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Why Is Being Alone Made Out To Be So Awful?

You learn so much about yourself, and you're as free as you want to be..

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I guess because humans are just social creatures, and if you're a socially anxious/awkward misanthrope like me, people think something's wrong with you. There certainly is not anything wrong with wanting to be alone, though.

WonderingWanderer · F

Lol, "like me" exactly. If you choose to be alone, there is something wrong with you.

iHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing · 22-25, M

Why?

WonderingWanderer · F

No, I mean that's what society says.. I don't feel that way..

iHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing · 22-25, M

@WonderingWanderer: Oh, sorry lol.

I get kind of defensive when people say "there's something wrong with you". I've been that way ever since I heard my parents say it about me behind my back...

WonderingWanderer · F

No apology necessary.. You don't owe me anything.

Why do you think they said that?

iHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing · 22-25, M

@WonderingWanderer: Well we had just gotten back from China, and there are lots of people there, and they had seen how shy I actually am. And I guess it ticked them off.

WonderingWanderer · F

That doesn't mean there's something wrong with you.. Your parents probably don't know you as well as they thought they did.. It happens.

iHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing · 22-25, M

Yes, that's true. Thank you 🙂