[OldTaylor]

I'm changing my diet to control my weight to lower my blood pressure to avoid a heart attack or stroke. I go shopping to be with other people. I use public transportation to be with other people. Therapy has cautioned too much being alone is not good. Even while in public I manage to seclude myself. Not matter what the activity, I dodge closeness or intimacy like a plaque.

[PinkyDoo]

Why? Do you get anxious around big crowds or just with people you don’t know? It seems like if you don’t put yourself out there, it gets worse over time.

[OldTaylor]

Originally Posted by PinkyDoo

Why? Do you get anxious around big crowds or just with people you don’t know? It seems like if you don’t put yourself out there, it gets worse over time.

True. And I've been there. The prediction is holding true. It has been forever since my last relationship Nevertheless, I find myself positively interested in if and how I might orm another intimate bond and have it workout fine.

[Keyplayer]

Hi OldTaylor ,

Heres the deal , the next time you are on a bus or mass trans , go early during rush hour and be first and sit in an empty seat ! , being rush hour someone will probably need to sit next to you , have the window seat , so you can`t get out without saying something , so you might as well say "Hi how are you today" , talk about the weather !! You would be surprised that that is the biggest selling tool in the book, so sell yourself to making new friends.

Before you now it maybe that person takes the same route every day and you make a new friend , now there has to be some good in that , right

It a trick , pretend you are master of transportation and only your friends are welcome on your mode of transportation. After all you were there first remember ? You make the rules and the new friends. OK ?

Take care ,

Later

Keyplayer 

[OldTaylor]

Originally Posted by Keyplayer

Hi OldTaylor ,

Heres the deal , the next time you are on a bus or mass trans , go early during rush hour and be first and sit in an empty seat ! , being rush hour someone will probably need to sit next to you , have the window seat , so you can`t get out without saying something , so you might as well say "Hi how are you today" , talk about the weather !! You would be surprised that that is the biggest selling tool in the book, so sell yourself to making new friends.

Before you now it maybe that person takes the same route every day and you make a new friend , now there has to be some good in that , right

It a trick , pretend you are master of transportation and only your friends are welcome on your mode of transportation. After all you were there first remember ? You make the rules and the new friends. OK ?

Take care ,

Later

Keyplayer 

It's a good plan. Thank you Keyplayer.