No social contact at all

Argamemnon

Argamemnon

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Do you think it's possible to be happy, if you have zero friends and no human contact, except at work and maybe at a fitness club or something. Is it possible to keep functioning at work (without falling into deep depression) when you're completely alone all the time?
 
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gio289

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not being funny at all but have u watched the movie 40 yr old virgin, i always wondered if he was content with his lifestlye or if he had social phobia. he dint hav any freinds but never complained about it, xcept looking for a girlfreind
 
Argamemnon

Argamemnon

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I haven't watched the movie. It's a movie after all, I'm more interested in real stories. I'll be 33 this summer, soon I will be a 40 year old virgin myself.
 
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Rise Against

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I think it would depend on one's personality. Personally, i wouldn't be happy with complete social isolation, but that doesn't mean it would be the same for someone else.
 
mndigi

mndigi

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At least going to work and fitness club lets you have some social contact. I spent all of my early twenties staying locked up in my bedroom/house. Well, sometimes I'd only sneak out after dark and I'd go to classes on weekends. It was as if I was rotting second by second.
 
jamez

jamez

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People are naturally social creatures. I'm quite alone atm but it's not something I recommend. You can definitely still be functioning though and if you really want to get out of your present situation.
 
Lea

Lea

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It is possible only if you don´t intent to be like this whole life and are working on getting out of it. Living alone and isolated as an aim by itself couldn´t make me happy - I always need some hope that one day will be better.
 
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Nabu

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Beside my parent, which are living a few hundreds km away I have no social contacts. That's why I like my job. I'm really graceful what I have and I don'T feel depressed. But I'm not sure if I feel happy with my situation.
 
antipop621

antipop621

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Unless you have a medical condition, I really don't think its possible to be alone and completely happy.

The only thing that keeps me going, is that I haven't lost hope yet, that one day my social life will improve. I can't even look a "happy couple" on the street without getting depressed.

Its thursday now, I'm depressed that I know I'm not going out tomorrow night or any friday night for that matter. I hate being so alone, I don't see how any purely "healthy" person can find being alone acceptable.
 
DaaaBulls

DaaaBulls

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No. Like someone else said humans are by nature social creatures therefore we need contact with other people. We need friends, we need intimate relationships, and we need family. If you don't have any of these then your quality of life is going to be really low. You don't need a million friends like the media or others lend you to think but a good friend or two and hopefully an intimate relationship would be enough I think to satisfy any human. Just my thought.
 
DaaaBulls

DaaaBulls

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Besides I think the word "happy" is used way too much. The state of mind you want is to be content. If your content with what you have and your life then that is the ultimate goal. Happiness is something that happens pretty rarely in everyday llife and doesn't last that long, atleast not from what I have experienced. I look back at my past and thought I was happy but in reality I was more content back then happy. I was content with what ever I was doing when ever I was doing it and sometimes I would get happy but it was never a lasting effect. Anyone who acts happy all of the time, and I know those types of people, are hiding their true emotions and are putting on a front. It is actually sadder to me to see those people trying to act that way then it is to see people who act down. Being down is a common trait so you don't need to act happy to hide this. Being content is what I am shooting for.
 
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whos_that_girl

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I have had very little to no social contact at all for almost a year now, and it has caused me to literally go crazy, as in severe mood swings. I have had family and friends in the past, but have lost many people due to death, moving, losing contact,etc. I only have a brother now and no friends, which to many people is very depressing, myself included. I want to trust people again, but the insanity I see almost everyday from alot of different people just turns me off. I'm an extremely sensitive soul and have obviously not taken rejection that well. I do still hope to have friends again, I do miss having someone to go to a movie with, share a funny story with, etc. Oh well. ::(:
 
kuze

kuze

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i have none besides my 3 family memebrs and im miserable. its really not nice. i would kill to have friends right now. its such a deep hole to dig yourself out of. its so depressing and hopeless, i have no self esteem, no love, i just feel empty.
 
LoneWolf09

LoneWolf09

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Argamemnon said:
Sad that so many people are lonely nowadays. Modern society sucks like hell.
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Yeah I know. Society sucks and economy does too. But to answer the question, it would be very hard to be happy without anybody there. I'm surely not happy, I feel like crap waking up, going to school and coming home to realize "Hey, nobody asked me how my day was or anything", then go to bed.
 
Predacon

Predacon

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It depends on the type of person you are. I think there are probably quite a few people who get by with no interaction other then people at work and have no problem with it.
 
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