was reading posts and realize that soo many people feel lonely, and thwey substitute real life friends with internet and online...we get too addictive to the online. its almost similar to drug, alcohol addiction.
2007-07-31 05:32:54 · 13 answers · asked by steven25t 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I don't know if I'd use the word lonely, but I feel detached or alone much of the time. I don't care for a lot of people, and my friends in the real world are few. I think that most people who have many friends probably don't have one friend. I have a few who happen to be golden. I am new to the internet, so I haven't fallen into the trap of internert friends, but I look forward to it because although in person interaction isn't achievable, I'd like to experience it. Maybe as I learn more about what I am doing with this puter then I will advance into that stage. I am at ease with being alone, but I'm not sure that I am lonely. Good question...
2007-07-31 16:24:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? I go through withdrawls. I had two problems with my computer in the last couple of months and I was not online for a week to two at a time. I was so lost, having no way to even reach net friends I've had as personal friends be- fore that, and when I couldn't reach YA I wondered what I was missing out on. I pick up something new most everyday myself. And I do much more googling for answers and learn things from that too. I'm at a point in life where I have the willingness to learn more now, than any other time in my life. Maybe that's from the hour glass running down. But I have the quest to learn. Too bad I didn't have this enthusiasm when I was in HS. I might have been an honor student.
2016-05-18 23:33:13 · answer #2 · answered by emily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not.
Have been years ago, particularly in College. I made the mistake of volunteering for the draft when I was in school, just to get it out of the way.
When I returned, I found that most of the college crowd, both students and professors were insufferably juvenile and sophomorish. So I made few new friends. One can be lonely in a crowd as well as when isolated.
I think today, with our wonderful economy such that households need two wage earners, with children raised by televisions and computers, there are an awful lot of lonely folks. Addiction? I don't know, probably.
2007-07-31 05:41:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I feel lonely. But, I feel it's deep rooted from my childhood....an only child in an isolated area, then further isolated by going to private school a few towns away, not having anything in common, by way of parentage or lifestyle with anyone else in my peer group blah, blah, blah. Anyway, I'm kind of a loner because I'm so different from the people in my area, and no longer desperate enough to hang out with people I don't respect. I long to spend time with interesting people, but am seldom satiated. Anyway...boo hoo. It could be much worse. I am lucky, and I appreciate my life, If we had everything, we wouldn't appreciate the good things when they come. So, while I live with sadness and emptiness, at the same time I am greatful to live and thankful for all the beauty there is in this world.
2007-07-31 05:45:22 · answer #4 · answered by peace seeker 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do sometimes, but I do have friends away from the Internet too. I agree with the addiction thing too, that's a really smart way to look at it. There is a downside to some online things, such as some chatrooms, where you do have some horrible experiences (me included), so I guess that's the side-effect to the 'addiction' (like withdrawal with drugs & alcohol!).
2007-07-31 06:32:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i sometimes feel lonely, usually only lasts about a day then i snap out of it
probably some people do depend more on internet than real life friends these days, maybe because they were not able to learn to socialize, or not so much that they weren't ABLE to learn, but because of this medium they didn't HAVE to learn...but then i have to ask: is it so bad that their friends are not with them in the same geographic space? at least they still connect -- maybe without the net, they wouldn't connect at all
2007-07-31 06:38:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer honestly, I do not substitute internet for real friends. They exist. I just get bored at work.
On another note though, I do feel alone at times. Even when I am physically with my friends or family I feel it. True loneliness comes when nobody can understand my state of mind. When I am unable to accurately express myself or connect with another are my most lonely times.
2007-07-31 05:37:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I feel more lonely if I am in a crowd where nobody is like me than when I am alone. Nothing to me is a better cure for loneliness than the company of a like-minded person.
2007-07-31 06:04:02 · answer #8 · answered by Marshmallow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do! But that is not why I am on here! You are supposed to spread the word as much as possible! Just so happens I work on this and it is a great place to share my ideas with others! Even if I get censored sometimes, that's life!
2007-07-31 14:00:01 · answer #9 · answered by Michael2832 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lonely is a state of mind.
I can feel really lonely when I feel sorry for myself.
Then I realize I am friendless because I don't like the people in my life.
And that makes me feel better
2007-07-31 05:46:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋