Need help reducing/removing need for socialization

[Scythe]

Well, self explanatory thread, and I'm just going to say if you're going to smth smth biology, herd animal instinct and I can't do anything about it. Don't bother.

I've done something similar before, so I know even if I likely cannot remove the need completely I can reduce it to a state where even if I don't get any, it doesn't bother me enough to affect my day to day life.

But I think quite a few people here has managed to do this so I thought I'd ask for advice here. If you've just adapted over the years of loneiness feel free to share your experience too. Anything helps.

 

[Celerity]

I'm going to occupy myself with videogames. I have not found a better escape hatch aside from substances, and they have their drawbacks.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I have the benefit of pretty much always enjoying time on my own. I suppose if I feel like maybe it would be good to be around other people, I remind myself of the many times it wasn't!

I usually have a lot of work demands on my time and I almost always have stuff on in the background to distract myself with. Sometimes I'll watch the most extreme examples- flatmates or partners from hell and think how lucky I've been to dodge all that.

I am just 'lucky' I suppose in that I simply don't feel the need for a lot of social interaction- not face to face anyway. That's not to say I'd cope well with none at all. Plus, it's rare I feel lonely. I wonder if being an only child has something to do with it. I got used to being alone from a young age.

Why do you want to be alone? May I ask? Have you felt let down or hurt by those in your life? I do tend to remind myself of that too. Not that people have been outright malicious in my life- apart from one early on. More that people are unreliable. They have put others or themselves first- which is fine- of course but, it taught me an important lesson not to depend on them.