Do you know of any "benefits" from loneliness?

Question

Can any good come from it?

Can you use it for anything positive?

Answer 1

Benefits from loneliness....being without anyone, being sad, being apart...nope, no benefits.

Benefits from being alone....not having to talk about things you are not interested in, being able to walk around naked, being able to stay in the bathroom as long as you want, being able to turn on the TV, listen to the radio, have all the lights on, and eat in your chair without someone telling you not to. Being able to talk to your plants, pets, floor, walls without being told you are crazy. Being free to jump up at 2 in the morning and go get a ice creme without nasty comments about your weight. The differences in loneliness and alone are vast.

I am alone, but not lonely.

Answer 2

Benefits:
1. Some think that one of the benefits of loneliness is that it pushes us toward ourselves.

2. Another stated benefit of loneliness is that it pushes us toward other people.

3. It has been said, "Loneliness hurts, but it also instructs."

4. Loneliness can also push us toward God or a spiritual awareness and understanding.


Alone Points
1. Being alone can be an opportunity for us to look at who we really are, to see and appreciate our loved ones, and to move closer to God or become a more spiritual person.

2. Often we are afraid to be alone--we can't even enter a room without turning on the television or radio. Maybe we don't like ourselves or don't want to have to think. But we need to be alone at times . . . to get away by ourselves to think, plan, and pray.

3. No matter how lonely we feel or wherever we are, we are never totally abandoned, if you have faith in a higher power.

4. Our world is filled with lonely people who need us, need our touch, being lonely oneself can give us a greater understanding and appreciation for others.

Answer 3

I accomplish a lot, now, in the time freed up. Reduced transportation, and communications costs, and others involved with socialising (entertainment, eating out, gifts, etc) are some positives. See loneliness, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris on page 9.

Answer 4

I am alone, but i am never lonely.

I like how i am. this is done by being alone. i like my space too so i miss not having my space too when i don't have it then i would just have to go out on my own at times.
like one of the other answers i have not much in social things and i have no real care about them when i need it then i guess i will get some...

enjoy how you are, after all no matter what you are always with you and you can be the best friend to someone that is very important..... you

Answer 5

I love my privacy and my aloneness.

Being able to do things alone has many advantages. It gives me a lot of time to think and write about thinking and writing.

As a programmer I write programs on my own. I like this because I am paid to think and write and I enjoy my own company.

I have had to retrain myself to be social. I did this by starting a music club. I also go out to a discussion group where we talk about things that I am especially interested in. Now I have many friends.

I have to remind myself every so often to call my friends and to get out with them.

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Answer 6

well of course.....i feel lonely sometimes....I usually think of Gerard Way or Pete Wentz....they seem to have had a not so good time when they were in school....but their lives turned out okay...I mean if you look up Gerard Way's quotes.....he has said stuff about when he was younger....

“When I was writing it, I was remembering how hard it was to be a 16-year-old in high school. I always wanted to be an artist, so I was this loner kid who just got drunk all the time. I only had one real friend. There was a girl I really liked, and she ended up taking really sleazy photographs with her boyfriend, and that really crushed me, I was just swimming in this pit of despair, jealousy and alcoholism.” -Gerard Way

“We like to kidnap them in a van, and leave them somewhere dangerous. SURPRISE!” -Gerard Way (he's talking about the fans)

Answer 7

there is a difference between lonliness and being alone. in the case of lonliness, you are longing for something outside yourself, and as is often the case, your needs are not met. in the case of being alone, you are comfortable within yourself and being alone is a healthy thing because it gives you time to get in touch with your inner being. Once I realized that my happiness came from inside me and not from anything outside myself, I was never lonely again. If I found myself alone, I used the time to meditate and reinforce my inner happiness. when happiness comes from inside, no one and nothing can make you unhappy. when we seek happiness from outside ourselves, it is fleeting if it ever even occurs.

Answer 8

There is a big difference in being ALONE and being LONELY.

And only you can change it. If you think having someone in your life will make you less lonely....you're wrong. I know LOTS of people who live by themselves and they are perfectly happy. If you are happy with yourself---just you....then you will never NEED someone else.

You choose to be lonely----so choose NOT to be.

Answer 9

You could learn who you really are from spending a lot of time on your own, and you imagination could develop more too, in the process of trying to keep yourself occupied. It is however nicer to spend time with other people :-D

Answer 10

lots of privacy.....
being able to do anything without any criticism
finally able to do the things u always wanted to do instead of the things others want 2 do
u get things done
something positive.....hmmmm....still thinking