u/tanya_riarey

I hope it's okay to post this here 🙃

I run a monthly meetup for people who find socialising in typical settings difficult and, as a result, struggle to make friends and feel rather isolated and lonely.

If that sounds like you, you're very welcome to join us! There's no pressure or expectations - just a friendly, relaxed group of wonderfully weird people getting together for a chat and some company.

Here's the link to the event:
https://www.meetup.com/socially_awkward/events/315569164/

I hope it’s okay to post this here ☺️

I’ve always struggled with severe social anxiety and insecurities about my appearance (due to cleft lip). Things have only started to improve recently, thanks to the incredible help and support I received from the cleft team in Nottingham.

I know how frightening it can feel when you want to do something social and meet new people, but feel too anxious to even look at people’s faces, make eye contact, let along to keep a conversation going, especially if English is your second language.

Now that I’m doing a lot better, I’d really like to create a little space for others who may feel the same way. If you live in Doncaster and struggle with bad social anxiety, appearance-related insecurities, or just feel isolated and lonely, I’ve started a small Meetup group https://www.meetup.com/socially_awkward/

There’s absolutely no pressure or expectations - the idea is simply to meet up socially maybe once a month and practice talking, maybe share the experience and funny stories about our social anxiety and interaction with normal people (I have plenty of them). I’d like to keep every meetup small (around 6–7 people) so it feels more comfortable for everyone.

Anyway, here’s the link if anyone would like to join: https://www.meetup.com/socially_awkward/events/314920477/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link&utm_version=v2&member_id=480999385