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.

@Cryspeg @cjcrew I’m similar, I can lose myself in stuff and I hit a content happy state. I have to pay attention more with each moving person in the room, that can be exhausting.

@SatuUnelmia @cjcrew yeah exhausting is spot on. I get lost in books, like not hearing or seeing anything.

@Cryspeg @cjcrew I listen to books while I read the news 😂😂 I love to read.

@SatuUnelmia @cjcrew same here 😊

@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.