I’ve noticed (obviously) that loneliness is the biggest issue people are having. Â Once upon a time, I was married and had dependable friends. Â …non dependable friends to I suppose.. Anyways, I lose said spouse in a highly unfortunate event, sob away in sorrows, fuck up with legal trouble (DWI) lose my house, job, friends, support. Â I’ve spent a lot of time to myself the past year. Â When I lost all that, hell yea I was depressed; the last thing I needed was to be completely alone. Â Yea, I became very suicidal many times but survival mode kicked in so I was left with the physical pain aftermath. Â But you know what? Â Dissecting the issue I thought I had, I was wrong. Â Having no one but yourself is not all that bad. Â I get a hell of a lot more accomplished and I’m never judged. Â I accepted the fact that meeting people and socializing is near impossible for me and I gotta say, I’m happy with this lifestyle. Â It’s been almost a year since I hung out with anyone or carried on a conversation with someone in person for more than 5 minutes (not including the product debate one would have with a worker at GNC). Â For those of you that feel you can’t continue this life of loneliness or isolation, trust me, the benefits of isolation out weigh the cons. Â You may think you do but you really don’t need someone in front of you to live a satisfied life.
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I wish I felt that way, it would fix a lot of my problems
I mean I wish I could learn to like living alone
It may seem far fetched at first but humans are built to adapt to change. When you realize you have no one to rely on, you start depending only on yourself and it becomes easier. I realized that by people just brought me down overtime. Hell, maybe that’s just what I convinced my self to make it easier but I have no regrets. I haven’t even made the attempt reach out for a semi social life in ages it seems like.
Actually I have never lived alone a day in my life, its fear of dark that keeps me from living alone and im afraid to live alone but yes u r right people can make your life a living hell and bring you down even drive you crazy
Hmm.. Touche. The sleeping alone in an empty house at night got to me as well in the beginning. It does get lonely at times, almost miserable but that’s out of common boredom. Any feeling you’d experience by yourself is something easily experienced living with someone.
Its a known fact men who live alone tend to die a lot quicker (for various reasons). Many men, when they lose the emotional support of a wife, have health issues kick in, they may lose the will to see a doc, are often not on health insurance (if the wife takes it way).
I know I am not the same person I was before I lost mine. Yes Im better off without her in most ways, but now I have a list of serious isues to deal with.
Suicide rates are very high among men who lose their wives, its one of the all time highest causes for suicides in the world period.
In my case, my blood pressure has been at organ destroying levels for months now, even though I have not really felt it (yet). My immune system is weaker, I am generally more tired, certainly depressed, have anxiety, and it is quite possible I won’t last (just from the stress).
I dont intend to commit suicide like I did back in August, but have the feeling that my own body will “do it for me”.
Yah that’s what I am afraid of aswell, im afraid of the dark AND im afraid of not having anyone to huge and be hugged by an afraid of not having anyone to snuggle with and stuff or run to when im scared
If it wasn’t for those fears I would def choose to live alone
Anyway don’t listen to me plz, cuz sometimes you have to pay a big price to get those things an I cant give my opinion cuz I have never lived alone
I payed the price for that, but in my marriage, she didnt give me that (near the end), simply coz she was cheating again. I never even got sex anymore.
So, basically, her abandoning me just “continued” what I was expriencing here already . She had already found another guy, thats where her mind went.
I wasnt getting snuggles, care, much of anything but being yelled at, blamed, losing friends,
I have no choice now but to go to bed alone, its just how it is.
Ya I live with someone who is giving me hell at times to, sorry for what happened to u
getting hell at times is better than getting hell all of the time 😉
I live in the Russian tundra. I have not seen a woman in 23 years. I have not conversed with anyone in the last 20 years in real life. I have never lived together with anyone, let alone have a girlfriend experience like sitting on the couch and watching her in her underwear walk around the house nonchalantly. I would have to pay money if I wanted something like that. So, that you guys talking about having lost someone, I dont even know what that is.
Daaaamn Oracle, that…is pretty intense. Haha all of my statements seem pretty irreverent at this point. How do you feel after going that long? I haven’t been laid in over a year myself and seriously don’t ever try. @Wifeisgone, my health is quite well (I go to the gym on a regular) and all my accomplishments wouldn’t have been done if I had someone with me nagging along beside me. Maybe I haven’t been alone long enough yet I disagree with the short life span. I lost my family when I was little so that probably helped in the acceptance process. To everyone – moral of the story is, no matter what your going through, happiness can be found in every situation experienced. It’s just a matter of accepting the life your living.
@oracle:
I have to wonder… how does one go about acquiring internet access and computing devices, without having “conversed” (or at least interacted) with anyone?
If you’ve found a way to live in isolation without being required to interact with anyone, i’m jealous.
On the other hand: seeing what you can’t have, is pretty frustrating. I’ve been surrounded by gorgeous women who want nothing to do with me, my whole life. I’d have to think not even seeing them might actually be better; “out of sight, out of mind…” so they say.