tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438042079994420717.post8205085562885755177..comments2022-03-25T06:04:17.110+00:00Comments on Safe Space: Making Friends When Socially AnxiousJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02384805896552240183noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438042079994420717.post-68292536010168503952016-04-06T21:10:51.949+01:002016-04-06T21:10:51.949+01:00I agree, I feel like this a lot too. I'll go t...I agree, I feel like this a lot too. I'll go to social events because I want to meet people, but I hate starting conversations with people I don't know. Once someone starts a conversation with me, or I start talking to them, I'm fine and I can talk very happily but it's that 'before' time. I hate it. I've done the 'go to the bathroom to hide for a while' thing many times. I just feel so uncomfortable going to an event where everyone is already talking and seems to know everyone else really well - I feel like it would be intruding on their conversation & reunion to jump in and introduce myself. <br /><br />I felt quite lost at the first Drink YA event I went to in January, but the February one was a much smaller group and we fit around one table most of the time, which I think really helped with introducing ourselves - there were a lot of new people there, all pretty nervous. <br /><br />If we're ever at another bookish event together, Jo, I will absolutely come and say hello again, and maybe we can feel lost & intimidated together?Ailsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824021953575422303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438042079994420717.post-78024910972912978272016-04-02T10:55:57.069+01:002016-04-02T10:55:57.069+01:00What an amazing post! You have just described me t...What an amazing post! You have just described me to a tee so you are not alone. I go to bookish events by myself, sit by myself and don't talk to anyone because they all seem to know each other and it feels very cliquey and I would be intruding. As I type this I'm heading off to yet another event, by myself again, and I expect the only people I talk to will be at the ticket office. Maybe it's a red hair thing? Fellow redhead :)Bookishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537722092723003525noreply@blogger.com