Can a person be truly happy alone?

Answer 1

I was thinking about this earlier tonight. It seems like in some way, shape or form I always have some sort of partner, or person I can depend on that I can share intimate things with. It seems like I am always in some sort of intimate relationship with a member of the opposite sex no matter what phase of life I'm in and I rarely find myself alone.

I was thinking earlier--what IF I just let go? What if I were all alone and not in some type of relationship with someone to depend on daily? The horror!! Seriously, sheer panic traveled down my spine.

I feel like I lose a part of me when I am not with someone. Like I can express myself best when I am with another person. I am most confident, most outgoing, most SECURE when I have just ONE other person in the world that I know I can talk to when the day is over or I am down.

Although I sometimes think the only way to find true happiness IS alone. How can you truly concentrate on yourself, your own needs, pursuits & happiness when you constantly have to think of someone else and how they might think, feel or react and the consequences your actions will have on them? Is it possible to do things that make yourself happy regardless of the impact it will have on your partner?

I think it is up to each individual to find what makes them happy in life and then pursue it. Some might pursue it alone and some with a partner. I do think it's possible for one to be truly happy alone...I do wonder the opposite though...is it possible to be truly happy in a relationship?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Do you mean truly alone? Completely isolated from the rest of humanity? I think the lack of human contact would make someone go mad... mind you, then they'd probably be so ingorantly insane that they'd be happy all the time!

Do you mean alone in the sense of single, without a romantic partner? Yes. That is possible.

I don't think a person can be happy if they don't have someone/others to share their happiness with. What is happiness if you can't share it?

Answer 4

Yes. Without question. Forever.

In fact, a person who dislikes solitude can never be deeply happy, alone OR with companions. Solitude is one of the keys to happiness.

Answer 5

Have you ever heard the Cinderalla song "we all need a little shelter"? Anywho, he is saying that everyone has a sort of void that has to be filled, whether it is with a significant other, drugs, religion, or anyother preoccupation. No one could be happy "alone". maybe content, but not happy.

Answer 6

I think being alone is not bad as what other people think of that, because even me I love to be alone or I use to be alone sometimes this can help you think all the things you've done. But please for all always remember that it still fun if your accompanying your family and friends.

Answer 7

I think so, many people have chosen this for religious reasons. It depends on the individual and if one believes they are serving a higher calling than earthly love/companionship. Most of us are programmed that we need a companion to be whole, so it takes an extrordinary individual for this.

Answer 8

I've been happy alone for 27 years, but i'm ready to share my life with someone special.

Answer 9

It is impossible to be alone. Just becasue you think you are alone does not mean you are alone. Life is always Present as long as 'consciousness' IS!
Oh by the way in some literature 'consciousness' is also know as God.

Answer 10

it actually depends... schizos? haha=) guess not. hmmm... i'd rather stick to the notion that man is a being made also for others not just for the self. others play a crucial role in proving your existence. hmm... so my answer is, NO. =) happiness is found everywhere. you can't live alone, do things alone, do things just for the sole purpose of being alone. =)