I'd like to think that if I really had to turn to someone, there would alway be someone there for me, but I know from experience that you can only really rely on yourself, we come into and go out of this world alone, and no matter how popular we are in life we are always alone......... thoughts?
2006-09-27 02:02:44 · 20 answers · asked by Sadbh 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I've heard this idea running through my head many, MANY, times a week. To this day it still does, and I agree with it. We are always alone on the inside, the world isn't all happy and perfect like the Disney Corp. tells us it is.
I remember the days when I was young and innocent and I would give someone a hug and the rest of my day would seem to go right... And then heartbreak, and a heartbreak after that. And I realized that you can love someone, they can love you, you can be in love with someone (it's different than just love), and they you, but you're still alone. They can hold you so close at night, and things will be better, they can always be there for you, but some problems, some chills, cannot be rid of like that...
Some things you just have to deal with on your own, because they don't know the pain that you go through, they cannot possibly FEEL you the way that you can. Because you are you, and they are them... They've got their own thoughts eating them up, you've got yours. You can clutch together and try to form a raft to keep yourselves afloat, but when it all comes down to bare basics, you are all alone in your head.
2006-09-27 02:17:01 · answer #1 · answered by alchemicalstann 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. You can't rely on others to make some of the most important and critical decisions in your life. When faced with these decisions, you are alone. However, on a daily basis, I don't think we are islands. We are inter-dependent creatures and need to help each other. No one can truly say that he is an island and doesn't need others to care about him. Maybe we are a bit like islands, but islands with bridges to link one another. If you are an island with no bridges to link you with the other islands, you are very unfortunate.
2006-09-27 02:07:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No that is wrong and thinking like that is causing you to doubt people and can you open up and be truthful to people or is it impossible to make Friends i think you have just been let down by a close Friend and feel hurt give yourself a shake face the problem and get your life back to getter Dave
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2006-09-27 02:14:15 · answer #3 · answered by Psycho Dave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simon and Garfunkel sang it beautifully.
A winters day
In a deep and dark december;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
Ive built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
Its laughter and its loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
Dont talk of love,
But Ive heard the words before;
Its sleeping in my memory.
I wont disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.
2006-09-27 02:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly not, although incase you want to do some research, this is a philosophy of "solipsism."
If each man/woman were an island, we would have no shared values or morals, and society would descend into chaos. Whereas very few values are universal, I think it's safe to say things like "murder is wrong" and "raping children is wrong" are shared beliefs.
2006-09-27 02:14:18 · answer #5 · answered by squidblaine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some times
2006-09-28 01:54:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree I think it is back and forth, sometimes we are an Island, yes, but other times we have support of others, and when we don't have support it is just a matter of reaching out, something some of us find hard to do.
2006-09-27 02:12:29 · answer #7 · answered by sweet smile 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - I have come to much the same conclusion.
I will always accept love from the people who I love and I will always be there for those people.
But I cannot actually depend on anyone but myself.
It's sad that reality bites - but liberating in a way.
2006-09-27 02:53:38 · answer #8 · answered by quay_grl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isolate yourself if you want to, but you will be a very lonely and unhappy person.
In order to have a friend, you must be a friend first.
Do something nice for some deserving person today.
Then two people will feel better.
(But it is more fun to do nice things for people who will never figure out who the person was who did the nice things for them.)
2006-09-27 02:14:22 · answer #9 · answered by GreenHornet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is said that no man is an island (that is using the word man in it's proper sense meaning a human being) I think this means the we all need someone outside ourselves to keep us sane
2006-09-27 02:05:39 · answer #10 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋