Is loneliness a normal thing

Published 03.12.2023 | By Йосиф

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Is loneliness a normal thing: which people do not need friends?

The majority of people believe that friends are an integral and obligatory part of life: few can even imagine their existence without friends.

The causes of loneliness have always interested both those who happened to be alone and those who were only external observers. Many things have changed today, but for some reason, attitudes to loneliness have remained almost medieval: most people still consider those who do not have a family and have no friends as abnormal.

But let’s look at the situation in more detail. Is it okay to be lonely? Is it normal to not want to make friends at all? The answers to these and other questions are given by psychologists.

Type one: self-sufficient

For some reason, many people mistakenly believe that a person is a purely social being and can not without communication or a friend. That’s not entirely true. It is probably not worth denying the need for at least some kind of communication (even virtual, which many do not take into account at all), but there is no need to exaggerate its importance: not all people need daily meetings and conversations.

Self-sufficiency is a quality that is just beginning to gain momentum. In the past, loneliness was considered something unusual, and a normal person by these standards had to be surrounded by a large family and real friends.

There is no shame in being lonely anymore. There is nothing strange in the fact that a person does not feel the need to have fun in the company of friends or acquaintances. The development of self-sufficiency, generally speaking, will not harm any of us: this quality is very useful in the modern world.

Type two: the enthusiastic

Those who are too keen on work or any particular activity can also do without friends. If a person spends all his time studying or practicing his favorite hobby, it should not be surprising that he is unsociable, but he does not suffer from it at all. Friends require above all time, which an overly enthusiastic person simply does not have.

In addition, a person who is carried away by his own ideas sometimes does not even think about the fact that he needs to make friends. But even if he thinks about it, that thought will be fleeting – he already has enough to do.

As you can see, being lonely and having no friends is quite normal. So just don’t put it on your heart. Everyone decides for themselves what makes them truly happy.

Author: Laura Kostova, happy-woman.bg.

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