How long did you ever get to being a hermit?

i know some of you are social...

and i used to be at least semi to mostly social too

but im also private and i love being alone

if you have that side.

what is the closest you ever got to seclusion?

the closest for me was when i didnt leave the house for two months except to go to the store... wait, that is still now... two years later..
but it was worse then...

i crave people but i love my privacy. im so scared of getting close to people. and most people annoy me.

 

I was stuck in my house for 9 months and couldn't leave unless I was bundled like the kid on Christmas Story and wearing a surgical mask. I was sick.

 

what did you have?

right now im love sick. im beyond suicidal but i wish i was.

 

Lyme disease. I couldn't walk and couldn't leave the house because my immune system shut down.

 

OMG that's horrible....
I just choose to stay inside and chat with you all... whe nI got my internet dissconnected I wanted to die... i was soooo bored..

 

I haven't been able to hermitize properly since the summer where I was 15. I've had a job since I turned 16, with only one month off in the last four years (I mean, one month where I didn't work at all) so I've always had to run out at least part time for that. I also have had school forever... but I've always had my introverted streak, I really enjoy my alone time. I mean, I love people, but I need a modicum of alone time or else I go craaaaaaaazy

 

I took a year off from humanity only taking 2 hours a week out to do my classwork.....


it was good for me...

 

mmorpgs can be very bad for ones social life.....

 

there is that....

 

Home school?

I've pretty much always been what might be considered a hermit.

 

many years off and on getting away from the monster. I am currently in the mountains in Tenn close to No car. I am a mountain man and hermit. Its in the genes. I build log cabins in the mountains also for work. So I dont get much chance to get out not that I would want to. I just want a couple dogs, horses, at least seven acres and a good woman or soulmate.

I want a place away from the cares and concerns of the world where no harsh words will be spoke where love abounds a peice of heave. Nice

 

Best alone time was from New Years Day 2005 to May.
I felt alone but never lonely during that time.

 

I'm not all that social, but I got work, school, and then every couple hours somebody calls me up to do something and I usually feel like I should. I don't ignore my people enough to have them think I don't like them or anything. Right now I'm almost done with finals and I wanna party every night.

I've had a lotta Saturday nights where I've sat around reading wikipedia instead of going out though. It's probably a bad habit. Or a good one, I con't know.

 

I go to work and thats it. I stay in with my son its too cold to take him anywhere. Besides work- this is my social interaction

 

since i quit my job 3 months ago, my partner and i only leave the house to get food...
and go for the occassional walk if its warm. People are saying we are starting to resemble mushrooms. I like that. And I like people... i just cant stand the social illusion and the fact that even the really great people are mostly completely unaware of it (though i do live in Australia so its kinda an excuse for them). So we are hermiting it up but we have also run out of money so its time to get a job sadly

 

There are only a selective amount of people I like to be around


I've come to the conclusion that I rather dislike people and am better off without them.

 

I enjoy being alone and spending time with myself but i dont think id classify myself as a hermit though, well, i dunno maybe..
I dont socialize anymore with people, they all annoyed me and i dunno, lately its been like id rather stay in and relax...and they think life is all about going out and this and that... And im not into all that...Id rather be alone or with my bf..yeah...

 

I go through my anti-social phases, but its usually when I'm so burnt out from work that I lack the energy to talk to people - never really been a hermit though