1001 Ways To Appear Functional (even Though You're Not)

[Ronin]

Limit communication to social phrases and sympathetic body language, less chances to completely miss the topic of the conversation & appropriate responses. It's also very multi-use :D

 

[ladee]

One size fits all @Cashew.... like this one !!!

 

[illusionist]

My old time favourite....cover yourself in olbas oil..cold alert!...watch people trying not to come near you.

 

[Marie E.]

I put my happy face on and practice my opposite to emotion skill, lol! I smile and wave to neighbors, walk slowly, when I really want to just run like hell to the safety of my apartment! Jump in for cover!!

 

[Heather]

Drive my daughter to her friends house for an overnight and hang out with the parents and have normal conversation.

All the while I AM DYING INSIDE.

 

[AngryVictim]

1000 pairs of underwear!! Lol!! Oh thats great. Nice post, thank you :)

 

[AngryVictim]

Limit communication to social phrases and sympathetic body language, less chances to completely miss the t...

How sad that this works!! So true, our fellow humans dont often make effort to go beyond generic social banter, do we?

 

[Socha]

I wear hats all the time. Some people don't recognize me without one.
When I see someone on campus I know I just wave and keep walking as if I was in a hurry to not be late for the next class.
I also avoid smoking areas on campus because they seem to be magnets for people who feel the need to socialize with random strangers.
I keep moving boxes or laundry baskets ready. So when someone comes over rather spontaniously (as in "hey I'm coming over next week") I throw everything in there and it in my bedroom.

 

[Chava]

I go to a party once a year, maybe. I don't cook or bake anything, but I buy something fancy and bring it on a fine bone China serving dish.

 

[Socha]

Keep your cell phone to your ear so when you talk to yourself no one knows.

...except when someone is actually calling you and it starts ringing in the middle of the conversation you're having with yourself :p

 

[seedling]

I cook a whole lot of something. Make my lunches ahead of time for each day of the coming week. Throw some in the freezer for weeks I can't cook.
I grab a lunch and eat the same thing every day.
At work it looks like I eat well and take care of myself when everyone else is grabbing quick take out or frozen whatever in the microwave.
Little do they know....;)
I do some of my most productive cooking when anxious.

 

[KwanYingirl]

I make sure my faucets are always gleaming and my door to my fridge is always clean. I have an air purifier running all day for my asthma which doubles as a dust removal system. I never have to dust. Also the toilet is always clean. Hopefully that all takes the focus of the 18 piles of crap I have lying on every surface of my condo!