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self isolation

corvus

i've been isolating myself from others since i was a small kid; and i still struggle with it to this day.

when i am overwhelmed by noise, or by people, i instinctively isolate back into my room - as i always have. it's not that i don't enjoy the company of people - it's just the only way i have learnt to cope with a world which does not take me seriously or accommodate it. and god, does it make me feel lonely and awful. but i just don't know how to go about it in any other way.

does anybody relate to this? has anybody been able to stop this, and how?

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  • Yes, but I think the retreating to safety can become a habit or a default reaction. I’ve done this much more since the pandemic lockdowns and I think it becomes a sort of self fulfilling thing - you don’t go out so you get less opportunities and invitations, and then the increasingly rare occasions you do have opportunity become much more stressful.

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  • Yes, but I think the retreating to safety can become a habit or a default reaction. I’ve done this much more since the pandemic lockdowns and I think it becomes a sort of self fulfilling thing - you don’t go out so you get less opportunities and invitations, and then the increasingly rare occasions you do have opportunity become much more stressful.

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