Many people are very afraid of loneliness, so they do not see the benefits that it can bring us, when we set aside our fears, we can take advantage of loneliness to meet new people, have other experiences or learn about ourselves. .
The pace of today’s world is chaotic, noisy and too fast, so we can end up doing things we don’t really like or prefer not to do, even if being with friends or spending time with family can be very enjoyable, being alone allows us to simplify our interests.
- Surely I am not the only mentally saturated person.
- Our mind has the ability to store a lot of information that is not always useful.
- So spending time only helps us to put our ideas in order.
- To analyze the problems that we think we have and eliminate what causes us mental chaos.
When we spend time alone, we give ourselves the opportunity to know what really happens around us, this process cannot be done when we are surrounded by many people, because our perceptions or emotions are altered by others, although we never stop thinking. and generating new ideas, when we are alone, we have the ability to differentiate between our ideas and those of the group with which we live.
Many people avoid being alone because they feel a great need to be in touch with others. It’s natural; human beings are social beings, however, we also need some degree of independence in our daily lives to maintain good mental health, in fact, the amount of social interaction and loneliness we need in our daily lives is similar.
When we give ourselves time to be alone, we learn that many of the needs we believe we have are based on a desire to stay together. We often confuse the need to own material goods with the ability to be comfortable within our own social circle.
We all have negative aspects that we would not like to face, so we avoid loneliness, however, entering this state will allow us to know the negative aspects that we have and take the necessary measures to combat and change them, even if it is complicated. , is liberating.
Loneliness is not necessarily something to fear, because it is not negative, in fact, spending time can only help us improve the most important relationship of our lives: that of ourselves, this will help us to better understand who we are and make us more independent and secure.
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