I Am a Hermit

Technically, I'm not a hermit because I live with other people, but I want to be. I need my own space - more than I have - and I need quiet. Most of the time, I just want everybody to shut up because they either criticize me or use me...

That is a tough question to answer. In a way, yes..I have withdrawn from "society". I've never really ever felt like a part of it to begin with. I've noticed that some people have opened up to me fairly quicky as though they were...

So I dropped out of college back in June of 2012 for many reasons. Since then I’ve been living a slightly more euphoric existence at home. My activities included living vicariously through television, doing crosswords, reading...

...And I am becoming even more disillusioned and wishing to be in my own private sanctuary away from humanity. I sometimes wish that I could be more sociable, but then when I do "go out," and try to mingle with people, I remember why I...

I've accepted the fact that i need a lot less social interaction than the average human being. But it isn't easy for many people to understand this, from my point of view, and it tends to push them away. I have about 4 dear, permanent...

Please ignore me, don't talk to me, and I will like you more.

My house door is always close. The windows are always shut. When people knocked on it, I will just ignore it. When I came back from anywhere, I will quickly get into my...

I spend 85 to 90% of my time alone. Don't have a beef with anyone. Just a lack of desire. But here I find myself on this site so often. This is socializing, in a way, is'nt it? When I drank, I stayed alone because my mouth gets...

Is that a word? Hermitage? It feels like a word. Well, it's a word now, because my artistic license says clearly on the back that I get to make up words.

Some hermits walk into town every week or so for food and supplies; some have a...

...a hermit, but lately it feels like I am. Everytime I make a new friend they always always always disappoint me, so why even bother I say...but I keep on trying to make one friend whom I can hang out with all the time, the one person...

Life choices,circumstances,have simply led me to this point and with no car,no friends,no means of transportation and living out in the 'boonies'/country and yeah,can get taxis but WAY too expensive,I have become a hermit,of sorts,as of...

the very idea of putting effort into a relationship with another human makes me feel so tired. not only meeting people but then getting to know them and building a connection. ugh. i have a fair amount friends whom i adore, but seeing...

I just want to ask, how do you stop being a hermit? Because personally I hate living like this.

i mean, i don't think there's anything basically wrong in wanting to be a hermit, but...is it because nobody understands you - or that you don't understand anybody ? cause if someone calls you stupid, they might be wrong ; but if 20...

I have always preferred solitude to many people.  I've had friends who thought there was something wrong with me because I enjoyed being alone.  But this is something that defines me.  I am not antisocial, I am a friendly...

i have no friends, well, i have a few, but all of them i know from work, and i prefer night time to day time, and i almost always stay up really late, into the early hours of the morning, apart from when im working early the next day...

I have had a bad childhood, my mother passed when i was 12 too, and being sociable has been difficult but lately i dont feel like anyone understands me. I like the comfort of my own home, i know it sounds like depression but it feels...

become a hermit hide away from all the pain in the world enjoy my solitude become at peace with myself escape this hectic life & all the people in so much of a rush to get somewhere else eventually all the outside stresses would just...

I like being alone, I love learning new things I enjoy my own company I am my best friend, I know myself (I could know others too). I'm very grateful for the work everyone is doing to run this world, I¡m doing mine and I LOVE IT.

I have to say that I'm a hermit because on top of being a loner, I've lived in secluded places. One time, I lived in a basement by a gas station in an urban area. I got tired of it fast, it was nasty. Then, I lived in a small studio...

I am a hermit. The idea of being out in public makes me sick. I will find any and every excuse to stay at home. I am not afraid, but I am paranoid of who could be looking and judging me.