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Originally Posted by Locke
Okay. We're all on the same Sports Forum but I think this needs to be said.
"Be okay being alone."
Be happy with yourself. Learn it.
I say this as someone who, in my youth, worked a LOT, which meant that I had some money.
I went on a lot of trips all by myself.
You have to be happy being alone. Because at the end of day...we're alone.
And you know what being alone does? It teaches you how to not be alone and communicate with other people.
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Sure, learn to be okay doing stuff alone. Like going on a trip. Or to a movie or dinner.
But that’s different from
being alone, which is what a lot of people in his thread are talking about.
Most people become very unhappy when they’re socially isolated. They get sick, mentally and physically. Even during the peak of the pandemic, public health experts implored people to stay connected to their loved ones. They never banned visits to care homes. That’s how deadly isolation is.
Social circles are shrinking. Bonds are weakening. More and more people have no close friends - especially men as they approach middle age. It’s a social catastrophe - the U.S. surgeon general says loneliness has become a worse public health problem than obesity. The comments in this thread are a symptom of that problem.