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Today, 1:46 pm

^^^^^ This one ^^^^
definitely on the recharge thing .


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Today, 2:52 pm

I do like being alone. I like being alone (aside from my dog) in my own private space. I'm generally okay with the presence of my parents in the house, but I like best having my own space, even if that's just my own room.

I'm a bit of a recluse who just likes being alone inside my own indoor space the majority of the time. I do enjoy some time with friends and/or going out shopping. But nearly everytime I'm out with friends or out with my family shopping I turn into a ticking timebomb. I get very irritable and impatience as time passes on. There are specific circumstances where I'm not like that, like a couple of summers ago when I took a trip and stayed with a friend and her family. I didn't ever feel that irritability. It's odd.


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Today, 3:18 pm

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I am alone most of the time and it's so terrible it's crushing. I am desperately lonely and crying much of the time. That doesn't mean I would enjoy hanging around with strangers. I would like to live with my partner instead of seeing him once and sometimes twice a week, but in part I can't because I am too sick. I have ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) and I feel exhausted and drained pretty much all of the time. And also I just don't think it's his style. Because my illness has been worse the last four months or so I've also had to give up some small friendships I had because I'm not well enough to get together with them or to go to events where I might see them.

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