Flanscho
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Hi there. New to this forums.
When I was in my early 20s, that social phobia thing hit me really hard, but over the years it got better and better, and now I'm in my early 30. Last week, I was at two birthday parties. Normally, I can't stand birthday parties. If they're like three of my closest friends or something: sure. But with like 20 or more people? Sheesh... In addition, especially on the larger party on saturday, a couple of my closer friends couldn't show up, which didn't help. Dozens of people around me, dozens of conversations creating a constantly loud noise level...
So I sat there, chatted a bit, watched a TV screen displaying random photos made of this circle of friends over the years, and left after about three hours, quite to the complains of the birthday girl, who is a close friend of mine since about a decade.
Now, what I noticed on those last two parties was, that after two hours or so I got really sleepy. All of a sudden. Even though I had enough sleep, and am used to stay up until at least midnight. And so I wondered if the amount of input from all sides makes me that sleepy? Or whether it's my brain just saying "this is too much, I'm shutting off"? And quickly, after leaving and biking home, I got awake quite quickly again. It's weird. It's probably coincidence. Or maybe it's because of my thyroid gland, which doesn't work very well, I don't know.
I don't know. It sounds silly somehow. But that's how I experienced it. Just thought maybe someone experienced the same. Oh well, thanks for reading.
When I was in my early 20s, that social phobia thing hit me really hard, but over the years it got better and better, and now I'm in my early 30. Last week, I was at two birthday parties. Normally, I can't stand birthday parties. If they're like three of my closest friends or something: sure. But with like 20 or more people? Sheesh... In addition, especially on the larger party on saturday, a couple of my closer friends couldn't show up, which didn't help. Dozens of people around me, dozens of conversations creating a constantly loud noise level...
So I sat there, chatted a bit, watched a TV screen displaying random photos made of this circle of friends over the years, and left after about three hours, quite to the complains of the birthday girl, who is a close friend of mine since about a decade.
Now, what I noticed on those last two parties was, that after two hours or so I got really sleepy. All of a sudden. Even though I had enough sleep, and am used to stay up until at least midnight. And so I wondered if the amount of input from all sides makes me that sleepy? Or whether it's my brain just saying "this is too much, I'm shutting off"? And quickly, after leaving and biking home, I got awake quite quickly again. It's weird. It's probably coincidence. Or maybe it's because of my thyroid gland, which doesn't work very well, I don't know.
I don't know. It sounds silly somehow. But that's how I experienced it. Just thought maybe someone experienced the same. Oh well, thanks for reading.