So I was just talking to a friend, and the topic of how one processes alone time came up.

He said something that I strongly related to, and I immediately wondered what was causing it psychologically

fun little thing I realized that I haven't realized before, a lot of my more unhealthy behavior is because I don't get out much, it seems like every time I get out and just interact with people I feel so much better like, actually life is notjust empty and shit

I respond with

Damn I know what you mean, I feel that so hard. I'm surprised someone managed to put it into words If I spend more than 2 days just by myself with nothing going on I lose motivation and start feeling like a frustrated degenerate. I thought I was the only one.

And he agreed with that. We seemed to experience the exact same thing. And so far he’s the only one who I’ve seen talk about it. It’s something I think about a lot but have never seen it expressed until now

It’s like a gradual depression that sits in when we’re not around people or doing anything in general. But then as soon as we get out again, bam everything clicks, we’re at our best and everything feels awesome

It makes me wonder, is this a universal human experience? And if not everyone has this, what in particular is causing us to?

I’m curious if anyone else can relate to this and if there’s any explanation whatsoever psychology-wise. It seems interesting