I feel embarrassed to say this, but I straight up have to use reminders to go “hey, talk to X person” and set them up in advance. Because otherwise our chats will just be me going “happy birthday” or “happy new year” and that’s it for the year.
It’s not that my friends aren’t important to me, its just that it never occurs to me naturally to be the one reaching out. Can’t tell if I’m a bad friend or if I just have zero object permanence for people lmao
Damn, maybe I need reminders to do that.
You’d fit in great with everyone in Seattle. It’s expected here that you never talk to people you know ever, except maybe a happy birthday during a Monday lunch break you’re trying to justify extending a few minutes
I’m the same way! I think it’s because I’m friends with enough full on extroverts that my social battery fills up without me trying before I ever reach the point of thinking, “Hey, I’d like to chat / hang out with someone. I should reach out.”
Play games?
No talk! Just play!
this is like half the reason why deep rock galactic is so beloved, i don’t know of many other games where you can just randomly join some server and wordlessly (aside from the dwarves speaking for you) communicate almost completely efficiently
Does the picture imply that the two desires are contradictory?
Personally, I talk with my best friend like once a month…
It is difficult to make new friends when prioritizing the second desire, or at least takes a lot more trial and error, or luck, to find other people comfortable with that.
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A bit of a rant: I have this friend online who is lonely and heavily depressed but she also refuses to talk to people and put herself out there or talking to a therapist all because “she is afraid of people”. I have no idea how to help her.
I was kinda like your friend. There’s probably some obstacle that prevents her from working on herself. It’s easy with depression/anxiety to just blame yourself while ignoring obvious external reason.
how can I help her, what made you get out of that situation
what made you get out of that situation
A lot of help and support from people around me. Without them I would never be able to finish my college. And then overcoming my social awkwardness with a patient and caring person. Also gaining economic independence was huge for me.
Do you guys talk?
yea almoat daily
Well at least they’re not scared of you and you give each other some company
I literally grabbed my phone to text my friend something last night and deleted it half way because I didn’t want to have a drawn out conversation lol
I’m the worst…
