How can I be happy without friends and family?

Get a dog, it can work as a buffer only....but you'll need friends and family...try to choose them wisely ,as now you have more time and you can always fall back to your dog ,if you fail in finding someone.

I think it will a little bit hard to feel happy without friends and family. But maybe the first thing you need to do to make yourself happier is accept yourself lacks and try to deal with them. Give the pain to yesterday and make brand new start to your life❤

Focusing on what I really want to do in my life is the best way, to me, to be happy without friends or family. In other words, being happy means that I can live significantly for every moment, that I can feel what I was bornt for, that I can invest my time, effort and money for one single purpose, dream completion. I need friends and family at some points to support me spiritually, but I can be happy without them since I know they are all there because I have a dream for myself. Without my dream, I can not be the person they want to want.

Only you are in control of your own happiness (same with other emotions). It's not independent of anyone else.

I find happiness in pursuing my goals, and celebrating small achievements along the way. Every success is a step forward, and every setback is a chance to learn something new.

Learn to love yourself and spend more time alone. This allows you to be comfortable being alone and not having to rely on others for happiness.

This is something I've spent the last year cultivating: how to be comfortable with being alone. What helps me is staying active, getting outside for a run, or going to a community yoga class. Feeling that solidarity with others while staying healthy is the best way I feel happy.

happiness start from within- we need to understand that we cant expect our friends be responsible for our happiness, happiness is very personal thing, and it can change from on another.

Doing something you love, such as hobbies, doing a job that you enjoy such as like youtubers, being a one person business like an uber driver, meeting new random people everyday.

You have yourself, with your thoughts, feelings and memories stored inside you. You may not have them, but you have the memories.