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Why Solitude Is So Important To Me
As a self confessed introvert, I know the importance of ‘alone time’. It gives me the chance to think, and refresh and regroup. I find value in being alone with my thoughts.
This is not to say that I don’t like being social; I do. But in carefully measured doses. The thing is that I find it very difficult to deal with lots of noise, and people talking across each other.
I find my mind wandering, listening to all of the conversations going on around me, even without my trying to do this.
IT’S EXHAUSTING
The energy my brain then expends on keeping myself present in the conversation I am actually in, leaves me feeling exhausted. There are times when I just have to get out of that situation. I need to go somewhere quiet, where I can just take a few deep breaths and regroup.
Some people may see me as rude, but that’s not the case. It certainly isn’t what I’m trying to come across as. Sometimes, being in a group of people leaves me feeling so lost, and tongue tied, and (yes, really!) alone.
It never ceases to amaze me how it’s possible to feel so completely alone in a room full of people, but it is.
