Misanthropy

[CoolGuy9]

I'm someone who suffers from loneliness to the point that it's killing me. Lately though I have had these thoughts that I don't even want friends. Everyone is a piece of shit and the less I have to listen to their stupid conversations, the better. These thoughts are not something I hold all the time and I still want friends, but I feel like i'm degenerating into this day by day.

 

[_milo]

Human beings are social animals by nature. Isolation does things to the psyche that would not occur had someone had normal interaction. It's up to the individual whether or not they wish to attempt to change things.

 

[Jodes]

Sorry you feel so lonely. I hope being here's helped a bit. do you always think those people are a piece of shit as you say? or does how you feel about them change as well?

 

[Kyrok]

I held tho. I hated the vapid chatter of people around me and ended up alone for years at a time. Nearly everyone I met was petty and closed minded. What finally got me to make friends again was volunteer work. I joined a group and we worked together to promote our cause. With that as a common foundation, authentic friendships arose.

 

[Jodes]

I held tho. I hated the vapid chatter of people around me and ended up alone for years at a time. Nearly everyone I met was petty and closed minded. What finally got me to make friends again was volunteer work. I joined a group and we worked together to promote our cause. With that as a common foundation, authentic friendships arose.

Promoting a cause helped you endure that vapid chatter? I'll try that. And friendship arose from that? With the petty and closed minded? Sounds like a pretty shitty volunteer group.

 

[Kyrok]

Promoting a cause helped you endure that vapid chatter? I'll try that. And friendship arose from that? With the petty and closed minded? Sounds like a pretty shitty volunteer group.

I think you misread what I wrote. I spent years not connecting with anyone, finding them vapid. One vokunteer group I joined was different. At least some were... people truly disgusted by some aspects of our society and willing to do something about it.
So, it occurs to me that people struggling to find friendships might try the same: find some local volunteer opportunities. People on court ordered volunteer work can be interesting - people so pissed off at the world they want to do something about it, likewise.

 

[Glim]

I'm someone who suffers from loneliness to the point that it's killing me. Lately though I have had these thoughts that I don't even want friends. Everyone is a piece of shit and the less I have to listen to their stupid conversations, the better. These thoughts are not something I hold all the time and I still want friends, but I feel like i'm degenerating into this day by day.

I wish I was a schizoid that had no desire for socialization.... I swing between wanting complete isolation and still wanting to socialize, but since I'm so socially unskilled and my character (interests, hobbies, emotional maturity) are so stunted from being wracked by despair for so long, the bonds I attempt to make always pitter out. I've always been a drifter, a wolf without a pack, a warrior who fights his own battles but always longed for a band of brothers



(Note I'm of a normal BMI with a full head of hair) Lol. Just an idealized version of how I view myself

 

[GeorgeJL]

I'm someone who suffers from loneliness to the point that it's killing me. Lately though I have had these thoughts that I don't even want friends. Everyone is a piece of shit and the less I have to listen to their stupid conversations, the better. These thoughts are not something I hold all the time and I still want friends, but I feel like i'm degenerating into this day by day.

Are you having these thoughts, because people are really treating you badly or because you just feel like shit and can't communicate well?

 

[CoolGuy9]

Sorry you feel so lonely. I hope being here's helped a bit. do you always think those people are a piece of shit as you say? or does how you feel about them change as well?

Being here has helped me. The feeling changes. There are times when I genuinely want to be with people, but just can't, because i'm socially retarded.

Are you having these thoughts, because people are really treating you badly or because you just feel like shit and can't communicate well?

Because I can't communicate well. Sometimes I get treated like i'm an idiot, but that's just because I'm an idiot and they still usually try to be kind to me.

 

[Glim]

It's funny... I would say I'm quite misanthropic and can't deal with other people, but I'm so dependent on them... It is almost completely impossible to be 100% self-sufficient and isolated - nobody can build and maintain their own house in the woods with modern sanitation, air conditioning, electricity, furniture; farm their own food, entertain themselves without consuming some media made by other people, learn knowledge without outside resources and a foundation made by other people, get monetary resources on their own, and not need any socialization

 

[Jodes]

I think you misread what I wrote. I spent years not connecting with anyone, finding them vapid. One vokunteer group I joined was different. At least some were... people truly disgusted by some aspects of our society and willing to do something about it.
So, it occurs to me that people struggling to find friendships might try the same: find some local volunteer opportunities. People on court ordered volunteer work can be interesting - people so pissed off at the world they want to do something about it, likewise.

That's actually absolutely what I'm looking for - not necessarily a volunteer group since I'm not even entirely sure what I'm angry at - just trying to find equally lost, angry individuals lmao

 

[Jodes]

People suck

 

[not-2-b-the-answer]

For me … Human interaction is highly overrated.

 

[Jodes]

For me … Human interaction is highly overrated.

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