Posted by Dinah on September 25, 2003, at 21:00:25
In reply to Started group therapy, posted by Tabitha on September 24, 2003, at 14:27:23
Congratulations on taking such a brave step, Tabitha! I think Fallsfall is right. You made a one year commitment to this group, right? So taking two or three weeks to watch and get to know the rhythm of a group that has already been established doesn't seem all that long. I don't know about you, but that's sort of how I started posting on Babble, too.
However, I must confess that I am one of those people who can't get social rhythm to save my life. I can be part of a group for years, and the only way I get accepted is if they mascot me. And very few groups even do that. Knowing when and how to speak in a conversation, seeing when a topic is changing, all those things are not only a foreign language to me, but not even written with my alphabet and symbols. I'm hopeless at it.
I often think of a small example to demonstrate how awful I am at it. The liturgy at church is all read together. And somehow people seem to read it at the same rhythm. But not me. My voice meanders on its own, with different cadence and inflection. :(
However, if I had any social skills whatsoever, I still think I would watch for a while before joining wholeheartedly.
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