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Phoebe laughed at this:
I am lonely, but I find it difficult to be around people.
You can comment, using interesting insults (I'm sure that'd be ok with her).
I even find it difficult to start up conversations on IM. If you come round my house, I will be nervous for a good hour or so no matter how well I know you. If we meet up for a drink, it will take 2 pints before I cease to be uncomfortable. Because of this, I tend to avoid people. I think that I need to persist until I get used to it. I used to be more social when I was younger. I certainly used to be more social when I was hypomanic or in psych hospital because of a s-attempt, but, erm, yeah.
One thing that I am pleased with: Livejournal helps when I have made friends but I can't really cope with them for a while. Previously, I would just dump people whenever I moved into a socially phobic period (lasting between 3 months and 8 months). Now, you can read of my crapness and understand that going to your party/meeting up at Bi Underground/responding to your friendly emails is nigh on impossible for me at times.
Do you want to help end my social isolation? You don't have to comment either way as I don't want to put you under pressure. I suppose I should go to more stuff.
There's a Gertrude Gig (click on gigs if you used the 'gig' link) on Tuesday 3rd October. It's cheap to get in, and I will hopefully be there. Gertrude are on Myspace if you want to check them out.
I'm off to see Phoebe's dad and (probably) his girlfriend later, so that's a good thing. I really like Alex. He's very easy to talk to and really sweet.
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I am lonely, but I find it difficult to be around people.
You can comment, using interesting insults (I'm sure that'd be ok with her).
I even find it difficult to start up conversations on IM. If you come round my house, I will be nervous for a good hour or so no matter how well I know you. If we meet up for a drink, it will take 2 pints before I cease to be uncomfortable. Because of this, I tend to avoid people. I think that I need to persist until I get used to it. I used to be more social when I was younger. I certainly used to be more social when I was hypomanic or in psych hospital because of a s-attempt, but, erm, yeah.
One thing that I am pleased with: Livejournal helps when I have made friends but I can't really cope with them for a while. Previously, I would just dump people whenever I moved into a socially phobic period (lasting between 3 months and 8 months). Now, you can read of my crapness and understand that going to your party/meeting up at Bi Underground/responding to your friendly emails is nigh on impossible for me at times.
Do you want to help end my social isolation? You don't have to comment either way as I don't want to put you under pressure. I suppose I should go to more stuff.
There's a Gertrude Gig (click on gigs if you used the 'gig' link) on Tuesday 3rd October. It's cheap to get in, and I will hopefully be there. Gertrude are on Myspace if you want to check them out.
I'm off to see Phoebe's dad and (probably) his girlfriend later, so that's a good thing. I really like Alex. He's very easy to talk to and really sweet.
Last day to sign up as an early adopter to
Stay on top of your chores
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