Comments | pinchehuero: It feels like an armpit outside, like an armpit with icy-hot rubbed in it

pinchehuero

It feels like an armpit outside, like an armpit with icy-hot rubbed in it

Feb 01, 2006 13:07

So I had a quick survey-esque question for you kids ( Read more... )

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ex_interim3 February 1 2006, 19:45:50 UTC

be by myself. my doldrums come and go, and i usually get into trouble when i mix being down with being with friends. i've decided it's just best to stay home.

pinchehuero February 1 2006, 19:56:41 UTC

would you ever go to a foreign country by yourself? For a couple of weeks or longer?

ex_interim3 February 1 2006, 20:00:01 UTC

yeah, probably. if i spoke at least some of the language. being alone isn't stressful to me.

pinchehuero February 1 2006, 20:05:53 UTC

I honestly could have guessed that about you, and I feel pretty much the same way you do. Whenever I feel stressed I have the desire to leave the country for a bit and be by myself- probably the most radical kind of alone there is. Usually after only a short time, though, I'm genuinely ready to see people again, and I'm usually much nicer and sunnier, etc.. I just wonder what's considered healthier or more normal- the introvert or the extrovert.

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make everyone else feel horrible aydi February 2 2006, 02:54:06 UTC

there's a calvin and hobbes comic where calvin is waiting for the bus, and he's super grumpy. Suzie comes up to him and is like "Hey Calvin!!! What's up? Why do you look so upset??!!" And Calvin's like "shut your stupid face suzie"
and suzie says "Fine!! If YOU want to be all grumpy, be grumpy!!!" And then she gets all pissed. Then calvin's thought bubble reads "Nothing improves a bad mood like spreading it around" with an evil grin.
Which is so true...

being_why February 2 2006, 23:34:57 UTC

you know what i've realized in perhaps only the last year - a combination of these choices works best for me. because, although sometimes being by myself is the best thing (i take a walk, a bath, sit on the roof, breathe deeply), other times it just makes me feel worse and isolated in a bad way. and maybe this is just my current condition. i live in a very social house. there are gatherings every other day. i share walls with people, and mostly people i like a lot and want to talk to. and i currently have a girl friend that i can lay out all my shit to.

there have been several times though where i should have been alone. i have a distinct habit of spending most of my day with one person. usually a boyfriend. and i tend to wrap up all the details of my life in this other being. luckily, i've moved away from this tendency with great success. sometimes you just have to let your mind wander and think about the simplest or most complex things without someone next to you asking, "what's wrong?" or "hey, did you hear what i just said?"

hobgadling February 7 2006, 05:52:20 UTC

I think it depends on how long it is. If it's a momentary thing, I like to be by myself. If it's a chronic thing, it's usually better for me to hang out with friends who can jostle me out of a bad mood.