I go nuts. Absofrigginlutely nuts. Eventually. I can handle alone for a few days. But nothing more. I don't do alone.
What happens to you psychologically while alone?
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Whenever I'm alone, thoughts tend to echo and intensify, something minor may end up becoming a life-hampering major problem for me. Depression may show it signs. I tend to phase into a dreamlike state. I can not explain it better than a small child with a tad bit too much imagination. I tend to think of everything as weird and interesting.
I tend to crave social contact, though that is pretty much all of the time. I really like talking/listening/being around people, but I tend to avoid it thinking I want to avoid the feeling of inferiority.
I tend to crave social contact, though that is pretty much all of the time. I really like talking/listening/being around people, but I tend to avoid it thinking I want to avoid the feeling of inferiority.
As I spend most of my time alone I find that it doesn't bother me too much, I do talk to myself a lot though.
I start off by looking forwards to being alone for a few days. I'm not overly great with lots of people (althought I can enjoy big social gatherings), as this time allows me to relax, unwind and the real me to come out of my 'shell' (yes, I know there isn't anyone other than me to 'see' me, but thats how I work...)
I have fun. Game, read, watch TV, work out, mess around with my airsoft and/or kendo stuff, work, at night...stuff.
But I forget one thing -
I get paranoid. I'm not sure why. I do know that I just don't want to be seen/see someone. Or something (man the 'slender man' thing fucked me up...) But, the longer I'm alone, the more...obvious I suppose is the best term, it becomes.
This usually results in me doing the following:
Closing all curtains. Leads to the problem of the kitchen - no curtains, so obviously, after dark, that area is a no-go (or atleast leads to rapid crawls below the window and cabinets.
I usually set myself up in a few rooms as possible (just for handiness), usually the lounge and/or dining room - quick access to the bathroom & kitchen, and both rooms have the 360/PC/TV in them.
With the paranoia - I practically fortify the rooms. Suddenly, my practice sword (a heavy oak replica) and my skirmishing LSW are 'at the ready', as near to me as possible (the LSW has the battery charged and several mags to hand...not that I could actually defend myself withit)
Common sense pretty much flies out of the window, and the "someone's watching you" and "they're out to get you" feeling seeps to the front of my mind. No matter what I do - game, read, watch TV, whatever - the feelings are almost always on the surface. Obviously, it gets worse at night.
In the end, what could have been a relaxing week on my own - turns into a paranoid hell, locked in my own home, waiting for my family to return (usually from taking/collecting my sister to/from Uni in scotland). The longest I've been left is 8 days. The nuttiness usually appears around the early evening of the 3rd day. Fun.
I have fun. Game, read, watch TV, work out, mess around with my airsoft and/or kendo stuff, work, at night...stuff.
But I forget one thing -
I get paranoid. I'm not sure why. I do know that I just don't want to be seen/see someone. Or something (man the 'slender man' thing fucked me up...) But, the longer I'm alone, the more...obvious I suppose is the best term, it becomes.
This usually results in me doing the following:
Closing all curtains. Leads to the problem of the kitchen - no curtains, so obviously, after dark, that area is a no-go (or atleast leads to rapid crawls below the window and cabinets.
I usually set myself up in a few rooms as possible (just for handiness), usually the lounge and/or dining room - quick access to the bathroom & kitchen, and both rooms have the 360/PC/TV in them.
With the paranoia - I practically fortify the rooms. Suddenly, my practice sword (a heavy oak replica) and my skirmishing LSW are 'at the ready', as near to me as possible (the LSW has the battery charged and several mags to hand...not that I could actually defend myself withit)
Common sense pretty much flies out of the window, and the "someone's watching you" and "they're out to get you" feeling seeps to the front of my mind. No matter what I do - game, read, watch TV, whatever - the feelings are almost always on the surface. Obviously, it gets worse at night.
In the end, what could have been a relaxing week on my own - turns into a paranoid hell, locked in my own home, waiting for my family to return (usually from taking/collecting my sister to/from Uni in scotland). The longest I've been left is 8 days. The nuttiness usually appears around the early evening of the 3rd day. Fun.
I lived alone for six months in my early 20s. What happened? I learned not to bullshit myself about my life and I became a better person. It was a dark and lonely time of self-reflection, but it allowed me to see some of the things I used to do only because other people were around me. It's not easy but a long period along is something I recommend everyone does at some point in their lives. There's no better way to find out who you really are (and what is just the influence of society/friends/family).
I have a slight case of monophobia, so I usually listen to DVD commentaries lol. Lame, I know, but it helps me feel less anxious. I'm never really alone much (only at night, etc.), so yeah.
I quite enjoy time alone when at home, usually i spend long hours on the ps3 or surfing the internet.
Wow, it has the opposite effect on me.
I sing, dance, spin around and have fun, take care of everything that needs to be taken care of and I'm generally in a very good mood actually. Usually I'm quiet and keep to myself when my family is home because mom has a tendency to freak over anything and everything.
Maybe this is because I'm extremely rarely left alone for more than an hour or two. When I'm finally alone for, say, 5 hours I become very happy because no one will yell at me for singing.
I sing, dance, spin around and have fun, take care of everything that needs to be taken care of and I'm generally in a very good mood actually. Usually I'm quiet and keep to myself when my family is home because mom has a tendency to freak over anything and everything.
Maybe this is because I'm extremely rarely left alone for more than an hour or two. When I'm finally alone for, say, 5 hours I become very happy because no one will yell at me for singing.
Well I've never been alone, as in isolated, before. I've been alone at the house for several days on end without having direct contact with anyone but I've talked to people over the internet and Xbox Live.
But I imagine nothing that bad, maybe turn extremely introverted, but for the most part stay sane. I'm usually decently "mentally isolated" even when around other people as I don't react much to them.
But I imagine nothing that bad, maybe turn extremely introverted, but for the most part stay sane. I'm usually decently "mentally isolated" even when around other people as I don't react much to them.
Depends on the person really lots of things can effect it.
for an interesting and detailed look at it check out the "Mythbusters" episode on cabin feaver
for an interesting and detailed look at it check out the "Mythbusters" episode on cabin feaver
I get bored, find something to entertain myself, and if nothing is around I think of what I'll do when I find the thing that entertains me, and I get really impatient and irratiable.
I start talking to myself.
And in the dark I get really terrified.
What? I'm a pussy when it comes to these things.
And in the dark I get really terrified.
What? I'm a pussy when it comes to these things.
At first, I acted like OP. When I was 10.
But as I grew up, I didn't fear anything in my house and became much less paranoid about staying home alone. I keep a bat and a sturdy knife in my room of course, but that's if anyone breaks in at night or ... at anytime.
Usually now when I'm alone, I just start over-thinking things. I guess I do get paranoid, but not in OPs sense. I just begin to think everyone is lying to me and everyone actually hates me, but only puts up with me for a certain reason. I begin to just think everyone I know is malicious. Then I just feel incredibly lonely and sad.
This only really happens when I'm completely alone for at least 3 days. Which doesn't happen very often.
But as I grew up, I didn't fear anything in my house and became much less paranoid about staying home alone. I keep a bat and a sturdy knife in my room of course, but that's if anyone breaks in at night or ... at anytime.
Usually now when I'm alone, I just start over-thinking things. I guess I do get paranoid, but not in OPs sense. I just begin to think everyone is lying to me and everyone actually hates me, but only puts up with me for a certain reason. I begin to just think everyone I know is malicious. Then I just feel incredibly lonely and sad.
This only really happens when I'm completely alone for at least 3 days. Which doesn't happen very often.