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You're lonely if you have solitude but want social interaction. It's very easy to enjoy solitude if it's only temporary. If during that period you lose the fri
by icc97 9y ago
You're lonely if you have solitude but want social interaction.
It's very easy to enjoy solitude if it's only temporary. If during that period you lose the friends you had, eg moving country, it can be very hard to build up connections again.
Then if you do want social interaction again, suddenly you can't have it and you become lonely.
So don't be too smug about enjoying solitude. Don't lose the important interactions as you never know when you'll need them.
The amount of time involved here matters. Do you enjoy solitude for a week/month/year/decade. Do you want that solitude when you're 80?
- firasd 9y agoYeah I don't necessarily seek out solitude, just noticing as a personality trait that I'm more OK with it than many other people. I always have something going on whether it's work, personal projects, etc. so I don't mind if, for example, I'm sitting in an office by myself. Whereas others want more of a 'buzz' around them. That kinda thing.