Shyness not new
My Mom has always been shy, she is not depressed. She does not make friends easily and has always been this way, this is not a new development. This is why I do not want her in an apartment alone. I want her to have her own apartment, but be forced to eat with others, which will provide social interaction. She is the kind of woman who only ever talked with my Dad and her family, now everyone is dead, she does not really know how to put herself out there. By having group meals, she has to put herself out there. It took her six months to attend her first bingo game at the place she is living now....now she goes to all the functions.
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