I'm sure we've all had to adjustment to many things given the lockdown, but there is one aspect that I've started using now that, obviously through not using it, wouldn't have thought I might have an issue with. And that is: videoconferencing.
Whether it be Zoom, Skype, houseparty (other apps are available I guess)...how do you cope, if you are indeed using?
I started using it mid-march because my faith, despite cancelling public meetings, decided to use Zoom early on. I initially thought 'great, this should be a whizz because I don't have to personally be with people especially if it's a no-go day for me'
And...it had actually been quite the opposite. I struggle in group conversation at the best of times but having it online had made it harder. I'm thinking it's partly an auditory processing thing (I feel like I need subtitles for everyone), partly prolonged eye-contact, also body language thing too, And then my recently diagnosed ASD grandfather finds videoconferencing easier than phone, but in the current circumstances I would rather phone (which is weird because I loathe phoning people for anything) than face-to-face on call.
I guess it's because we are all different at the end of the day, but I'm just slightly amused this had gone decidedly not the way I expected
