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Butterfly88
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29 Dec 2025, 6:35 am

My group home seems to think from what I have heard that I don’t like to talk to people when in fact I’m very lonely and craving conversation. I don’t know if I’m giving off the wrong social signals/body language or something. Or if they just don’t want to bother with me or are afraid of triggering my PTSD. I’ve lived here for four years, it would be weird to just start conversing with people now. How do I prevent this from happening in the future?



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06 Jan 2026, 5:11 pm

I think it is easy to send the 'not social' signal without meaning to, and that once people have received that signal once, fear of rejection will sometimes keep them at a distance.

Butterfly88 wrote:
I’ve lived here for four years, it would be weird to just start conversing with people now.

I don't think it would be weird. Maybe a little awkward at first.



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12 Jan 2026, 5:28 pm

Anti-social or asocial?


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