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Ugh. Disgusting proselytizing threads like these need to be eradicated from A Lonely Life.

Can you imagine if someone told me to "be myself" and really meant it? The first thing I would do is strip naked as clothes bother me. Then I'd start talking with no political correctness and with speech peppered with every profanity known to mankind. I'd jump up on tables and run around like...

My social anxiety is bone deep, but then again, I'm autistic so that comes with the territory. Because I'm also cursed with bipolar disorder and PTSD, me going out to meet people is an impossible waste of time. As I grow older, I trust less and discern more. People are just toxic to me; my...

Yes. Man Bites Dog?

I try to shut everyone out of my life because, in the end, I just end up being judged for my "out of the box" thinking and I loathe pretending to be normal. I'm practically incapable of small talk - I stutter when I try it - and, as an Aspie with PTSD and bipolar disorder, people trigger me into...

Lasqueti Island off the coast of Vancouver B.C. is home to about 400 people who live off the grid. You have to be self-sufficient to live there as you're pretty much on your own. Since there are no apartments to rent, or houses to buy, people who live there were usually invited in by people who...

Yeah. I was a human guinea pig in all the psych hospitals I've been in and also to every psychiatrist and psychologist I've ever encountered. Either the pills did nothing or had insufferable side effects like lethargy, weight gain, dizziness, insomnia, tardive dyskinesia, etc. Therapists were...

That Ill die without realizing my dreams of being a successful songwriter, musician, film maker or novelist.

I like being on my own. Life is simpler, less agonizing, that way.

Religion was used as punishment in my life. In my island country of Trinidad & Tobago, you can't get away from the religious. They're everywhere waiting to force their doctrines down your throat. I was able to escape it in America by running away to college, but not till after being subjected...

A good day is one where I've successfully avoided every person in my cursed apartment building or didn't get into a ridiculous, meaningless argument with anyone.

Perma-single? That's a new one. Hikikomori in Japanese, I guess.

I'm trying my best to shut everyone out of my world. It's a little difficult, though, because of the way my apartment building is set up. There's basically just the one entrance so you have no choice but to run into people when you go out and come in, check the mail, etc. Lately, I've restricted...

I watch movies and drink like a fish.

I've been to quite a few concerts by myself (Journey, Queen, KISS (3x), Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, The Plasmatics, Julian Bream, Janet Jackson (2x), Bobby Brown, Sting, and many others). If I'd waited for someone to come along to accompany me, I'd never have went to any of them. I was feeling...

I really do believe I'm one of those people who'll always be alone forever, and I guess after decades of solitude, I'm used to it.

I'm 57 so I guess that makes me a boomer. Hello all!