Are you lonely? How do you deal with it?
I think I might be lonely. But I also don’t like social interaction, for different reasons. It’s a paradox! I’m not sure how to solve it. This forum has helped though.
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bah dude… any moment I have alone is pretty cool.
I like the people I work with… I got ■■■■ straightened out with how to not burden or annoy my friends and family…
Still waiting on a lady-love to drift across and get stuck on it… happens once every 3 to 5 years…
So yeah… physically sure… otherwise I’m up to my elbows in a bunch of nonsense…
Gotta just show respect for people and their privacy and even their focus in the moment… it goes a long way.
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@Azley Sounds like you have stuff figured out. I feel like that sometimes, that I have enough. Other times I feel extremely isolated even around other people. Well, good for you.
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hey we are mostly all friends on here… feel free to PM me whenever. I know a lot of folks like keeping the chats public… but I do like getting to know people more personally.
I learned a lot about communication in general just from interacting on here.
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Thanks @Azley I really appreciate that.
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hey… no worries…
your absinthe-minded professor,
signing off.
Sometimes you have to step out of your comfort zone, go somewhere that you have to interact to some level. I think I speak for most sz when I say it doesn’t take much to get our fill of socializing. I go to a support group that I enjoy. Don’t have to to be to social to do something like that. A church group or take a night class. Just a few ideas,best wishes. Your welcome to PM me anytime also.
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Yes I am. I don’t really deal with it. I suppose when I go to work I am with people, but I don’t enjoy that very much as some people are very hard to work with sometimes.
It has been a long time since I have had any friends. I am in a position now where like you say, I don’t like social interaction yet feel lonely sometimes.
I guess this will continue, I am nearly 30 now and I have read online that a lot of people get lonely at that age, regardless whether Sz.
When you get to a point where you do not go out or speak to anyone other than family, you’re not exposed to situations that promote sociability. It seems like something that’s very hard to get out of, and the Sz does not help at all.
It probably makes it not as bad that I have always been on the edge of social things, but being completely absent from it is noticeable when nothing is there.
I always found it very hard to make friends, and even harder to keep them. I had some really bad experiences before with people taking advantage of me, and I am fearful that anyone new would do the same.
Now it has been made clear to me that old friends I used to see have no interest in me, and I am unable to create any new connections, so I guess this is it.
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I’m a loner by nature, but yeah there are times you want to talk, it can be very hard at times being alone 99% of the time.