10 Things That Happen When You Get Used To Being On Your Own
By Rania Naim
1. You get comfortable. If loneliness was your biggest fear, it no longer is. It’s like you got over one of your biggest fears and the fall wasn’t so bad so you keep falling because you got used to the pain. You no longer feel it. Loneliness is that fall, it hurts at first but the more you get used to it, the less it hurts. It becomes a natural thing to you.
2. You don’t seek other people. When you get comfortable with your loneliness, you don’t have the urge to fight it. You don’t wake up wanting to do something about it because it’s no longer eating you alive. So you don’t make a lot of effort to seek out new relationships or friendships. You wait until it comes to you because you don’t know how to find a way out of your loneliness unless someone shows you the way.
3. You build a relationship with yourself. Literally, like you could even leave yourself motivational notes, work on your communication skills, embrace your flaws and try to understand yourself. It feels like you’re making the effort for two all by yourself and somehow it makes sense to you. Somehow it’s no longer weird.
4. You give zero fucks about what people think. You stopped caring if people give you funny looks when you eat alone or go to the movies alone. You stopped worrying about…
