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Alone is the happy place because you're not getting enough of it. I think it's a balance between the two. I too need alone time and don't seem to get enough of
by onemoresoop 7y ago
Alone is the happy place because you're not getting enough of it. I think it's a balance between the two. I too need alone time and don't seem to get enough of it. I have a wife, a kid and a 9-5. About 10 years ago I was single, lived alone and at some point spent too much time alone which for a while was great but then I realized I became somewhat savage and the anxiety started to become an issue. Now that I don't get too much alone time I cherish every opportunity I get but I'll always steer away from long periods of isolation. It's not healthy.
- technothrasher 7y agoYes, you've got a point about balance. In my younger, unattached days I'd spend quite a lot of time alone, and after about a week of not really being in contact with anybody else I'd start to feel a bit 'disconnected'. Though just an hour or so with somebody else would be enough to reset.
- notus 7y agoYeah I think this is a pretty apt. When I was more social and hung out with people more I appreciated my alone time more but it wasn't really idle time because I was doing things that I like to do alone more. I guess it is more about having idle time where I don't do anything that can really ramp my anxiety up.