As the school year begins amid a pandemic, many are concerned about the negative impact that virtual or socially distanced learning may have on children's developing social skills.
But what about grown-ups? It seems adults can get just as clumsy at social interactions as inexperienced kids. speech
First, I will explain what social awkwardness is and how it is related to quarantine.
2. Second, I will discuss some of the symptoms
3. Finally, I will discuss the best way to deal with it.
What Is Social Awkwardness? Social awkwardness is the feeling we experience when we believe that our desire for being accepted by others is threatened in a given situation
Research on prisoners, soldiers, astronauts, and others who have spent extended periods in isolation indicates social skills are like muscles that atrophy from lack of use. People separated from society report feeling more socially anxious, impulsive, awkward and intolerant when they return to normal life. something similar is happening to all of us now, thanks to the pandemic
Here is chart by ستاتيك سا shows the horrifying raise for social anxity symptoms
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Feeling lonely or isolated is as much a biological signal as hunger or thirst.
failing to interact with others when you are lonely leads to negative emotional and physiological effects, which Dr. كاتشابو the director of the Brain Dynamics Lab at the University of Chicago said many of us are experiencing now.
Even if you are in a pandemic pod with a romantic partner or family members, you can still feel lonely — often camouflaged as sadness, , anger and impatience and we can become oversensitive
——————————Now that we have learned about the symptoms I will discuss how to deal with it.——————-
Actually Social interplay is one of the most complicated things we ask our brains to do.
In normal circumstances, we get a lot of practice, so it becomes somewhat seamless. You don't think about it. But when you have fewer opportunities to practice, you get off your game. The surreal and clunky quality of virtual or masked interactions just makes it worse.
Haney, a psychology professor at the University of California says you should take every
opportunity to reach out to other people.
It is important to block out time every day to connect with others, whether through a socially distanced chat, phone call or, at the very least, a thoughtful text.
And as we all gradually re-emerge from our confinement and widen our social circles, don't expect anyone or anything to be the same.
And at last give yourself and everyone else a break. Have patience for your own and other people's weirdness. No one is the same after this pendamic
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