The problem with loneliness/isolation is that the brain adapts to it. The longer a person feels isolated, the harder it is for them to rewire their brains to enjoy social interaction again.makes social interaction less enjoyable for them. They start to prefer being alone, and once that begins, it's very hard to break out of.How the brain responds it is very well-documented- Less pleasure from social stimulation- Impaired stress regulation- Memory issues- Sleep issues- Pain and inflammation, increasing the risk of inflammatory diseaseThat's basically what I've been going through. I try to put myself out there, but my brain just won't let me enjoy socializing as much as I should, and I have all of the other problems too. The only time I'm ever truly comfortable as when I'm at home, alone. I want friends badly, but I've gone without them for so long that my brain has adapted to not having them, and it's very hard to break out of this. Not even therapy or antidepressants helped.I don't know what to do at this point.
Just keep socializing. You have to rewire your brain. Put yourself in social settings where you have to talk to people.
>>84468172you can just do anything you want at any time
>>84468172Isolation broke my brain anon
>>84468180I never stopped socializing. It doesn't help.
>>84468200Nothing brings me joy. Alone time stops being fulfilling when it's all the time.
>>84468172yeah, loneliness is hellit really rots your brain from the inside out
>>84468172socialize>butt of every joke>left out of the rest of the conversation>designated guy who walks behind everyone else on the sidewalk when someone is passing from the opposite directionalone>post>goonstill not sure which is worse
>>84468172same, i've been socially anxious all my life but these past three years i can count on my fingers i saw someone irl, i only talk to my friends online every now and then, and in these three years socializing became more and more difficult even than before
i think if youre isolated for long enough it permanently destroys your brain. every time i have to be social now its like the neurons are lighting up in my brain but they dont know where to go because the connections dont exist anymore and all thats left is this vague sense of anxiety that i have to deliberately ignore to do anything. i think the only possible way i can be social at this point is if i had to teach someone something, like i play guitar and i think i wouldnt have anxiety at all teaching someone how to play because those neuron connections still exist and they know what to do, but socialization just for socialization? that shit is gone and its probably never coming back
>>84468172modern society forces this life on us and it's so grim
It doesn't matter. I've been alone for a long time but I'm still comfortable. Yeah I'm bored and tired of living but its a good thing that I'm passively shortening my lifespan. everything is how it should be
>>84468575I actually want to make it to retirement and not waste my life working for nothing.
>>84468172Yes, I think I may have also lost the ability to talk. It's been so long since I have spoken to another person. I will probably making raptor noises when the occasion arises. It is beyond over bros.
>>84468916probably be*Even in text form, I screw up my words. It never began.
>>84468844You're already wasting your life by working
>>84468844If you're working and single you're already working for nothing. What's the point of "making it" to retirement when retirement is just going to be you sitting in a nursing home full of violent nigger nurses?
