrical stories. Thankyou for acknowledging my tag.

[MDT]

It is @tyme
But fortunately like any muscle, just gotta start

[tyme]

And maybe that's why we need each other 🙂 Everyone in the same boat - All trying to exercise the socialising muscle... God help us... I wonder what we look like from above? Some unco group banging into each other? @MDT 

[Historylover]

I keep straining my socializing muscles, @tyme, then I need time out to recover.

[tyme]

Did you do your socialising warm ups? e.g. breathing, positive self talk? @Historylover  LOL

[Shaz51]

 it's hard to get that muscle moving after having it dormant for a while, eh? ---- sure is @tyme 

Hello @Dimity , @MDT , @Historylover , @Appleblossom , @Owlunar 

[Dimity]

Hello @Shaz51 glad to see you. I'm hoping it's like my exercises and I discover muscles I never knew I had @tyme @MDT @Historylover 

[tyme]

Actually, I think that's what happened to me @Dimity . After trauma, I forgot these muscles existed until people and communities helped me find them again! All the best @Dimity !

[Dimity]

Thanks @tyme . Already the forums have been teaching me what to ask for in the way of support. And I've been paying it forward IRL. So I live in hope.