i think for me, its 2 or 3 weeks of no contact with anybody, while mom and dad were on vacation. it was hell for me, but some people like being alone.
I like being alone, I don’t really get lonely, just bored. So sometimes if I’m bored I will socialize like right now. Longest period of isolation was probably like a couple months when I lived by myself, but I still saw people at the store and stuff.
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I don’t think I have ever gone more than 1 day without seeing another person ever in my entire life. The loneliest I ever got was when I was living on my own for the first time, but even then I had 5 roommates. I just didn’t talk to them much.
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I can’t tell you how glad I was to be living with 3 other people when Covid hit. I never would have survived total isolation.
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Yeah, I live alone and isolating drives me bonkers sometimes.
I’ll even hear my neighbors chatting outside my door and I feel a strong urge to say hi or join in their chit chat.
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I barely survived quarantine when Mr. Star was working overtime to make up for all the sick folks. I grew up in a household of 11 people, with 10 cousins on the same block. I never knew the meaning of being alone.
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When I had severe anxiety I stayed at home for 1 year, but I was living with my parents so I wasn’t completely alone.
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I always do that, I never get out of the house except now for the Dr as during lockdown Dr apts were on the phone. I live with my parents.
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Before i get sick in 2015 i was in isolation from 2012 to 2015 all i did is play video games ,drink coffee and smoke.
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I experienced a lot of mental isolation in my life. Especially when I started to develop a private health condition.
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Same, but I kept playing even after I got sick.
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zeno i kept playing 2.
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I lived on my own before I got married for six months. I was quite happy with that. I know that it is a terrible thing to say, but sometimes I miss that sense of isolation. I never felt lonely. Maybe it just makes me an introvert.
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I’ve been alone a long, long, long time. I can’t bear it. I’ve learned that a person can live without sex, but not without any friends. I call my mom just about daily. And I call my aunt. I had two other people to call but they are not working out. I call the crises center every week or so, but they aren’t really friends! I have to watch what I say when I call them, or the police might come to my door. I’m always incriminating myself for no real reason - bad thoughts, my Imagination. Reading helps loneliness, and I play guitar 45 minutes a day. I also like to draw, I just posted a picture in the creative section. Oh, yeah, I have group text with my three siblings on my phone. I should be getting out today!
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I was holed up in an efficiency apartment in Tulsa, and I was on Haldol. I knew no one near me. That was the most miserable time in my life. I didn’t have a tv or a computer. I could have done some reading, but I was too demoralized at the time. There have been times when I was reading avidly, but this wasn’t one of them.
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It’s been years since I was really close to someone I trusted. I was seeing someone 3 years ago, but didn’t really trust him. People have abandoned me and I don’t want a stalker.
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I think the two weeks in hospital were pretty lonely for me
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The period from 2000 to 2004 was pure hell for me. I was very isolated, alone and outright shunned by everyone in my community during those years. It was pure misery.
Then, I had a complete change of attitude. I decided to reject everyone and embrace spirituality instead. That was the day my troubles were over.
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