Becoming a more private person

[Tradd]

How do you go from being a person who willingly shared lots of stuff with people, say coworkers you don't see outside of the office, to keeping more stuff private - without everyone thinking something is very wrong when you're not sharing as much or are more quiet?

[lolar2]

You could come up with some more neutral general things to talk about, so that you still are talking a lot but about different topics.

[PoetryLover]

I would *talk* to them just as much, but I would make the conversation mostly about them. People like to talk about themselves. As long as you're still talking to them, they may not notice much of a difference. Also, I might talk about a couple personal things that aren't too personal, like a book I read, TV show or movie I watched, or new hobby I'd taken up.

[Ravenlunatic]

Yes what the PP have said and also I don't think there is anything wrong about admitting to people that you are trying to be more introspective these days and a better listener and that is why you aren't chatting about yourself as much.