Could you live the rest of your life without human contact?

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yes. as soon as i figure out how to live sucsessfully on my own

Thanks, I actually do look like her. Yours is interesting as well.

Assuming I live in some isolate place, I'd build tools so I can build a house.

I'd exercise.

I'd hunt and gather.

I'd live a life of intellectual contemplation.

yes interesting avatar indeed... didnt know who it belonged to... i barely ever read the text names on here anymore... most of the time i go by the pictures...

I think I could live an isolated life like that if it was by choice, but if i was forced to forego human contact by some third party, i think i would go crazy. you need to know somewhere in the back of your mind, that there are other people out there that you can go back to if you ever felt the need.

intellectual contemplation sounds nice... but wouldn't you miss being able to share your thoughts with others?

That's the part I don't understand. Why would somebody willingly want to spend the rest of their life in isolation? I can understand someone wanting to live a somewhat reclusive life, with minimal social interaction. But spending the rest of one's life without human contact?

I think it's idealistic for a person to assume that they wouldn't feel lonely or that they wouldn't eventually long to have conversations with other people if they were to live in an isolated place for the rest of their life.

If you put me in a house which is always self-supplied with new gadgets , computer parts , programs , games , new technologies and of course .....food. Then hell yea.

I was thinking about this while watching I am Legend. I thought about it quite a lot, and even talked to my mother about the positives of having an entire city to yourself.

In my dreamwold, maybe.

What a surprise to see this. I used to do little else than imagine such a thing. Here are some samples:

• As a child, I would dream about being in a space ship alone searching through the empty vastness for interesting things to explore. It was one of the most persistent and attractive ideas to me. So I wanted to be a "space ship pilot" as a kid.
• I read an SF story (which I really got into for the above reasons) that mentioned about the high cost of supporting the entire weight of a human in space and suggested the idea of just launching the brain only, connected into ship's sensors (this was before Star Trek), I thought about that and said to myself, "Yes, I'd volunteer for that."
• When I grew up a bit older, and I realized these weren't so likely, I began to wish for an ocean worthy sailing boat and studied that a lot and decided upon a 45' Cape Dory as my ideal. Actually went out to one that was for sale, in fact. I decided that I'd try and stay out at sea for 6 months at a time and only visit populations twice a year, for as short a time as possible.
• I considered moving to Alaska.
• I considered moving to New Zealand.
• I considered moving to Antarctica, joining some science team there perhaps, if I had to.

Well, you get the idea.

I just need books, because I also love to consider and think about ideas. That's the part about some people I actually enjoy. Why I'm here or elsewhere on the web.

We live on 3 hectares (over 7 acres) of forest land near a national wilderness area. Our neighbors are wonderful people, but I don't need to see them from the home, nestled in the middle of a fairly deep wooded area with rhododendrons and ferns and fir trees, pileated woodpeckers, squirrels of 4 kinds including a flying squirrel species, etc. I work at home, use email, and probably only have to get away from the home to go to stores (an environment I do NOT like) once a week. Working on a bigger garden this year so maybe can cut even that back, somewhat. In all my 50+ year life I've never been to a bar, don't go to parties unless forced, do not attend weddings, barbeques, etc. Any gathering of people is anathema to me, unless there is a clear project purpose to it and it's not just about 'getting together.' I enjoy 1:1 discussions, though. So that's okay. It's not that I don't lke individuals. It's about the coruscating and bewildering environment and the "nails on chalkboard" shivers I get from even the mere anticipation of navigating small talk and unpredictable people.

Jon

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I always dreamt to live ALONEin an isolated house ,in some island or mountain, with the full of comfort things and with all the things I need. Weird , huh?

When I was young I always wanted to live in a mall all by myself. I couldn't go to one without thinking about how it would be like empty.

i will live without human contact when my dog learns to cook and do DIY im rubbish at both.

I know that I can't.

Nor can I. Not for social reasons. But for the sensory thins you get like tight hugs... Or getting laid on top of (non sexually)

No way. I would love a few weeks away though.

It would depend on the circumstances. Are my basic needs met? Do I get to have animals? Write? Play music? Listen to music? If I could live comfortably and pursue my interests, then yes.

BTW, what is the definition of "without human contact"? Does that mean you don't interact with anyone in person? What about online or on the phone? What about observing people from a distance? What about mass communication systems like newspapers, magazines, websites, etc? My answer would be the same regardless, but I'm curious.