Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi everyone,
I am here in the UK, and today, all social venues have been asked to close indefinitely. For me, this rounds off quite a difficult week - where all of my regular social contact has been cut off due to the global C - 19 crisis. I am worried that this will make me very isolated now (I am away from University at the moment, so away from a lot of people). Please could you help me write an initial message that I can use to reach out to friends I have on my Facebook list, so that I can initiate a Facebook/Skype chat with them?
I am quite a shy person, so don't really speak to friends often, but many have said that they care and I can 'always speak to them'. I sort of feel that I have lots of acquaintances, but few close friends due to my natural shyness (such as the difficulties I am having now in reaching out) stopping me from developing closer friendships.
I have drafted my initial thoughts below:
"Hi __________,
I hope that you are well? Just wondering if we could have a chat on here at some point (if you are available)? How's this C - 19 affecting you - everything feels so isolated now! I'm quite shy (socially) and having a chat with you means a lot to me!
Best wishes,
[My Name]"
Please could you say if this is okay to send, of if you could help me write something more concise that will help me reach out?
Thank you so much for any help.
It's quite formal I would think for facebook chat. I'd start with 'hi how are you doing?' Then when they reply, go on from there and say a bit later that your feeling isolated etc. Theres a few facebook groups being set up at the moment tooso that may be another idea. You could always set up a group or instagram page!
I like this idea - it's a lot less formal and if people are ready to open up, a simple 'How are you doing?' should be enough to start a conversation
It's kind of a script I use for communicating. One of many scripts lol