This is related to the "Loneliness kills" post earlier today. It got me to thinking about the relationship between loneliness and solitude. They are different but related. I need solitude sometimes, probably more than most people, but I think too much can lead me into that melancholy which is loneliness. I have noticed that in myself. When in solitude to much? Or is there too much of it?
A quote that I read in a meme somewhere… “If you’re lonely you’re in bad company“. Of course there’s more to it than that but your post brought to mind that meme. There is however some truth to it though. if I’m not in a great mood getting together with friends can lift me out of it but if I am in a great mood I can toil in solitude for hours and wonder where the time went.