dcj123 wrote:
If you always consider the worse outcome objectively and make a decision acknowledging what can go wrong then it doesn't hurt so bad when it does.
Like playing the "so what if" game and realizing that the worst usually isn't as bad as I thought?
dcj123 wrote:
That is why I am rocking my just shy of a year isolation, what are the consequences of just living here playing games? At worse I never achieve greatness and I get fat, those consequences are looking way better then doing anything else.
So your negative thoughts aren't a consequence then?
dcj123 wrote:
I am happy in isolation, I have reached a place where I'll exist over here and the world can exist over there but if things get too serious. I will literally walk out of this city on foot with no laws from any man telling me I couldn't and I would never be seen or heard from again. So that is what I am saying, I am mentally prepared to leave everything for the things I believe in at this point.
It sounds like you'd be happier away from the projects obviously, so I hope that happens for you.
If you walk away from society as a whole though, then you give up on yourself and your potential for a while.
Froya wrote:
^Well, if it makes you feel better I'm actually usually (not at the moment) more isolated then you. You didn't think that was possible did you! Apart from three hours of socialising every two weeks, I'm all alone. I have no contact with my parents and almost no contact with my brother. My stepsister has visited me a couple of times a year though, and that is very nice.
I don't like the situation, but I can't break out of it.
It's creepy to see how one change as a person when isolated over time. I get way to invested in my neighbours. I have to think about other people, and since my neighbours is who I see the most, that's who I think about. I'm so glad no one can see what's going on in my head
I recall that you started a thread about finding meaning in life a while back. How do you find meaning when you're isolated? What prevents you from breaking that isolation a bit?
As I write this, I realize that I have not spoken to anyone since early last night. I'm fine now, but I can't really imagine extending that for weeks. Even now, I have the urge to talk to someone. So how do you do it?
The BBC has a feature on isolation. I found it fascinating, as it discusses both the people who thrive and the people who fall apart. The human mind is amazing.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2014051 ... arps-minds