I see a lot of posts talking about male loneliness and I was wondering, how is male loneliness different from female loneliness?
Don’t wanna make this a men vs women thing. Would be just happy to read your experiences :)
As for me I’m 26M. I used to be lonely and now I’m mostly fine. University was very stressful I didn’t have any friends and I did feel a bit sad being single.
Now I’m still mostly solitary but not lonely. During my last year of uni, this extrovert added me to his friend group. I tried being in the friend circle and tried to hang out with them regularly, but I just felt tired and emotionally drained.
Now I just focus a lot on my work. Then walk around at the mall. Talk to my parents and hang out with 2-3 friends once in 2-3 weeks. My social interaction is barely above 0 outside of work. I’m not fully sure how I overcame my loneliness. I think 1) I take a lot of responsibility at work and that makes me feel satisfied 2) I don’t stress trying to fit in with ppl, I just found ppl that makes me feel comfortable (funny enough the more comfortable I feel, the more ppl I feel comfortable around.. it’s a circular process). I enjoy the hangouts and don’t feel tired afterwards
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