The fine line between needing to be social and needing solitude.

Does anyone else have problems with this balancing act? If not I'm just getting this off my chest.

I feel odd when I'm with people, without being insulting towards other humans I find they frustrate the life out of me. I find people just don't really have much valid to say. At the moment I'm sick of hearing people being demonised for claiming benifits, by people who claim working tax credits, child tax credits etc. I'm not in a position were I personally need to claim benifits, however I'm not into the demonisation of the ill and unemployed. It's not only this issue, people just being wide of the mark on lots of topics, science denialist's tend to be particulary frustrating.

I'd like to get on with people a lot more, I enjoy being social (within my small circle of friends). But I just find people stupid, ignorant and inhumane. I'm generally misanthropic and tend to upset people quite frequently by telling them that human life is cheap and explaining about a history of slave labour, concentration camps etc. Well I say upset, I think it just annoys people as It questions thier humanitarian ideals. I suppose thier lies my problem, hypocritical humanist whom don't see that they treat humans particulary badly. For instance they want to save the world and help African children, but have a poor attitude to work colleages.

I went to Auschwitz recently and people seem perplexed that I didn't get upset from the visit. I find it very odd: when I here people talking about how they think other people should be dealt with for not working (and not conforming to thier belief system), I can easily see how something as big as Nazi Germany could escalate. I find it so odd that people think that work is the only important thing in life. Surely there has to be more to life than self regulated slavery?

Today I cut my grass with mp3 player on and it was just bliss. Solitude and the world blanked out.

Wierdly, I still crave some social activities even tho people frustrate the life out of me. 

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  • I struggle with the same thing.

    Thanks for this thread reading it made me realise its not just me Smile

    I know i should socialise and part of me wants to but it is soo hard i get so anxious going places, feel like my heads gunna explode when more than one person talks and hate talking on the phone. Its supposed to be fun and Im totally stressed out and cant wait till its over Undecided

     and I dont know if its just me or if anyone else finds this but I feel so strongly about things like morals and my special interests that I cant get on with someone who either doesnt have the same morals or isnt interested in what i have to say I find it soo irritating and annoying.

    I do enjoy my own company more, i like the peace to go on my computer, read or sew and just be me stress free for a while even just watching some telly.

     

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  • I struggle with the same thing.

    Thanks for this thread reading it made me realise its not just me Smile

    I know i should socialise and part of me wants to but it is soo hard i get so anxious going places, feel like my heads gunna explode when more than one person talks and hate talking on the phone. Its supposed to be fun and Im totally stressed out and cant wait till its over Undecided

     and I dont know if its just me or if anyone else finds this but I feel so strongly about things like morals and my special interests that I cant get on with someone who either doesnt have the same morals or isnt interested in what i have to say I find it soo irritating and annoying.

    I do enjoy my own company more, i like the peace to go on my computer, read or sew and just be me stress free for a while even just watching some telly.

     

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