In reality, there really may be no way, but there must be some ways to cope to make people a much more functional out in the social sphere.
It has been a reoccurring theme in my life: Even when I have really good, enjoyable interactions with people, I'm always drained afterwards. If it's negative interactions, even moreso. A lot of people in my life don't get it. "You're so friendly, everyone loves you and loves being around you, why do you just not want to hang out?"
I have found as I have gotten older (I feel 85 at the age of 25, lol,) my tolerance for being social, in any way, is starting to wane away. I had a very fun party with my family yesterday, and it turned out so much better than I thought it would (family drama rabble rabble etc.) And now I have a really good friend coming over but I'm just...tired. I know I'm going to have a good time, part of me is really looking forward to it, but I'm looking at the clock and thinking "crap, only X more hours until he comes, I have to do XYZ to prepare and then I'm going to have to put on my friendly face and be fun..."
It isn't social anxiety at all, I don't get anxious around people at all, it's just, tired. My batteries aren't re-charged, and I know I'm going to hit my "okay, its sleepy time can people go away now" LOOOOOOOONG before the other parties I'm interacting with are going to hit that point. Which leads to the uncomfortable "you're so quiet and checked out now..." comments.
So, how do you improve your social "battery" life without locking yourself away in your room for a week? Is this even possible?
It has been a reoccurring theme in my life: Even when I have really good, enjoyable interactions with people, I'm always drained afterwards. If it's negative interactions, even moreso. A lot of people in my life don't get it. "You're so friendly, everyone loves you and loves being around you, why do you just not want to hang out?"
I have found as I have gotten older (I feel 85 at the age of 25, lol,) my tolerance for being social, in any way, is starting to wane away. I had a very fun party with my family yesterday, and it turned out so much better than I thought it would (family drama rabble rabble etc.) And now I have a really good friend coming over but I'm just...tired. I know I'm going to have a good time, part of me is really looking forward to it, but I'm looking at the clock and thinking "crap, only X more hours until he comes, I have to do XYZ to prepare and then I'm going to have to put on my friendly face and be fun..."
It isn't social anxiety at all, I don't get anxious around people at all, it's just, tired. My batteries aren't re-charged, and I know I'm going to hit my "okay, its sleepy time can people go away now" LOOOOOOOONG before the other parties I'm interacting with are going to hit that point. Which leads to the uncomfortable "you're so quiet and checked out now..." comments.
So, how do you improve your social "battery" life without locking yourself away in your room for a week? Is this even possible?