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How can I be happy without friends?
Humans are social animals. People without close friendships are more likely to die an
early death.
I was looking for advice on how to be happy, not depressed.
People are happy when they have at least a small group of closed friends. One of the
mistakes people make in real life is assuming that one of those thousand Facebook friends
are real friends and get depressed when no one is there to help them move.
I’m more concerned about the lack of a name to put in the in case of emergency field on
my medical forms. No one to call if I’m in the hospital.
Work on building relationships with coworkers and neighbors.
And how do I do that without buying five self help books?
Invite each person over for dinner or tea to talk.
I’ve been told I don’t have enough friends.
It is the quality of the relationships, not the number, that count.
Mine tends to focus on the internet.
So set up a Meetup with a few people you talk to online the most to get to know them.
I don’t think people would like to know about my weird interests.
Those people you socialize with online do. And you don’t have to have your digital
friends show up in cosplay at your door in order to meet them.
Yeah, that’s what duffle bags are for, anyway.
Joining a group that has natural community like a church or volunteer organization can
create friendships.
I never thought of joining a cult as the solution to my problems.
That’s not what I meant.
I prefer to annoy the heck out of Jehovah’s Witnesses when they come over by lecturing
them on arcane theology. If I listen to their spiel, they have to listen to the coming of
Ragnarock.
That was February 22, 2014, and it didn’t happen. But it didn’t get the same attention
as the Maya calendar ending.
Funny, since the Norse gods are sexier whereas the Maya just ate their hearts out.
I’m sure there’s a Reddit group for people like you if not ten on Facebook. Then setup
a Meetup and you’ve got friends.