u/wearycakes

There was a post awhile back (I can't remember if it was hot yoga or here) about "community" and making friends or at least quick chit chat with regulars that go the same classes as you. That post got me thinking that I could probably spend years at the studio I attend without ever making a friend or at least a yoga acquantaince that I can casually chat with or say hi at the studio.

As a result, I've been trying to chat with the instructors more, say hi to regulars I see at my classes and even have quick chats. I've made good conversations with the instructors and some of the regulars. So far, it's been great.

The thing is, I'm very introverted and it takes a long time for me to even break the ice with people (one of my best friends even told me, "you are a very difficult person to become friends with, you know that, right?") so doing this has been somewhat of an uncomfortable experience for me.

Now I can't help wonder if I'm being too friendly by saying hi or making quick chit chat. Has anybody else found themselves in this situation?

Am I overthinking things?

EDIT: Thank you everyone who responded, it's given me some perspective, I really appreciate it!

I understand that in order to find out whether or not my past eating habits constituted as BED, I should ask the advice of a professional healthcare giver, but this post is made in retrospect and maybe it will encourage others who are or were in a similar situation to seek help at the right places.

When I was younger I had a very poor understanding of nutrition, calories, and health. I overate for most of my meals and never understood that I was eating way more than I needed to.

Somehow I developed a really bad habit of going to the convenience store and loading up my cart with the following: chips (salty), Pocky or some other chocolate cased candy (sweet), a chicken salad (it's healthy right?), precooked sausages or some other processed meat, a small frozen pizza (the main meal), and some ice cream.

Other times when I was too lazy to walk to the convenience store, I would actually make curries with rice or fry up some deep fried foods late at night (past midnight).

Whether I cooked or bought food from the convenience store, it was always on a Friday or Saturday night, almost like clockwork - when I was stressed or bored, and always after my main regular dinner. I would always feel shame, disgust, or guilt for doing this.

Only this past year or so, I came across BED online and started thinking about that time in my life I would do this. Could this have been BED? It never occurred to me that doing something like that would have an official name.

I'm in a much better place now but reading about BED made me wonder about the past.