Focus on yourself vs talking to others

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How do you balance working on yourself vs the need for communication? I feel like I should focus on just myself so I can be a better person for others but I still want to talk to people because it can be depressing lacking human connection. But talking to other people or getting close to someone can hurt them. Has anyone else experienced this?

Carlo · Accepted Answer

I get what you are saying and I can partially relate to that.

What happens with me is that communication is part of working on myself, since I tend to isolate myself and avoid interaction. 
When I push myself out of my social comfort zone, I easily go in burnout. Then, I need to work on myself and isolate from the rest to recover. 
If it makes sense?

Mimi litter · Answer

Just take it one day at a time or one hour at a time. You can do it.

Kristina · Answer

it's not believing in friendship, all my acquaintances are male.  it's a mentally 👍🙂 writing helps.

Nate · Answer

That's normal, even though I really like my alone time where I focus on myself I do like to have interactions with others. It's more of realizing when you need those interactions. Like asking yourself. When was the last time I talked with or hung out with people. If it's more than a week then you should probably try to get that interaction

Taylor · Answer

You may be an avoidant

Focus on yourself vs talking to others

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Just take it one day at a time or one hour at a time. You can do it.

it's not believing in friendship, all my acquaintances are male. it's a mentally 👍🙂 writing helps. (edited)

You may be an avoidant

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