I love being alone. I'm protecting my energy at all cost. Some people bring drama and hurt and I'm just done with outsiders for now except for my immediate family.

Being alone is a learning experience. Valuable lessons about yourself. It is not loneliness. Loneliness is a state of mind. Many creations and great ideas come when people can settle and deep think. You should love yourself, but first you need to know yourself. Being alone allows you to get to know yourself.

I’m alone at least 90% of the time. My #1 friend is the KZfaq comment section.

I am a senior who lives alone, I work alone and I recently got off of face book. Only have four real friends who mean the world to me. Since stepping back from fake friendships aka social media I feel less alone. Strangers are a thrill to talk to . Other people can be the worst influence. I am running to life while the folks around me are winding down.

I dont mind being alone. It gives me time to reflect and think about what i need to get done. My priorities are very important to me. Leting people in your life and trusting them is dangerous because they always hurt your feeling and bring too much drama in your life. Peace perfect peace is what i like.

I often feel lonely, but when with others I can't wait for the eve to end. I want solitude, but it seems I don't. I'm not sure what I think about this.

I get were the negative perceptions come from about solitude such as fear of being lonely sooner or later, or boredom, or feeling of being wanted no more, and vice versa. But from my experience of being alone, I enjoy it and I even have found a way of being happy with not only what is around me but more importantly being happy with myself. I laugh when I am alone, i talk to myself when I'm alone, i think of funny, memorable or philosophical ideas when I'm alone, and I have gotten used to it. Yes, I get it it may make me look like a weirdo or just unwanted, but luckily I'm an introvert so I don't show my personality that often towards other people and strangers. Of course I am not 100% alone, I have friends just not a lot but my friends are very close, touchy and very understanding and I can relate to them as well. So having the imagination of the possible reality that solitude is about being in the shadows all by yourself in your house or having the depressed or sad look on your face while walking in the woods is rather more of a misconception and is an idea that shouldn't be adopted to our universal understanding of solitude. Everyone can view solitude differently according to their knowledge, perception or even experience. If you don't enjoy being alone or just feel lonely, then start making an effort to find friends. If you somehow like solitude, that's fine but remember not to take it too far or you'll forget about being around with people that you'll likely need. Sometimes we need to have a balance between solitude and being around with friends or people. Also, something extra I want to share about myself is I personally have found something interesting every time I listen to music every single day for hours. I know that, besides developing "ear-worms" or "stuck song syndromes" , music somehow keeps my brain busy or occupied when I am bord and I often DON'T think of myself as lonely, so it's like I am blocking or preventing that feeling of loneliness just by enjoying the music songs stuck in my head without having to rely on or have to temptation to crave other things around me that much that I would find enjoyable. So that's one of the ways I enjoy alone time without using social media or even being around people, I just wander around my mind, let the songs happen in my brain, and just forget about my present moment. With the wandering around the head and all that, i am also a thinker and I constantly think a lot everyday, and I don't just mean things like remembering when I ate my last slice of pizza or what time i have my appointment tomorrow, I mean like philosophical ideas. If my insight and opinion helps you to see solitude a bit differently, that's good, but you don't have to follow everything I said, but this is just from my experience.

I've been experimenting lately with being alone (ex: going to the beach by myself). I've found that if you're doing things you enjoy solitude is really fun. It's good to balance it by hanging with friends every once in a while too

It's hard for me to relate to some of your studies because I really enjoy being alone. However, I wouldn't want to feel all alone in the world. I love to see my small family...for short periods of time. Too long of a visit with anyone and I feel anxious. When I'm alone I have lots of things I like to do, art, reading, maybe some tv or Internet, sewing, gardening or just housework. Here's what I don't like to do alone: Sit with nothing to do like in a waiting room. Eat in a restaurant alone. Go to the movies alone. I don't know why that is. Thank you for your TED video.

I like her talk. tone of voice. Solitude is good for me at some point in every day, but I think it has to do with why a person is alone. I am an introvert so sometimes being alone is frustrating but I like it for the most part

Alone 92% of the time. When I need a little company, I reach out. Sweet.

Idk.... I love being alone. I'm alone close to 85% of the time. I'm very happy and I have very healthy relationships.

Being alone depends on if it's a choice. If you are always alone and it is not a choice it can be depressing.

Feeling alone for so many years, it just becomes normal and you stop even worrying about it or even noticing it. You can stop thinking about other people in your life how people who do not spend the majority of their time alone might not do because people just don't feature nor have much impact in your day to day living. Thinking you should call people or see how they are doing needs conscious effort and reminding, but ultimately, everything is a changeable state if you so wish it to be and if there is a purpose behind it. If you are happy being alone then there will be no desire, no drive, no need for you to expend energy to change this.

I choose to be alone because I am in control of what I feel.

I love being alone it's peaceful.

POWERFUL

Words can’t explain how my experiences are

I want to be alone until the day I die because being around people is confusing and frustrating. But on the other hand, having Friends and family can bring good memories into your life. I have no clue what I should do.

I am alone because loved ones died. I ended a bad relationship. I am poor. I do not chose to be alone, but I am. And I use my device to connect to people. That is a good thing. Social media helps people like me not be alone. In this context, it is good to use technology like this.

I'm finding it can be quite negative on my mental health as a lot of time on my own. I do feel lonely and a bit sad. But am taking steps to change my environment. On the positive choosing to spend time alone is a valuable experience. It's all in the balance i believe, at least for me.

The Forwago helped me to literally achieve the mindset I was trying to achieve. I am more focused on self-improvement and it helped me to build good habits. No matter what you want to achieve, the right mindset is the key. Would recommend it 1/1

I practice solitude an hour in the morning and in the evening

I want to embrace being alone! Thank you for this amazing video..

I enjoy more being alone although I’m afraid of intruders and feeling lonely at times

Last time alone? I was sitting here watching this video. LOL! Interesting that she describes being alone as a negative because as an introvert being by myself is not a big deal.

I prefer to be alone and will go out to meet friends as and when I want.

Thankyou

I perfer physical books from the library or listening to audiobooks

bling bling for the soul

One of my favorite places is library it's quiet peaceful I love reading Amish fiction and at home I'm learning Spanish I and want to learn Spanish 2 and strength training love getting out in nature and walking. I love animals flowers walking exercise cooking and sometimes baking bread pumpkin bread home made. I would like to get into pilates maybe

great

In my loneliness era and i hate it😢

We are always alone. All One

Halle~lujah~!!!!

I am all alone all the time nobody to talk to , or pass my thought to and for about 19 years now . IT SUCKS I HATE BEING ALONE AND I DONT LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT DAY , BEACUSE IT WILL BE JUST LIKE THE PAST , ALL ALONE AND NOTHING TO DO AND NO MONEY EVEN IF I COULD DO SOMETHING , LIFE IS NOT GOOD AT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE ..

feel alone ever since i got back home from war i feel like i dont belong anywhere soi just wander....

I'd say 70% of my time.

It can be uncomfortable

Me laughing in introvert

Whatever…humans need interaction, love and appreciation. Everything else is an excuse

TLDR: When in solitude, think of it as a choice you make to feel less terrible, not because you have no friend(even if you really don’t).

Well that was 12 minutes I won't get back.

ALLAH is the answer

If I'm alone there's something wrong with you more like. I'm sorry. When I am alone I am occupied by the things I want to do. Not sitting in a room doing nothing. And what about these undergrads. Perhaps id you chose people who want to be alone your results would be different. Like giving a book to someone who doesn't read books.

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coronavirus...

Where did all those thumbs up come from? This was vacuous and pointless and had nothing to do with any form of mastery.

i am a misfit? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Alone? Solitude? Amateurs! Look what they need to mimic a fraction of my power

LOL Yall seriously made a TEDx Talk for this?

A complete waste of 12:20 minutes

What a largely vacuous, dreadfully boring talk. The funny accent alone should have made me quit inside 2 minutes, but I went on for longer though did not hear this drivel through to the end. And to think these fools actually get paid for it and the audience have time to waste.