Does Socializing too much make you less sociable?

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Do you sometimes begin to loose your set of social skills and does that intricate wokrings of them in your head begin to decay and you either become very absent or very confused about how to socialize (all after socializing for a long time with a set of people who arent your friends)

I think it takes a tremendous amount of effort on our parts to keep up with NTs in the socializing department. I find myself getting mentally exhausted very quickly.

Definitely. I know when I start stuttering, losing words or getting flappy that I'm overtired or stressed, and I need to book in some quiet time to recharge my social batteries. I have far less meltdowns now that I know what the warning signs are. I'm fine as long as I don't try and cram too much social stuff into my schedule.

funnily, it can go either way for me. 9 times out of 10 i will feel exhausted fairly quickly. but every once in a while i feel that social interaction propels me forward - there is usually some kind of crash tho where once tired, it is as if my social skills are pulled out from under my feet.

i have (almost) learnt to pre-empt this by measuring my social energy in quite a cynical way. by this i mean that i aim to socialise for a given time and then run for the hills before it gets messy.

I generally like people, but to spend time socializing is very exhausting. It is particularly hard if I find the people involved uninteresting. As I get older I spend much more of my time alone, and am perfectly happy with it.

My inner curmudgeon has grown as I have become older, and I have less patience with fools these days. I'm also bothered less and less by the social whirl, and more with spending quality time alone or with special people who don't drain my energy.

I must say YES. When I have a bad night at a local Signing Community gathering here in Cincinnati, OH, USA, and most if not all of the people are rejecting me, I begin to believe my AS is worse than ever before. Then I tell my parents about it when they take me to the grocery store every weekend, and they refuse to believe my AS has in fact gotten worse. I believe that taking more medicine will NOT improve how sociable I am. But having many good nights at the events would NOT make me less sociable. It's only too many BAD nights that make me less sociable.

That's true. They say practice makes perfect but after too much socializing my social skills start to deteriorate...

When I'm tired of socializing, I tend to get dreamy and make vague statements because I can't pinpoint exactly what I want to say. And sometimes if people call my name in a conversation, I don't hear them. My friend says I'm "stoning," even though I'm not, haha. Socializing is draining!

Yes