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Eh, not everyone has a problem with being alone. I feel like this makes it seem like it's a problem for everyone. I am alone most of the time and as far as I
by SirMaster 3y ago
Eh, not everyone has a problem with being alone.
I feel like this makes it seem like it's a problem for everyone.
I am alone most of the time and as far as I can tell I have never felt lonely. I am not even quite sure what that feels like, but the descriptions from others make me fairly confident I haven't felt it.
Why does this make it seem like older males who are alone are just sad and sitting at home bored? I know single older males who are very active outdoors and such and they do all sorts of solo activities.
- ketzo 3y agoSure, not everyone has a problem being alone, but most people do, especially when it's for extended periods and, critically, not by choice. This is a post about a society-wide problem. Human beings are social animals. Time spent around friends and family is incontrovertibly linked to longer and happier lives. You should very much understand that you are the exception.
- mthtrw 3y agoA third to half of all people don't. I wish extroverts would stop acting like theirs is the only way of life and having a small group of people to interact with rarely is somehow an issue. Not to mention all the health issues that come with socialisation, like pandemics.
- Wowfunhappy 3y agoI think I'm an introvert, because I find that socializing drains energy. However, I find that spending regular time with others makes me happier overall. I don't know if that's true for everyone, but there's certainly a correlation between social time and happiness across the population. I suppose that could mean introverts are just naturally doomed to be miserable—but to me, it seems more likely that even introverts benefit from socializing. Maybe not you, most many if not most.
- SirMaster 3y agoI mean I certainly realize that I am an exception. I kind of wish I knew more about why it works for me and doesn't for others. My whole life feels like an exception lol. But I have to think that I can't possibly be that special or rare and maybe I just am looking in the wrong place when reading about how other people are in comparison to myself.
- zamfi 3y agoI think you missed the part where people describe their lives as miserable. Clearly that isn't you. But this piece isn't making that argument?
- SirMaster 3y agoYeah I missed the ladder part I guess. But even in this dataset I guess there are outliers who rate themselves 7-8 with 0 social interaction. I guess I would be kind of like one of those data points if I had been in the survey.
- rexpop 3y ago> not everyone has a problem And in articles about cancer, you also respond "Eh, not everyone has cancer?" You're being obtuse and/or cruel.