At a recent AANE group session, we discussed AI and how it effects us. For me, AI kind of scares me because of the potential for scams and fraud. From childhood on with my family I was always told I was too sensitive in communication. I do not care for the social niceties because sometimes I feel they are fake. I know at times I want to tell the truth but I know there is a risk there and people do not want to hear it. I struggle with anxiety most of my life and it was a part of some of my family members personality. It came down from my father. I am great at overthinking in my day to day life. It caused me to walk away from situations that, if I had been more patient, would have turned out just fine. At times I give up too easily on good experiences. At other times I just did not like dealing with the conflicts. I have worked with my therapist for over 25 years and we have learned a lot from each other.
Some Discussion Topics from my ANNE group session on 10/6/26
Here are some of the topic ideas that we can choose from through out the series..
Kelly Urban is the group leader.
Discussion Topics
- Friendships/Relationships
- AI
- Being sensitive (sensory wise) vs others being “too sensitive” in communication – preferring truth to social niceties
- Interest sharing (each person has the opportunity to “present” a topic)
- Anxiety (continued)
- Sleep?
- Working with therapists/other providers?
- Grief
Today we talked about being behind in life at a certain age. For me it was graduating from college older. One time I was turned down for a job by a christian company due to the fact I was not married or had kids. I was told various times in the hotel industry I did not fit the image due to age. I always felt out of place and the wrong time to do better in my career. Today it was why do you not own a house or have kids.