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rustcohle
Emu Egg
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Joined: 14 Sep 2016
Age: 38
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Location: Barcelona, Catalonia

14 Sep 2016, 2:23 pm

Howdy!
The other day I came back from holidays And I noticed that. My workmates gave me a good welcome and I replied them like an a**hole, not bad, I mean, like I didn't enjoy of my holidays. And It isn't true, I had a few bad days but I rested and I took advantage of my time doing a lot of amazing things. Well, at same day other workmate came back he was excited and full of happiness.

I am tired of all those stuff. I wanna change. But I don't have the tools to do it. There are some good book which I can develop my feelings? Some exercises? Should I see a shrink? What do you do, guys?

PD: Sorry if that question is already done, I just want to share my experience



tanq
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker

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Joined: 8 Sep 2016
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Posts: 63

15 Sep 2016, 12:47 pm

I like this book: Social Thinking At Work: Why Should I Care? by Michelle Garcia Winner
https://www.amazon.com/Social-Thinking- ... 0884272036

What helps me is memorizing the appropriate things to say at work and when to say them (morning greetings, hallway greetings, remembering names, making polite conversation, smiling). A lot of it feels fake, but doing it helps me get along better with coworkers. To borrow a line from Alcoholics Anonymous: "Fake it 'til you make it!"