How can I be happy without friends and family?

A person cannot live a happy life in isolation. However, an individual must have personal goals and motivations apart from their family and friends too. Love yourself fist, then love others like you love yourself.

I know this sounds easier said than done, but try to find worth and purpose in yourself and in your own life and existence. Although everyone has different experiences and reasons, I feel that many rely on friends and family as a buffer for self-esteem and as a measure of social-worth, even self-worth. Whilst this is not necessarily a bad thing, if one were to wish to be happy without friends or family, then one would have to rely on oneself. Perhaps try to focus on yourself and your own motivations and desires in life. Respect yourself and endeavour to find peace and fulfillment in yourself. Try to create a positive environment for yourself. However, there is nothing wrong with having a support network and reaching out to others! Do what you believe is the right thing to do for yourself. Ultimately, do what makes you happy. If this involves a more individual and introspective approach, go for it; If it involves other people, that is also fine. It may sound vague, but in the end, it's all down to you. There is no textbook answer to this as everyone has different experiences, desires, motivations, and personalities. But then again, this is merely my opinion and may not apply to everyone, so take this only with a grain of salt!

I find happiness in simple things like books and tea, or playing with my dog, or taking a rest. This can also help me understand and work through what I am feeling.

Volunteer. Help those you can help. Pay attention to yourself and take notice of what you actually do that you enjoy doing and that doesn't involve having other people around. Do that more. If you can find a way to share what you love doing with the world and people like it, those people will become your fans and if you connect with others who do the same thing(s), those people may become your new friends that you have something in common with. For example, maybe you like taking walks. If you take photos of your walks and share them, people may like them on social media or at galleries if you take the time you used to spend on friends and spend it developing your photography skills. Or you may be able to find a group nearby of people who like to go on walks or who like taking nature photography. There are lots of local Instagram groups who meet up and just take pix together. Or go on meetup.com to find a nearby group of people who are into the things you like. There are many things you can do alone that are fun and that you can also do with people if you want and that will bring you closer to people if you focus on helping them while doing something you enjoy.

I don´t think you can be happy without family or friends. Friends are easier to be happy without but after a while it will get you to. I have experienced that too, I didn´t have any friends and at first it was all fine but then it hit me. family is family and you can´t be happy without them but as with friends it is manageable at first but then it will hit you. So to answer your question i will say : No. you can´t be happy without them, a little while but it will come to you again.

I won't say that not having family and friends is easy to not have in your life, because eventually you'll want them in your life. I know that back in my senior year of high school I was so ready to leave and have freedom. To this day, I love it and wouldn't want it any other way, but I do have my moments where I miss my folks and some of my friends. But, I mean you can be happy without them. Do something that makes you happy, find new friends, pick up hobbies, distract yourself and sometimes it'll help.

We ain't complete without friends and family... But there are times when they are not available for us. At such times we should just do things that please us... We should do interesting stuff... Go out on a refreshing walk... Shop for ourselves and our place. . And so on and so forth.

Do something you love, day dream, fly far way in your imagination. Favourite songs may help. Comedy movie is perfect for laughter.

Happiness doesn't have to come from other people, it can come for things you do or like. Thinking of all the things you have and are thankful for can also help.

Find your passions! Read, dance, explore, play, and listen to everything around you. People always jump to their phones or computers for pleasure, but there is so much more in life. What are you going to do this weekend? Check for concerts! Check for restaurants! Check for book stores! Look around you :D