10 places you can meet new friends as an adult - how to revive your social life after being isolated in a toxic relationship

When I left my narcissist ex-husband, I found myself in a weird place...I looked around me and realized I had very few true friends left. No one to go out with or hang out with. I needed to get a social life.

Narcissists isolate us to maintain their influence over us and minimize the number of people who will help us see their flaws and who might support us in our efforts to leave them.

When we finally do get away, a lot of us end up with few friends or social connections While some of us need solitude, we also all need to socialize

We have to overcome social anxiety - I've made vids on that before and if you want me to make more vids on that, let me know in the chat/comments. But today we are going to talk about some actionable ways to actually revitalize our social life.

1. Start with support groups. If you haven't already, join a support group. If you're over the narcissistic abuse recovery groups, join the Shine Buzz Daily group, the SPAN Book Club or the QueenBeeing BEEs (Boldy Evolving Empaths) - queenbeeing.com/group-support or /span

2. Reconnect with old friends - those people you lost touch with. They are likely to understand.

3. Go to church, synagogue or another kind of spiritual place.

4. Get involved in the community - join clubs, committees, groups in your community - activities, Moose Lodge, Elks Lodge, community center, PTA, etc

5. Start your own group - book club, knitting group, bowling team

6. Speaking of sports, join a local softball, volleyball or bowling team

7. Find a place where everybody knows your name - a coffee house, restaurant, or another hangout place

8. Neighbors, neighborhood

9. People you work with

10. Meetup.com - people who have similar interests

In this video, we'll cover all the ways you can make friends as a grown-up so you can revive your social life after being isolated in a toxic relationship.

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