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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?

tioteo 8 May 25
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I think it's about finding balance. Knowing when you're comfortable being alone and when you're not.

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IDK. For me, loneliness shows me what I'm missing; solitude shows me what I have.

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Seems solitude is built into life. Don't see the need to seek it out as it comes whether or not I want it to. Being alone was not my choice. Finding one to be with has been a challenge for me.

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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.

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I think what we need is what we need. It's an individual thing.

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