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How To Socialize When You Are Not Sociable
5 quick tips from my therapist when our social battery is low. Also, I tested so you would not have to.
Whether we are introverts or extroverts, we all have days when we feel under the weather, and do not wish to reciprocate the need of communications. And then suddenly you remember — there is that event you agree to attend: a family member’s birthday, a company’s event or your best friend’s wedding.
Sometimes, we feel like we need to do things out of our comfort zone for the ones we love, for the ones who have always been our allies in need. And in those times, trying to be sociable when you do not find the need of communications endearing is like having a callus for not walking in the right shoes size. It sometimes hurts, sometimes does not; but it is always there with a bit of discomfort.
After a few years of searching for the right bandaids and multiple tips with the help of my therapist, here are the 5 tips that always work to help us socializing with minimum effort when you are not in sociable stage.
1. Mirroring
Socializing without words— and proven effective by science through the mirror neuron wired in our brains(that neuron makes you yawn when you see someone yawns). By mirroring — or repeating your peer's gesture, it can establish rapport as the…
