Nobody Warned Me How Lonely “Connected” Could Feel
🌈 The Screen Free Social Club: A Room That Was Made for You
I’ve been in a lot of rooms that weren’t made for me.
Rooms where I had to shrink a little to fit. Where I was performing “normal” instead of just existing. Where the unspoken rules were clear even if nobody said them out loud — be palatable, be easy, don’t take up too much space.
If you know, you know.
That’s actually why I started the Screen Free Social Club. Not because I had some grand vision for a wellness program. But because I was tired of there being nowhere to just be — especially for people like me, and people like a lot of my clients.
🙋Who This Was Made For
People who are neurodivergent, queer, BIPOC, or just deeply, quietly exhausted by how much energy it takes to exist in spaces that weren’t designed with you in mind.
📵What even is a Screen Free Social Club?
Honestly? It’s exactly what it sounds like. You show up. You put your phone away. You hang out with other humans in a room that is intentionally, specifically designed to be low pressure and genuinely safe.
No agenda. No networking. No performance.
You can bring a craft.
Bring a book.
Bring your comfort item.
Sit quietly.
Start a conversation.
Do absolutely nothing.
There’s no wrong way to be there.
We call it a “do nothing gathering” — which sounds simple until you realize how radical it actually is to give yourself permission to stop producing for two hours. To just exist without your phone in your hand and a to-do list running in the back of your head.
🤷Why screen free?
Because screens are exhausting in a way we’ve normalized. We’re constantly available, constantly performing, constantly consuming. Even our downtime has become content. We document our rest instead of actually resting.
And for people who already spend a significant amount of energy masking, navigating systems that weren’t built for them, or managing a nervous system that runs a little differently — that constant connectivity isn’t neutral. It costs something.
Taking the phones out of the equation creates a different kind of room. People actually look at each other. Conversations happen that wouldn’t happen otherwise. Something slows down.
🛡️This is a safe space. And we mean that.
I want to be really clear about something: this gathering was created with specific people in mind. BIPOC. LGBTQIA2S+ folks. Neurodivergent people. The ones who have been described as “socially awkward” and internalized it as a flaw instead of just a difference.
You are not too much here.
You are not too loud, too quiet, too sensitive, or too anything.
The room is built for you.
That doesn’t mean other people aren’t welcome — it means the culture of the space centers people who don’t always get to be centered. And we’re intentional about protecting that.
Come as you are. Seriously.
📬 RSVP or Ask Questions
Just real people, in a real room, actually present with each other.
If that sounds like something your nervous system needs — I’d love to see you there.
RSVP or reach out with questions at Nicki@TexomaSpecialtyCounseling.com.
You deserve a room that was made for you. 🌈