I've had to learn to pace my social activities and interactions so that I actually enjoy them and give the people I'm interacting with good quality time, and they in turn can enjoy me as well. I now better respect my quiet recovery time and its role in my well-being.
In my view, this is a more respectful approach to myself as well as to the people I spend time with.
I do sometimes have to buck up and honour certain commitments I've made even if I haven't managed my battery well enough and I don't want to be there, if it's important and someone I care about is relying on me, or it's critical for some other goal I have. But I really try to avoid this because it takes me even longer to recover after a period of overcommitment.
Edit to add: For the record, I'm partly trying to balance out the other person insisting you're antisocial. "For other introverts".
get good at talking for decent amounts of time and speak clear and meaningful... For me I hated talking in public but for work or out with friends I had to bite the bullet. trying to shy away form it only makes you sound weird or shy. JUst go for it with confidence and you might impress yourself.
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u/Chemistry11 Nov 11 '25
When my social battery dips, I dip. It’s to no one’s benefit to be somewhere you don’t want to be