Does anyone stay indoors all the time?

I do this. Wished I could do this all the time, but no one else is gonna buy milk for me so i go out for that, juice, and cigs(gonna quit at some point)

also, do you like my avi? Not sure if i should keep it up

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Pretty much. I go out on my balcony, where I have a natural environment withl my little trees + wildflowers and the big juniper tree. Not much outdoor space where I live + itā€™s hard for me to walk. Iā€™ve always preferred open windows to the outdoors, which is too direct and boggles my mind.

Itā€™s good you have a reason to leave the house. Being housebound is not a good thing youā€™ll only become isolated within yourself. Also I like your avatar :slight_smile:

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I spent the day roaring around the areaā€™s back roads. Very happy to be at home in my chair with the cat and a cuppa.

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I stay home doing reading and writing and surfing on internet all day. But I do get out of the apartment everyday by taking a walk in the park. There is a park just 5 minutes walk from my apartment. Itā€™s a big park extending to the Yangzi River.

I stay indoors as much as possible. Partially because I donā€™t like being out in the sun (very fair skin and an adaptive lack of tolerance for bright light), partially because I have occasional episodes of paranoia that make being in public very difficult, partially because I have low energy days where getting out of bed is the utmost achievement.

today I walked to an appointment, which flopped, then took the bus to the grocery store and did some shopping. this is my first day out in ? a week? and it went well. though I did get pretty anxious at the grocery store. but i was able to notice it and finish up quickly before i began dissociating, heh

most days i spend indoors, on the computer, playing dumb gamesā€¦ or sleeping.

i go out grocery shopping, or to the hospital for meds and psychotherapy or to get a hair cut. i dont have much of a life.

As often as I can, the backyard as an exception - though I only go out there to try and give my circadian rhythm a fighting chance.

I do, even in the splendid weather weā€™re having. Iā€™m hoping to change that.

I can get stuck inside my house for weeksā€¦if left alone for too long.

It just isnā€™t healthy for me to isolate, no good comes from it.
When I find myself in a panic trying to check the mail at the end of my driveway, I know I have to step outside and feel some sun on my skin, breath some ā€˜realā€™ air,
and see if any of those ā€˜livingā€™ folks are still around.

Even if I donā€™t interact with them, it still keeps me in a ā€˜passing for normalā€™ mode, which is necessary for me if I plan to keep living in this ā€œrealā€ world that I hate.

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I try to go outside every day. I donā€™t do it every day, but I try. Staying inside all the time isnā€™t healthy.

Several years ago, I sometime go outdoors at weekend. Currently I only go out for something. I mainly go to company, home and fitness club.

Following a bad episode I have decided on staying indoors for a while - the outside is just too much right now. Have ordered groceries to be delivered. After this afternoon and dentist tomorrow I am going to have a prophylactic week in watching movies.

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I go out at least once a day, but I confess some days I donā€™t or I just dress over my pjs :smile: Lazy yes. Check. Confirm.

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I dress over my pjs all the time! One day I had to get a heart scan and forgot I had pjs underneath - v embarrassing!

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Lol! :smile: Itā€™s easier in the winter, in the summer time is not that simple

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Summers arenā€™t that warm here in Scotland so is less of a problem

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There was a summer of 40ĀŗC here in Portugal

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Woah! I think my girthy frame would struggle in that heat. Do you have AC?

No, but my apartment is fresh :smile: