Yeah this isn’t about social anxiety this is about intrusion of sanctuary space.
Out and about? Awesome sure I’ll chit-chat. Friends drop by for a bit? Cool!
Having a roommate’s acquaintance I barely know in the living room for four hours when I expected to be able to turn off my brain and grab snacks freely without forced small talk? Absolutely the hell not. No. Bad.
Who is this actually happening to? If I or someone I live with have a friend over for that long, we/they’re probably doing something. If there was anything close to small talk with a roommate coming by, its “Hey! Wanna join us?”, to which “no thanks” is always a fine answer.
Yeah this isn’t about social anxiety this is about intrusion of sanctuary space.
Out and about? Awesome sure I’ll chit-chat. Friends drop by for a bit? Cool!
Having a roommate’s acquaintance I barely know in the living room for four hours when I expected to be able to turn off my brain and grab snacks freely without forced small talk? Absolutely the hell not. No. Bad.
Who is this actually happening to? If I or someone I live with have a friend over for that long, we/they’re probably doing something. If there was anything close to small talk with a roommate coming by, its “Hey! Wanna join us?”, to which “no thanks” is always a fine answer.