Why don't I enjoy socializing anymore?
Reggie Wiegand
2025-07-17 16:25:02
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Lack of interest in socializing can stem from many factors, including introversion, feeling drained by social interactions, or simply enjoying one’s own company. Preferring not to be around people can be a trait of introversion. A lack of desire to be around people can be due to feeling overwhelmed, needing a break, or valuing personal time for relaxation and introspection. Not wanting to socialize can be referred to as introversion if it’s a personality trait. Enjoying your own company often means you find peace and recharge in solitude. Groups demand continuous interaction, which might not be your thing, and that’s okay. It’s completely normal for some people to prefer solitude or small gatherings over large social events. This can be a matter of personal preference or temperament.
Kasandra Harvey
2025-07-07 14:53:34
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I don't enjoy socializing anymore. I isolate a lot more often and do not enjoy talking to other people. It's not anything serious I don't think. My interest in stuff has gone down the drain. I've been a lot more upset about life.
Alfonzo Torphy
2025-07-01 15:22:24
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You might not feel up to socialising in any shape or form right now. We haven’t been able to socialise as much due to the various restrictions and fear of a virus taking people’s lives. We’ve shied away from calls on Zoom after becoming fatigued by them, and like any unused muscle in the body, our social skills and desires have slowly withered as a result. At the same time, we’ve lost the habitual bonding we’d become so used to in our day-to-day lives pre-pandemic – the chats with colleagues near the office kettle, the hugs with best friends, the weekend shopping trips with parents – so our desire to love and connect has diminished. We create a powerful neurotransmitter called oxytocin – a behavioural hormone when we socialise, which some call the love hormone, as it’s responsible for sexual bonding. Oxytocin is important for social bonding, driving us to want to hug and cuddle, and re-engage with people. If we don’t use it, we lose it, so you may find you’ve lost that loving feeling over time.
Lucy Kemmer
2025-06-22 20:29:48
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Lockdown, social distancing, and the havoc they wreaked on memory may have depleted social stamina, making people feel awkward and anxious. Chronic isolation of the pandemic is linked to a cognitive decline in general. At one level, it completely messes up memory. Each day blending into the other — in the absence of commute, interaction, scenery — impacts the way the brain processes memories. The isolation may have also made us rusty in impacting our ability to recall words or things. For me, for 90% of the time now, I’m speaking only to my partner, in very familiar conversational patterns. I feel a bit shaky when it’s time to chat with a friend as if it requires dredging up a once-familiar language.Moreover, the brain is shrinking due to chronic isolation — it will inevitably impact our ability to connect easily with other people. Previously, research has shown people with smaller social circles tend to have a smaller amygdala, the brain’s emotion-processing center. Loneliness also plays with our hormone levels. A raft of studies draw a link between social distancing affecting people’s stress levels; even making them more vulnerable to depression. Researchers also note it can impact hormones that regulate social bonding; in that, some people be negative or paranoid depending on how their bodies process this period. Overall, psychologists are seeing more adults report stress over social interactions, ranging from not knowing how to bookend interactions without a handshake or a hug, to running out of things to talk about. A more instinctive reason for our “de-socialization,” if I may, is the few stories we have amassed over the year. Social skills are, after all, skills, and it only makes sense if they feel a little out of practice.
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