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The ONLY times I feel lonely are when I’m with people. I love being alone. People need to chill out and appreciate being alone more. God I’m so happy I’m not an

The ONLY times I feel lonely are when I’m with people. I love being alone. People need to chill out and appreciate being alone more. God I’m so happy I’m not an extrovert it must be awful. My extroverted friend was so bad during Covid sometimes he would go to business just to be able to talk to someone.

stronglikedan 3y ago
I concur, and I'm like you, but I also think we're edge cases. I believe most people are like your friend, which is why these studies of the gen pop usually turn out the way they do.
- scotty79 3y ago
  The edge is long and wide. I'm also like that.
SirMaster 3y ago
Yeah, I am mostly always alone and I love it. I have never felt any reason to have it any other way. I already read that humans are "supposed" to be social, but then why am I happiest alone. I don't worry about it and I just live the way I like to live and it's worked out great.
soco 3y ago
I'm extroverted but generally don't like people. So I could interact all fine and leave a good impression, it's just I prefer not to and mind my own business instead of listening politely to ramble. So there's no general solution to this.
- 93po 3y ago
  It seems the solution would be to find people you like. If you struggle to find people you like then the solution seems it could be to figure out what you like about yourself.
manicennui 3y ago
I left the city last year after living there for over a decade. I'm now out in the suburbs in an older neighborhood with lots of trees and big lots. I live alone and I've never been happier. Love how peaceful it is out here, and my neighbors mostly keep to themselves. I do wonder whether much of the introversion/extroversion problem boils down to those who have a rich inner life and can become lost in thought for hours and those who require constant external stimulation. It is likely a spectrum.
doubled112 3y ago
Alone is when I'm happiest. People used to look at me really strangely when I said "I'd been hoping for this since I was fourteen" about the stay home measures during Covid. I think I'm reasonably fun at parties/events/neighbourhood conversations, and I'll go, have a good time, converse and joke around and whatever, but then I need a couple months to come back from it. I have near zero desire to be with people. It's exhausting. There are 3 or 4 people in the world that I spend time with that don't make me feel like that. Good thing my wife is usually one of them.
- htag 3y ago
  I have a similar personal experience, except all social interactions make me feel like that.

stronglikedan 3y ago

I concur, and I'm like you, but I also think we're edge cases. I believe most people are like your friend, which is why these studies of the gen pop usually turn out the way they do.

scotty79 3y ago
The edge is long and wide. I'm also like that.

SirMaster 3y ago

Yeah, I am mostly always alone and I love it. I have never felt any reason to have it any other way. I already read that humans are "supposed" to be social, but then why am I happiest alone. I don't worry about it and I just live the way I like to live and it's worked out great.

soco 3y ago

I'm extroverted but generally don't like people. So I could interact all fine and leave a good impression, it's just I prefer not to and mind my own business instead of listening politely to ramble. So there's no general solution to this.

93po 3y ago
It seems the solution would be to find people you like. If you struggle to find people you like then the solution seems it could be to figure out what you like about yourself.

manicennui 3y ago

I left the city last year after living there for over a decade. I'm now out in the suburbs in an older neighborhood with lots of trees and big lots. I live alone and I've never been happier. Love how peaceful it is out here, and my neighbors mostly keep to themselves. I do wonder whether much of the introversion/extroversion problem boils down to those who have a rich inner life and can become lost in thought for hours and those who require constant external stimulation. It is likely a spectrum.

doubled112 3y ago

Alone is when I'm happiest. People used to look at me really strangely when I said "I'd been hoping for this since I was fourteen" about the stay home measures during Covid. I think I'm reasonably fun at parties/events/neighbourhood conversations, and I'll go, have a good time, converse and joke around and whatever, but then I need a couple months to come back from it. I have near zero desire to be with people. It's exhausting. There are 3 or 4 people in the world that I spend time with that don't make me feel like that. Good thing my wife is usually one of them.

htag 3y ago
I have a similar personal experience, except all social interactions make me feel like that.