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I'm not sure that I have ever felt lonely. I am completely comfortable being by myself - I can eat out alone, see a movie alone, even travel alone, and be perfectly content. That's not to say that I don't enjoy company, I definitely do. But "being lonely" is just not in my makeup.
"Being alone" is not the same as "being lonely"; how's that for original? If you have close, meaningful, satisfying relationships, then you're probably not lonely, even if you're alone.
If you don't, you probably are, even if you aren't.
"Being alone" is not the same as "being lonely"; how's that for original? If you have close, meaningful, satisfying relationships, then you're probably not lonely, even if you're alone.
If you don't, you probably are, even if you aren't.
I love being alone so I live that way. I have no "close, meaningful, satisfying relationships" because I don't want any.
I love being alone so I live that way. I have no "close, meaningful, satisfying relationships" because I don't want any.
I am not lonely. I am happy.
No family? No friends? No acquaintances? You may be that rare person who has no need of other humans, but most of us (even the most extreme introvert) aren't that person.
Is it overused? Probably, but there's truth in it. If you don't love yourself, you're not going to work in your own best interests.
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Originally Posted by karlsch
More pop-psychology b.s. made up out of thin air.
Exactly why is that "pop" psychology? It's common sense.
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Originally Posted by otterhere
No family? No friends? No acquaintances? You may be that rare person who has no need of other humans, but most of us (even the most extreme introvert) aren't that person.
Is it overused? Probably, but there's truth in it. If you don't love yourself, you're not going to work in your own best interests.
And to add, if you don't love yourself, how will anyone else? There are a lot of unhappy and unsatisfied people in the world who are looking outward and to burden others with fixing them or making them happy. Being happy and loving yourself should never be conditional on other people.
How do you know if you love yourself? I don't know if I do or not. Is there a test I can take?
Pathrunner's interpretation upthread was very good:
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Originally Posted by pathrunner
I think a better phrase is "take good care of yourself in every way: eating, sleeping, exercising, hygiene", etc. That is loving one's self without being "told" to love one's self.
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