The kind where if you have to be around people you feel more comfortable in a group than with just one other person?

I get nervous around "dead air" if I'm with people so if I'm the only other person I feel pressure to be interesting and it's exhausting. If there's a group of people it's not so bad because it divides the responsibility of being entertaining around all of us so I don't have to worry if I'm boring. I can just chill and let other people talk.

Plus I find I'm better at bouncing off of others than initiating conversation.

  • cresspacito [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    It's just something you learn to get better at, tbh. I had a pretty lonely childhood with extremely inattentive parents, but post uni, customer service jobs, and other stuff I've become a decent conversationalist. Practice makes perfect comrade!