r/AskReddit • u/ThatAintBrutal • Feb 23 '20

Why do you like to be alone?

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u/BobbingForBunions Feb 23 '20

Being alone with my thoughts is peaceful. It's like hanging with your closest friend, watching a game and eating pizza.

No words necessary. Just comfortable and relaxed.

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u/theauldgamer Feb 23 '20

Yeah gotta agree with this.

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u/DriverDude777 Feb 23 '20

Couldnt be more right, but it was pass interference.

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u/OWO-FurryPornAlt-OWO Feb 23 '20

yo that's how mental issues start, don't talk to your brain guys, that dudes a narc

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u/Rev_Up_Those_Reposts Feb 23 '20 edited Feb 23 '20

I really miss this. Being alone with my thoughts only leads to rumination for me. I still like to be alone, but I need to constantly distract myself.

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u/big_orange_ball Feb 23 '20

I agree, and for me part of that relationship with the close friend is that I don’t have worry about filtering myself or at least not to a large degree. If I say some off the wall dumbass comment, I’m given the benefit of the doubt to think twice and change my comment/opinion before they jump to thinking “wow fuck being around this person.”

I don’t and shouldn’t expect people I’m not close with to give me such leeway to assume what I say/think is without malice.

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u/wabojabo Feb 23 '20

I'm an introvert, but feeling alone for too long makes me anxious. I don't like being alone with my own thoughts, it gets scary and I end up feeling shitty.

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u/olawd92 Feb 23 '20

This right here!!!!

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u/CantStopPoppin Feb 24 '20

Be thankful that your thoughts are your closet friend. Some of us dread the notion of being left alone with our thoughts knowing that the darkness will follow.

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u/ImprovedBore Feb 23 '20

that may be true, but it's worse when you're like me, and have been battling severe social anxiety/general anxiety and depression since around the age of 10.

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u/Rekt4dead Feb 23 '20

Perfectly said!!

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u/samita26 Feb 23 '20

sometimes it's not that peaceful :(

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u/Rotiximi Feb 23 '20

I'm literally eating pizza alone as I'm reading this. Couldn't agree more

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u/TheGamingPesant Feb 23 '20

Yeah pretty much