I Like Being Alone But Hate Being Lonely

I like being alone and doing stuff on my own, but then I get lonely and want to share things that I'm into with others. I then try to be social and usually find most people aren't like me, so then I retreat back to solitude. After a...

I love being at home by myself. with time to hear myself think. without someone requesting stuff every 5 seconds.

But I hate being in a room full of people and feeling alone. Like Im here to fill a seat.
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My fav is when I go to a...

I like being alone but hate being lonely this is my fate. I like to be by myself, more than i should. People are always telling me to get out more, meet people.  Why?  I hate being lonely, and can be lonely with a lot of...

I love having alone time. Just me and no one else. This has cost me relationships in the past because some people can't understand why you don't want to be with them all the time. I haven't gotten involved in a relationship for the last...

I enjoy my alone time and am not really a people person but most of the time even when i am around people i just feel lonely. Feeling lonely is just really painful. A lot of the time i wish i had someone but then i dont ever feel like...

I'm so used to just being by myself that I prefer it and somewhat insist on it. But, I end up feeling super lonely when no-one is around or I can't talk to anyone. It's such an ironic and stupid feeling in which confuses me beyond...

I enjoy being on my own, in my room as I enjoy my own company but tiring when someone a;ways tries to push their way in, but I'm grateful sometime when people do that as I start to feel an emptiness and it shows that they'll always be...

I love being alone, just listening to music alone or riding the bus alone. I like reading alone or just staring at the stars alone because it gives me time to think about anything I want, and nobody is there to put labels on me. But...

I find the solace on the moment of being alone.
That when I close my eyes I felt like drifting away from this place I forget about everything…
It’s like a calm beach where waves gently kiss the shore as I watched...

I can't stand to be around people but I hate being lonely. I miss the person I used to be.

Married for 19 years, it has not been all bad. However, the last 5-7 has seen a progressive decline. Separated, not by space, but by emotion, being connective, being "one" with each other. My wife was never the "soulmate" you hear...

Title says it all but I will elaborate how I got to it.
 
Basically I was one of the unpopular kids in middle school, worse than that I was a target. I had things thrown at me, hot glue put in my hair, the works.
In English we...

Pretty much sums me up I hate getting close to people hate them,people in general,really hate them sometimes..just fucking hate everyone tired of trying to suck up to people so they fucking like me when they just plain and simply don't...

I grew up extremely socially awkward, always overthinking every move that I made, so it was naturally just easier for me to be alone where I wasn't under any kind of pressure to keep a conversation going or search for something...

I be lonely before my husband died. Lonely among the people all around me all the time. I miss him.

I like to be alone with my memories. I feel him.

I believe everyone needs alone time. Time to reflect on life, think about things, solve problems, I also believe no one deserves to be lonely. Been there, and it sucks!! I like my alone time as much as anyone else. My bf likes...

When I was younger, I used to be a social butterfly. Now that I'm older, not so much. I love being around people but I really don't like to have conversations. Is this weird? I have a 2 yr. old whom I love to death but I can't really...

I was an only child for most of my childhood. Raised by my grandparents, being years older than the rest of the kids in my extended family / parents circle of friends. I didn't get much socialization. When I was in my pre-teens...