• Random_Character_A@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Not being social.

    I realized in my 40’s that my parents were wrong. You don’t actually have to be social butterfly to be happy.

    I’m missing the need for social interaction. World didn’t end. I’m completely happy without it and there are plenty of jobs that don’t extensively need it.

    So liberating. No amount of therapy really helped on the inside. It was all just pretending.

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      6 hours ago

      It’s tricky for me though because I’ve always had a social need. I don’t have a need for sex like the majority of other humans do, but I do have a need to be social. Lickily I fulfill most of my social needs by going to work, but it can be stressful at times.