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 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Considering Alcohol for Socialising

dirac
Posted: 15 Sep 2021, 10:04 am 

Replies: 23
Views: 4,271
When I was in my late teens and early twenties I used alcohol to relieve social anxiety. At first it worked and it was really fun. But then I started increasing the frequency and quantity that I drank and I felt things getting out of hand. I did a few things I still regret, and it gradually stopped ...

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Executive Function Cycles

dirac
Posted: 15 Sep 2021, 9:55 am 

Replies: 10
Views: 1,194
I'm using my tendency to get obsessed to my advantage. Usually I have many projects in progress, some are more "boring", but pay the bills, others are hobby, or just something I enjoy doing and I use working on "fun" projects as a reward for putting at least 4 hours into "b...

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Executive Function Cycles

dirac
Posted: 15 Sep 2021, 8:42 am 

Replies: 10
Views: 1,194
What a lot of people don't realize is that depression is a very wide spectrum, first stage of depression is not actually feeling depressed in a sense most people think of it, but struggling with motivation and executive function. Yes, I totally agree with this! This is something that has just dawne...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Is this progress?

dirac
 Post subject: Re: Is this progress?
Posted: 15 Sep 2021, 8:34 am 

Replies: 3
Views: 847
... I would wind up saying something off topic or incredibly stupid. I think "off-topic" and "incredibly stupid" are vague and matters of personal judgment. What seems incredibly stupid is more likely something that most of the other people in the conversation don't agree with o...

 Forum: Work and finding a Job   Topic: Executive Function Cycles

dirac
Posted: 15 Sep 2021, 7:04 am 

Replies: 10
Views: 1,194
Yes, I am also 36, and I also struggle with periods of more pronounced executive function difficulty. It is very frustrating, and for me I think these periods usually do coincide with periods of burnout. I also struggle with the tendency to get obsessed with or addicted to things, and I think this f...

 Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Topic: Do I even WANT to have "close" friends anymore?

dirac
Posted: 15 Sep 2021, 6:00 am 

Replies: 16
Views: 1,921
I have also sort of given up on having friends. To be honest, if my job and living situation are stable and comfortable, then I don't really want many friends. I am perfectly content to just do my work and pursue my interests, and I enjoy life. However I occasionally have periods when I feel isolate...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: What do you miss about the 1990's

dirac
Posted: 05 Sep 2021, 6:42 am 

Replies: 166
Views: 5,619
Thing I miss about the early 1990s is no mobile phones. We were the last generation to sit next to a landline waiting for a phone call. We had to wait for the radio to play the latest music, Watched TV with lots of funny advertisments, Get the news at 6.30pm rather than play video games or stare at...
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