My motto has always been "I'd rather be alone than wish I was". A bad relationship is much lonelier than being alone.

Or with someone using meth
or with someone violent
or with someone sick of you
or with someone just there to use you
or with someone who has you feeling that you were the boobie prize
I'm alone and a bit lonely. But so glad to have peace now. I have a cat and pretty fish to care for. I too have heard that loneliness (not being alone) is a killer. eggs were the killer, butter was the killer, sugar is the killer.. maybe even being alone can be healthy in moderation.

One can live alone without being lonely. Many people who live alone are not lonely.

Sublimate with guitar.

We are social creatures so we need to be social. Lock someone up without any personal communicate with other human and most will go mad.
Im talking in general each person is different. So it can affect us differently.

I rather like my own company. Sometimes I am a hoot, other times I'm kind and caring and I always give me the best answers. Every once in a while this wears thin and I need to be with my friends. It is possible to have spells of being lonely without giving in to abject loneliness. It is a human condition.

It's much better to be alone than with someone dysfunctional or toxic. Keep as many friends close as you can. Friends are a great antidote for loneliness.

Only let someone know you intimately once you ascertain they are good for you as a friend.

Loneliness and being single are not the same thing. If you have good friends, that makes all the difference.

Being alone , and being lonely are two different things. I'm alone, and have been for a few years, but I'm rarely lonely. While I do have "relationship pangs" every once in a while, they aren't enough to make me get involved with the wrong person, and be in a bad relationship just for the sake of being in one...........I, like you, appreciate my own company, and have a great circle of friends and some family that are my go-to's.

I’ve heard that research too, and have wondered if it’s not a logistical thing, as in, ‘hey,’ what’s that spot behind your shoulder..?’ Just having a second set of eyes.. Or, someone even partially concerned with your health ..nagging you to eat better..?

To me, it’s (quickly) becoming a situation in which I’d rather have 10 relaxing, productive, positive enjoyable years ..than 30 stressful, depressing dreadful ones… Occasionally lamenting a long time marriage, as if ‘something had gone wrong,’ what if something had finally gone right

If you can’t be happy single then you’re not in the right place for a relationship

I am living alone for the first time in my life, I'm 44. I am absolutely loving it!! I moved in August 2017 and have had maybe 2 nights where I really felt lonely.

Do you have platonic friends to hang out with and talk to? That's what generally keeps me from feeling lonely. I'm also enjoying dating and meeting new people. I feel like I'm getting a 2nd chance at life.

I've been alone for 35 years and there is nothing wrong with me. now 74 healthy and fit !