问HN:如何独处?
在我38岁的人生中,我第一次感到孤独。当我18岁时,我几乎是直接从父母家搬出去,和我的高中恋人一起生活,从那时起我们一直在一起。那段生活的篇章现在已经结束,我发现调整过来非常困难。
困难的部分有几个。其一是,当我想谈论我的一天时,却没有地方可以说;在HN上没有人关心我是否修好了百叶窗或做了猪排。我在一个IRC聊天室里闲逛,但有时几个小时都没有人在线。
另一个困难是周末很难熬。以前每个周末我都生活在充满生机的房子里,而现在只有我和我的狗(还有我的猫,偶尔他愿意来陪我)。有动物在某种程度上有所帮助,但仅仅和自己独处大约60个小时,依然很难。
我还发现很难想出可以做的事情。我的默认选择是玩游戏,但这感觉空洞,因为我以前可以和别人一起玩游戏,现在却没有人可以分享那些精彩的时刻。
我明白你们中的许多人觉得孤独是自然的,甚至是必要的。我只能说我从未以那种方式生活过。当我很长时间没有见到其他人时,我有时会感到恐慌。
有一些常见的建议:多去狗公园,选择一些事情去做,读书,上约会网站,找个爱好等等。但我发现自己很难真正去做这些。我本可以归咎于抑郁,但我有一位很棒的精神科医生,给我开了抗抑郁药、抗焦虑药和情绪稳定剂。
我在远程工作,这目前是我满足社交需求的主要方式。但这并不是一个稳定的方式,因为时区差异很大(我比他们晚7个小时)。
现在一切都感觉空洞。这是我最难适应的事情。我希望能找到一些心理技巧来应对这种感觉,或者听听其他经历过类似情况的人的故事。在很多方面,这种感觉就像被囚禁,除了在监狱里至少还有其他囚犯可以社交。“带有互联网的单独监禁”可能是一个更好的比喻。
我希望能听到社区中任何从家庭动态转变为独自生活的人,了解你们在这个过程中学到的经验教训。或者只是想听听你们的经历故事。谢谢。
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For the first time in my life, at 38, I'm alone. When I was 18 I basically moved out of my parents' straight in with my highschool sweetheart, and we were together ever since. That chapter of my life is over now, and I'm finding the adjustment very difficult.<p>There are a few parts to the difficulty. One is that when I have something to say about my day, there's nowhere to say it; no one on HN cares whether I fixed up the blinds or cooked pork steaks. I hang out in an IRC chatroom for that, but sometimes nobody's around for hours.<p>Another is that weekends are hard. I used to be in a house filled with life each weekend, and now it's me and my dog (and my cat, when he decides to grace me with his presence). Having animals helps somewhat, but it's still hard simply being alone with myself for ~60 hours.<p>I'm also finding it difficult to think of things to do. My default action is to play games, but it feels empty, both because I used to be able to play games alongside someone else and because I have no one to share the cool moments with.<p>I understand that many of you find alone-ness to be natural, and even required. All I can say is that I haven't ever lived that way. I sometimes panic when it's been too long since I've seen another person.<p>There are the usual suggestions: go to the dog park more often, pick something and build it, read books, hop on dating sites, find a hobby, and so on. But I'm finding it hard to actually do any of that. I would blame depression, but I have a great psychiatrist who has me on antidepressants, anti-anxiety meds, and mood stabilizers.<p>I work remote, and that's currently my main way to gratify social cravings. But it's not a consistent way, since the time zone difference is quite large (I'm -7 hours vs them).<p>Everything feels hollow now. That's the main thing that's hard to adjust to. I was hoping for some psychological tricks to deal with that, or just to hear stories from other people who have had to undergo similar situations. In many ways it feels like being imprisoned, except at least in prison there are other inmates to socialize with. "Solitary confinement with internet" is probably a better analogy.<p>I was hoping to hear from anyone in the community who's transitioned from a family dynamic to being on your own, and to learn from any lessons you've picked up along the way. Or just to hear some stories in general about your experiences. Thanks.