I’ve never been gregarious or particularly friendly. In school I pretty much kept to myself, and I have no friends. I need huge chunks of time daily to myself, which my family respects. That’s not to say I’m a misanthrope, I don’t actively dislike humanity, I just need a lot of space. I don’t NEED people, except my family.
@Cryspeg I don’t like people en masse, but one on one I think humans are pretty cool. You must be an empath, empathy need a lot of alone time because we tend to pick up on the emotions of others and it gets exhausting if we don’t get our alone time.
@cjcrew you are so right about needing the alone time. I get overwhelmed with other peoples emotions. It’s wearing.
@SatuUnelmia @cjcrew yeah exhausting is spot on. I get lost in books, like not hearing or seeing anything.
@cjcrew @SatuUnelmia I’m really sorry, that’s rough 😥
@Cryspeg @SatuUnelmia It is and let me tell you watching TV is not the same thing as getting lost in a book. My ADD is just bad enough that books on tape don’t work because my mind wanders off and an hour later I have no idea what I was listening to.
@cjcrew @SatuUnelmia no tv is not the same at all.
@Cryspeg @SatuUnelmia I used to read all the time, I loved reading. Unfortunately depression robbed me of that. It’s really hard for me to retain what I read and I find myself having no clue what I just read. I don’t read much anymore, I miss it.