Having zero friends can cause insanity

https://media1.giphy.com/media/XwGVf8gQqt5rG/source.gif I use to suffer by this, there is no doubt that this topic is true. I would get into detail, but I'm lazy. Just go watch NHK, the show explains the situation perfectly.It's a very deep anime, about struggling with loneliness and becoming insane in the process. https://youtu.be/65dYsNJ3548 >Bashful_Hubris: When he hears pururin *PTSD*! This show is a life changer. I was exactly like this guy in the video.

I have no friends because I'm insane. People around me are all serious grown-ups and they don't like doing crazy stuff like me and that's why I'm alone

I consider myself a loner. I have one friend I am close with in real life, but she is a very extraverted individual, so we are like night and day. Her response when I tell her I have trouble making friends, is to just go to parties or to just "be social." I've always been a loner, even with my friends I've always kept my distance at least a little bit. I was always the "weird" one in friend groups. Now I genuinely enjoy being alone and don't despise it at all like I used to.

alone semi by choice i like being around people in controlled amounts most of the time i just wanna be with my closest people chilling, iv never been one for having a lot of friends, never wanted to

Back in the day I used to vagabond by myself for weeks and months at a time. Hitchhiking was easier and more fulfilling by one's self. You are more open to life without the filter of other people to obstruct your view.

Maybe some people unfortunately suffer from Social Phobia or Scopophobia or both which causes anxiety in social settings forcing them to be introverted even though some dream of being in crowds

I definitely fit into this category, though I do have friends I just don't have any way of spending time with them. A large part of it is mostly my lifestyle which I refuse to give up. I can say it has had a toll on my psyche, though the worst part is with rantic relationships, as they have an exponential effect on me emotionally and mentally. For example, in the last relationship I was in I was heavily depressed beforehand and afterwards started pulling myself out of it at a breakneck pace, now that I'm out of it, especially with how things ended, I feel worse than I did before the relationship.