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Loners

Aristus

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15. I'm just shy.

Reply to backtoblue (Original post)

Sun Jun 10, 2018, 11:16 AM

Jun 2018

I don't have social anxiety. I just enjoy time spent alone or with a few loved ones and trusted friends. I'm a reader, and prolonged social contact cuts into my reading time.

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DU Loners Poll [View all] backtoblue Jun 2018 OP

Personally, I prefer to be alone. I also suffer from depression and anxiety backtoblue Jun 2018 #1

I have my online friends Tribalceltic Jun 2018 #2

Me too backtoblue Jun 2018 #3

I'm an expat TimeSnowDemos Jun 2018 #4

same here.. im a fiber artist so my craft makes for a lot of solitude... samnsara Jun 2018 #7

3 in a row Runningdawg Jun 2018 #12

I'd rather be alone...being profoundly hard of hearing, it's too difficult for me ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #5

I'm going to add physical challenges to the poll backtoblue Jun 2018 #11

Thanks for the laugh...I don't mind people 'yelling' at me for it means that ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #13

You just made my day backtoblue Jun 2018 #14

Thank you. Wow, I am sorry to hear about the pain med. ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2018 #17

i live 12 miles from town... just to get get milk takes 2 hrs total.. samnsara Jun 2018 #6

I live out of town too backtoblue Jun 2018 #9

I like to think of myself as being perfectly able to entertain and be by myself Ron Obvious Jun 2018 #8

Yah, I'm not a crown person either backtoblue Jun 2018 #10

I'm just shy. Aristus Jun 2018 #15

I tend to lose myself in reading too backtoblue Jun 2018 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author hurl Jun 2018 #18