So, before COVID I was building up my social skills slowly step by step. My social problems are caused by autism, mild stutter and I am an introvert. Oh yeah, I also have GAD so you could probably imagine that’s not the best combination of traits to have when you’re in a social setting.
But, I got to a point where I was pretty decent at speaking to people and I was feeling pretty proud of it. This was the one thing in life that triggered me the most.
Unfortunately, as y’all know, COVID happened and we were forced into our homes. I live in the Netherlands and the Covid measures were pretty strict during that 2 and a half years. I actually liked it but my friendships started to go downhill.
After COVID, when I regularly had to see people again, I felt I lost all the progress that I had made before that time. Again,I was standing in a group of people, my head full of anxious thoughts and not knowing how to react to people. My body language was also terrible again.
It’s just really frustrating that when I felt like I did it I lost my progress. I’m now slowly building that confidence but it’s draining. Hope anyone can relate.
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I know what you mean. I think the whole world is going through this. I am feeling this way too, and I was talking to some friends, and they were saying they were having a hard time as well. Everybody is still off-kilter due to covid.