I seldom speak to anyone other than my husband whom i live with and parents over the phone. I choose to spend hours everyday by myself. I don’t socialise intentionally avoid people and have for years now, i think its just my personality and how ive become. I read its common for recluses to have some form of mental illness but its more accepted these days to be a recluse than centuries ago when recluses lived in the woods sometimes and we’re feared. Im introverted as well i find i keep most of my thoughts and that bottled up inside. Ive always had troubles expressing myself and its too difficult being around people.
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I don’t cope with noise either
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I hangout with friends but i still never feel normal
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I am the same way. 
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Tbh my friends are recluses and weird like me they’re not really social like my brothers and their friends with which i don’t click
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I have friends but I’ve always felt like a loner. I prefer being alone. People make me paranoid. The illness doesn’t help. I stay busy and like to have structure. I wake up everyday at 7:00am and study some. I run errands the rest of the day. Then settle in. I don’t mind hanging out with friends occasionally, but too much and I start feeling like they’re in on making me crazy like a conspiracy against me. I think it, but never say anything and I act normal. I wouldn’t mind a companion one day. Good things.
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I don’t see anything wrong being a recluse, it doesn’t make you a bad person. If anything i am extremely sensitive to people and noise and life in general. I find peace within myself when im alone. It takes me a huge effort to spend time with my family so i rarely do it.
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I’m too paranoid and anxious to have any friends
Family is ok but I keep my distance from many of them too
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Yes same
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Im mostly reclusive too.
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It’s a choice, because i have no choice.
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I’m the same way. I keep to myself at the assisted living center where I live. I’ve been isolated ever since junior high. I’m 64 now. I don’t see myself becoming a social butterfly.
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Yes. Me too.
And I spend 95% of my time in the house as well.
Trying to start walking every day now, just to get out a little bit.
I just stick within a mile of my house and use my love of dogs as motivation to walk. I won’t stop people, but I admire all the dogs. 
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Sometimes I’m tempted to isolate myself, when something happens that reminds me I don’t fit in the way I want to.But then I remember that I like being around people; so I try to do better.
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Ducky I live secluded aswell. People’s don’t find it funny spending time with me. I find most people 
boring so that it make no sense to me to spend time with them. The only person I got connections with in my hometown is my mum. When I visit here with food I’ve bought for here it only for 5 min. Because she play around with the Zyprexa constantly and is mostly very psychotic.
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Hey there @Ghosts we do have a few things in common with each other. I’m sorry to hear your mum is very unwell. Enjoy your day 
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People mostly chose it for me. They want me to be with a stalker and I’d rather be alone. Usually if I go anywhere, the people who cause most of my problems show up, and I can’t take it.
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I’ve been too reclusive over the last decade and am taking steps to be more sociable.
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I like my seclusion as I don’t like to interact with people. I do interact with my mental health team and a few other people.
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I e always been a outsider and was bullied,molested , abused etc and i avoid people mainly because most of them are disrespectful to me and talk down at me etc
I’m not included in the neighbourhood but excluded hatefully and it’s always been that way most of time.
I don’t have friends as such.
A x I call once a fortnight who doesn’t have internet, a couple others I don’t have contact with anc a boyfriend.
I would love loyal trustworthy friends.
Also I have enemies who hate me and are malicious etc and I don’t think a loyal friend of mine would be with my enemies or atleast stand up for me and say their behaviour is not acceptable.
I am always by myself at home with my dog.
Weekends I see my boyfriend.
When I was single I never socialised with anyone.ever.
In the Gold Coast I was single and celibate for five years and always alone with no friends.
I isolate because most people don’t treat me right.
They are disrespectful, suppressive , don’t appreciate or value me but see me as worthless trash they can talk down at.
Not ok to treat me that way so I avoid those who do and my family included.
Meeting some Christmas because “I have to”.
To keep living where I’m living.
I love love love my land lady but da others …
Also have people say I don’t deserve to exercise and I’m not allowed to go to the beach etc
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