How can I keep myself to myself?

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Feeling really overwhelmed. Started a new job and obviously got to catch up with lots. Whenever I go into the staff room I’m bombarded with questions and conversations. I know it’s mostly my fault as I say hello and be polite but I can’t help it! It’s not a permanent job it’s temporary and I’m happy with this set up. I think I may be ND as conversations etc. have always drained me. I’m looking at tips on how to keep myself to myself without being rude. My head is spinning right now with the amount of talking I’ve done today. I really can’t bear anyone thinking I’m rude or anti-social. What can I do?

Go to the staff room on off times when fewer people are there. Bring your own thermos for tea. I work in a small college campus and have to make an effort to avoid getting caught out in the quad by someone who wants to talk for 45 minutes.

I work with someone like this. She's not rude or unsociable but at lunchtime she just needs peace to 'decompress'.

She normally brings a book or a kindle and for the most part people say no more than hello, as they can see she's reading.

Wear headphones
Read a book
Sit in your car
Take a coffee outside

Headphones. Always have headphones. Say a polite "hello, nice to see you" and then put the headphones on immediately.