Can You Handle Being Alone?

[juicylips]

Or are you the type of person that needs to be around lots of people?

Do you go through times where you feel the need to get alone with your thoughts?

JL

 

[Starblayde]

Other people are the one thing I couldn't be without.

 

[WhiteRose]

In order of preference:
1) Spending time alone doing whatever I want
2) Hanging out with a few friends
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10) Being in a large crowd.

 

[stargazer]

home alone

For the most part, I enjoy being around people; however, after trying to get my two teenagers out the door for school this morning, I feel a definate need to be alone.....

 

[koalabear]

Re: home alone

For the most part, I enjoy being around people; however, after trying to get my two teenagers out the door for school this morning, I feel a definate need to be alone.....

Ditto......nice to get away from an 11 year old now and then.

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[Lasz]

I need both world. They are like yin and yang for me. I need both of these. When i take thoese personalities I come off as niether an extrovert nor introvert.

 

[WhiteRose]

When you work in customer service and deal with not only your management and co-workers all day but also the customers, I need time away from everyone to just rejuvenate.

 

[vylette]

i enjoy my time alone...there is no doubt about that...but i could never be alone on a regular basis...for me a few hours or more and i am ready to see either my husband, child or friends...

 

[juicylips]

When you work in customer service and deal with not only your management and co-workers all day but also the customers, I need time away from everyone to just rejuvenate.

What do you do when you are alone to rejuvenate?

I am nosey.
JL

 

[missy2]

Time alone is necessary if I want to accomplish something.
No large groups,either.One on one time with loved ones can't be beat.Wish I had more time to myself.

 

[cutie pie]

I prefer a balance of time alone and time with people. Of course, there are times when I crave companionship when I'm alone. . . .keep me company, JL?

 

[ksmybuttons]

I lived alone for over 10 years. I loved it. Have been married now for 14. Last February my husband went away for 4 days(first time he had left me alone, I have left him alone frequently.) It was an odd feeling, being alone for that much time after so long. I enjoyed myself immensely. I wonder when he will take off again?

I get up early before anyone else and take time for myself. I don't think I could make it through the day without that. Lit has eaten up some of that time, now.

 

[stargazer]

time alone

I've heard the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is how they "recharge". An introvert needs time alone to recharge; an extrovert needs people for his/her recharge. Even though I throughly enjoy people, I need my time alone. I love to read, walk the dog (which I did after my first post on this thread), watch a movie, even sit at the mall and "people watch". I love being home alone to clean or do laundry. One of my favorite summer things is mowing the lawn. Noone bothers me; probably the fear that I'll have them take over. It may be that, when I'm alone, I can focus more on me. When I am with people, I focus more on them and what they want. I may not be making alot of sense here; I know, for my own good (and friends and family) I need my alone time.

 

[sabbathstorm]

I am the type of person that enjoys having time to herself. Having a family and going to school doesn't exactly leave me with a lot of time to myself but Sundays have become mine.

Most of my best problem solving is done on my own. I have authority issues and need to be in control

Normally, my work involves a lot of interaction with people. I need the quiet me time to reclaim a bit of myself.

 

[WhiteRose]

What do you do when you are alone to rejuvenate?

I am nosey.
JL

hehe read mostly, watch a little tv (couple hours a week, I can't miss Gilmore Girls or Charmed), occasionally a video, come online and play UO and browse Lit sometimes just go out in the sunshine and drive down to the Springs (about an hour away) and back with the window down and the radio turned up, or head over to Red Rocks (an amphitheater built into the red rock formations in the foothills just west of Denver) and sit on the benches and read or think. There are usually a couple of other people up there doing the same thing, but it's a beautiful place. Sometimes meditate in my sanctuary surrounded by candles and gemstones and special things. And when all else fails, I play with one of my kitties, either the one that purrs or the one that gets wet

 

[juicylips]

Most of my best problem solving is done on my own. I have authority issues and need to be in control

Yep. Yep. Yep.

Me too, kiddo.

JL

 

[bluemuse]

I absolutely REQUIRE alone time...

I have since I was a teen. I'd close my bedroom door, put on some music, burn a little incense....maybe read or just stare out the window.......just enjoying my time alone with my thoughts.

Now I get my alone time anywere I can. Usually the bathtub.

I think that this cleanses my "pallete" for my social times. And I do love being social.....




bluemuse

 

[Guest]

Actually, I think I handle, being alone, too well.

 

[SexySlut2]

I hardley ever get the chance to be alone, so I really enjoy it when it happens.

 

[heterotic]

Walking alone in a not-too-cold rain, with nothing urgent to do? That's a wonderful "recharge"

I've always been very introverted. I've been trying to socialize myself for several years, and I've almost made it to "unusually shy." Still going...

 

[thumbs2_ca]

yea

I love the time I get to be all by myself.
Sometimes I go up the mountain behind our place with the truck. I will stop and lay back on the hood with my back against the windshield and just veg. for hours.
When I went through my divorce I got an apartment close by so I could be near my girls. There were times that I did not like being alone then, but it was because of all the mental stress one goes through with that scenario.

 

[Dream_Chaser]

For the first time in my life I am alone

and at first I hated it. Last fall my 18 yr old son entered college and my 20 year old marriage ended so I left the Midwest for the Dream in California. The first 2 to 3 months was awful, but suddenly I'm learning to enjoy my alone time

 

[juicylips]

For the first time in my life I am alone

and at first I hated it. Last fall my 18 yr old son entered college and my 20 year old marriage ended so I left the Midwest for the Dream in California. The first 2 to 3 months was awful, but suddenly I'm learning to enjoy my alone time

Takes some adjusting, doesn't it?

For some, alone means the same as lonely. Sounds as if you have worked through that.

JL

 

[Ebonyfire]

Yep!

My best friend is Me!

Ebony