Does staying alone make you sad?

[Debashis]

Do you like to stay alone or you always like to have someone with you? How do you feel when you are alone?

Personally, I love to stay alone. It doesn't make me sad at all. I do a lot of things that people don't generally do alone like going out for a movie, eating at a restaurant etc. But somehow my loved ones think that I would be sad as I'm staying alone. Maybe because most people find it difficult to stay alone. I've witnessed it happening to my friends and family. One of my cousins was almost crying one day because she was feeling too bored and lonely as her roommates had gone home. So, I understood that it's not something everyone can handle.

 

[Reverie]

I prefer to be alone sometimes. It was far more frequent that I was used to being alone. Now a days I rather have someone nearby - but I can deal being alone. I do get lonely on occasion. I don't like going out alone, but I will at least go do grocery shopping alone. I find it awkward to go eat alone, I can see how it is more common at lunch time to be at a restaurant alone because of lunch breaks, but I still don't enjoy the idea of that. xD

 

[Cory]

It all depends on what type of mood I'm in. If I'm in an "alone" mood, I'd rather be alone than be around people. Though, if it's at home I don't mind there being people in other rooms mostly. If I do feel like I need to be around people, then it's probably because I haven't been too socially active recently.

 

[Empire]

Not really, it can make me happy anyway, I mean at times people want to be left alone anyway or that person is not a people person my all means. But then I'm not living alone anyway as I have family in the household and also I have my own space.

 

[cynosure.x]

I have gotten good at being alone but I do wish I had someone near. Getting good at being alone isn't fun. It takes effort and gets emotional at times. I still have bad moments. I'm not a social person, or not anymore. My social battery drains FAST when I'm out and about. I don't do well in big groups.

For example, I recently spent a whole weekend with my volleyball team, 12 people + me. Thankfully I shared a room with only 1 other person and it so happened to be the one I vibe with best. But it was so draining. It was a LOT of fun but I was happy to get home. People don't listen to me, I don't like repeating myself and if I do things to help, it's never good enough. Also when I am being heard it's apparently in a type of way people get irritated. They don't mean it like that but I feel it like that. It's a fun weekend but I ended up not liking and doubting myself. Which is sad. But that's what being in big groups does to me.

I have no problem doing things by myself like shopping (clothes or grocery, doesn't matter), eating out (however it would most likely be a fast food restaurant), going to the movies, etc. I just prefer not doing it alone.

 

[MrDawn]

I like being alone for short periods of time and not for a super long time or I start becoming really depressed. I like having someone at the house with me. I'm the type of guy that doesn't better with companionship.

 

[Toni]

It depends. Sometimes I just want to be alone and have some time to myself but that can be very rare with me.
I'm more of a person that likes to around 1-2 people so I have someone to talk to and have the company around.

 

[Empire]

I say we all went those moments

 

[Jason]

The idea of being along isn't the whole story. I mean, if you got a phone and/or the internet, you're not alone.