Are we getting worse at talking to each other?

this sums me up, I don’t want to talk anymore. I am now a closed book, nobody out there would care or know if I disappeared, let alone existed.

You are part of the forum and try and help other members .
I would miss you on the forum if you stopped posting.

Please take care of yourself.

Hi

I think it depends on where you live a lot,

I was born and brought up in Essex and it wasn't until I moved up North to South Yorkshire that I noticed folk were a lot more open and friendly to each other at bus stops ,in queues in shops ,etc and struck up conversations with total strangers to pass the time,

I must have one of those faces where total strangers tell me Their life story ,which I always make time for and listen avidly ,plus respond with my experiences.

You never know if that person is lonely and you might be the only person they will talk to that day or week even

It costs nothing to be kind and lend an ear.

I am taking things slowly, poor lad had a bad day with two DWP issues yesterday so his head was spinning. I am gonna send him a message later to just say anytime he needs to talk he knows where I am. I have also said at some point I want to meet up somewhere for a coffee and he said absolutely which is good.

Hi @Rag_793 I barely talk to people anymore either IRL, so that I can focus on working through my tangled insides. I don't do social media and never have. I've been increasingly silent over the past four years, and the more solitude I have, the more peace I have with myself and the world. The endgame is to integrate again with people IRL, but silence and solitude are necessary now. There are so many other ways to reach out to people by reading books, listening to music, looking at art, making art, watching movies, learning about nature, being in nature - to name but a few examples. Of course this forum is made of people too, and the pace is perfect here because you can come and go as you please, comment if and when and how you please, and select who and what you listen to. It's a perfect place for people who aren't antisocial, but who are needing a break from the intensity and noise of socialising IRL or on social media. Anyway, I really like talking to you here. You did a post a while ago about an emergency pack you're putting together that is really interesting. But I can't find it. Emergency preparedness is a project I'm working on too.

I hope you don't mean from here too, I'll miss reading your posts.

We're social beings, communicating with others is part of survival and wellbeing. I have a habit of shutting myself off and alienating myself when things are hard but it is actually counter-productive and isolating doesn't help anyone's mental wellbeing.

Find and protect your peace for sure but don't shut yourself away completely.

Take care of yourself

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