Do you think it's possible to be happy alone?
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A friend
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I've been repressing this for a while, but I can't hold it in anymore.
The root of my opinion on love:
Since my birth, my mother and father were at each other's throats. My mom constantly yelled at my dad, and argued with him every day. She threw things at him, cheated on him with several other men, and stabbed him on one occasion.
Though someone called the police, he decided not to press charges and continued living with her (a stupid mistake). He told me that the arguing was worse when my siblings and I weren't present in the house, and my dad also told me that the marriage was so horrid that he didn't have any dreams when he slept.
They finally got divorced four years ago, and many of my father's friends have gone through something just like this.
Even though my mom didn't abuse me and physically harm me like she did to my dad...Ugh.
Yeah, I didn't enjoy seeing that happen, and I most certainly don't want that to happen to me. Getting stabbed and yelled at doesn't sound like happiness to me.
So that is the main reason why I distributed my knowledge of the benefits of being single, and I think the best part of being single is not getting stabbed, yelled at, or cheated on.
That's why I'd stay single, because I want to live my life without getting slapped around or have something sharp slice my skin open.
The root of my opinion on love:
Since my birth, my mother and father were at each other's throats. My mom constantly yelled at my dad, and argued with him every day. She threw things at him, cheated on him with several other men, and stabbed him on one occasion.
Though someone called the police, he decided not to press charges and continued living with her (a stupid mistake). He told me that the arguing was worse when my siblings and I weren't present in the house, and my dad also told me that the marriage was so horrid that he didn't have any dreams when he slept.
They finally got divorced four years ago, and many of my father's friends have gone through something just like this.
Even though my mom didn't abuse me and physically harm me like she did to my dad...Ugh.
Yeah, I didn't enjoy seeing that happen, and I most certainly don't want that to happen to me. Getting stabbed and yelled at doesn't sound like happiness to me.
So that is the main reason why I distributed my knowledge of the benefits of being single, and I think the best part of being single is not getting stabbed, yelled at, or cheated on.
That's why I'd stay single, because I want to live my life without getting slapped around or have something sharp slice my skin open.
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coyote
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Prestonator
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Yes if you are happy being alone; if it is what you want. Personally I couldn't live alone because I am too much of an extrovert. I get depressed when I spend long periods of time by myself haha
Mr_Vabanque
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It depends on what we mean by "alone". Obviously living on your own physically and being happy is possible. The thing is anthropologically speaking we're communicative beings; given our constitution being happy without communicating is out of the question. Even physically highly isolated people communicate with some sort of alterity, a monk communicates with god, you communicate with posterity, justice, your audience, that guy who will one day read your diary etc. When we're alone for a long time we people space with phantoms says Maupassant.
When i was a kid i thought i could be an island, it's total ****ing rubbish.
When i was a kid i thought i could be an island, it's total ****ing rubbish.
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userremoved
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Yeah this pretty much sums up my opinion on the question.
findingmyself
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I think it's possible. It's better to be alone than around people who are critical of you and put you down. When I'm not around people my anxiety is much better.
EscapeArtist
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It's possible to be happy alone only if you forget how real shared happiness feels.
MrJones
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... or if you never experienced it.
Mickery
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The important thing to remember is that when people seek solace from stressful social situations, their relief is only temporary. Not only is the problem unsolved, it produces long-term issues which overwhelm the short-term solutions. For some, it may be how social anxiety develops in the first place and what prolongs the condition once established.
JamesSmith
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Sure, it's definitely possible to be happy being single. As long as you have a social life that you enjoy. My problem is that I hate being around people and hate being alone, too.
Prestonator
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and mine too!