Hello there, Ori
It often helps when you have some sort of boundaries set up for yourself and follow them. When are moments generally you would be ok to have someone to talk to or someone talking to you? When are moments you want to be left alone?
For example, if there is no way you can avoid being alone on the bus (whether or not these people are on there), then you'd have to scrap that as a possible time you can be alone.
So get a general idea about 'socialand alone times', basically.
I feel you might be
too open to talk to people as well and thus people miight have the impression you're open to be spoken to all the time (I had that
).
When you want to have time to yourself, you can just mention that. You don't have to avoid saying it or yell it either. When people talk to you, you can politely ask them to leave you alone for now, as you would like to be left alone for a while. (E.g. "Hey 'name'!
I really like talking with you, but I need some time for myself sometimes. Hope that's ok?")
If you notce they don't listen to you (they might not understand) or they leave you alone 100%, talk to them about it (just one-on-one, friend to friend) and say you like talking to/with them, you just never have time alone at any point in the day, so you sometimes need a break to regain energy.
If you're being communicative you also don't have to fear people thinking you're antisocial. It might take a while for people to get used to, but the important thing is you have to spend quite some time and energy in the beginning probably to get people to understand and keep following your request. Keep holding it firm and it should be in no time where you can more easily choose when to talk to people without it requiring energy/time at all
