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Old Mar 12, 2016, 01:02 AM
Anonymous37837
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Originally Posted by omegalamed View Post
Wandering Soul, we all communicate and that is what people call socializing. We all do it in different increments which we feel comfortable with. Myself i talk and then i reach a shut off point and i am done. I want the rest of the day to myself, quiet. I go shopping and when i had enough i want to go home, no more. There are people who are addicted to people, they have to be around others 24/7 cause they need others to validate who they are or to get their self worth from them. And there are those very reserved, quiet yet quite content with their own company. And then there are those in the middle and those who struggle. The best way i know how is to go outside for a walk. I wave to a car passing by, i wave to those on their porches or others walking by. I even chit chat with other walkers. It is as easy as that. A passing thought to share with a stranger and a smile. You can practice this in a mall, a laundry mat, a grocery store, anywhere. It is perfecting it until reaching out and talking becomes first nature. It just takes practice. tc and blessings
Thanks. You seem like more on the introvert side of the introvert-extrovert spectrum.

Today I saw a man reading while walking on the side walk, and I was really intrigued to ask him how he does that. I wanted to ask him this question, but I didn't. I'm not like you omegalamed, not yet, but I hope someday I'll reach that point. I joined meetup because talking is part of the meetings. Practice, that's what I'm after. I'm just afraid to be embarrassed because my social skills are rusted, and below the level to be able to socialize normally.