Does anyone else do this? Maybe not a wholdl day cause that wld consist of being around my family at some point and I don't have SA around them, but when I meet up with friends or am In a social situation..I think afterwards about how many words I said throughout the whole thing. Or well j think about the fact that I cAN probably do that..maybe count word one one hand even! And when you think how freely other people talk..they would never think about that. It just makes the whole talking thing so UNNATURAL and overthought. I just wondered if anyone else thinks about this since I often do.
Yep! I do this too. There are days when I don't hang out with my friends, don't say anything except "hi" to my parents and whoever happens to greet me and so I end up only saying a few words throughout the day. I think the lowest I've counted is 5 words in one day.
There are definitely certain social situations where I could do this. Normally when I'm home alone (I live alone) I talk a good bit just to myself and to my dog.
One thing I've realized about myself though is in a lot of social situations I will be listening to the conversation and enjoying myself, but then I realize that I haven't contributed at all or no more than a couple of words. Its like I feel like I'm involved until I realize that I haven't been talking so I guess other people don't think I'm involved.
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