How can I be happy without friends and family?
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Moderated by Maria Wasielewski, Master of Arts in Counseling and Guidance, University of Arizona
Updated: Jan 4, 2022
Anonymous
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Aug 11, 2018
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You can try to find yourself a hobby. Do things that make you happy. I am sure that will make you happy.
Anonymous
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Aug 18, 2018
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You should focus on yourself by experimenting with different hobbies such as drawing, writing, and even gaming. To entertain yourself is a way to be able to survive without being dependent on another person to fill that void. You must find that one thing that you’re able to enjoy with yourself and you will find it is more easy to cope with other peoples unavailablity and conflicting schedules. You will also develope a healthy relationship with yourself and be able to know who you truly are as a person. Filling your day with personal healthy hobbies and actions is key to being happy without involving anyone else.
Anonymous
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Aug 23, 2018
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There are many ways to be happy, without friends or family. Although not having those people can be a real struggle, and it can be quite upsetting, you can find ways to be happy. You can take part in activists you enjoy, or try to find other activities that you might like. You can seek good habits, and try to learn from them. You can search for a dream career, and try to get to that point, working at everything you need to achieve it. You could also go and try to find friends, and maybe make some really good ones. Maybe find a girlfriend or boyfriends that you really love. There's always something in this world that can make you have, even if it seem options are slim.
Joisey
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Sep 5, 2018
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You are living for yourself. Learn how to spend time yourself and be your best friend. No one can live without friends till die, it's just a process, it doesn't means its your fault. You don't have to get on well with the other people. Be yourself always. Have new interests, go for walking, or a cinema, don't feel embarassed to be alone, because there's nothing to feel like that.
Your family just creates you, we live together for long time so it must be hard to live seperate. You don't have to live together with them though. Live just for yourself. There is no one who is more important you.
Anonymous
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Sep 8, 2018
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We humans are social beings. We cannot live without family and friends.
It's being in a community that keeps us surviving.
But they can't be there for us all the time. We have to spend a lot of time developing our knowledge and skills; and most of the times, it's a very lonely road. It can be lonely but it's very beautiful. There can be days when we feel low but it's the faith that keeps us going.
-We don't need a lot of people in our life to be happy. It could even be a single close friend who is like a family. Even a pet can be your best friend.
-Feeling loved and giving love makes us happy.
-If you're sad, help someone and bring a smile on their face. It would make your day no matter how hard it was.
GirirajKulkarni
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Sep 13, 2018
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It may seem difficult but if try out find what interests you like reading books,solving puzzles ,learning new things etc would help you to be quite busy and you will enjoy the work as you like those things and that means you will be happy.
Of course initially it's difficult to work on to be consistent .But you need to have persistance and focus and you will be able to do that new thing easily .Its becomes very easy this way when you distract yourself from those thoughts like missing someone will not make you sad.
Thanks for reading .
Anonymous
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Sep 23, 2018
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I think.. Happiness is where your home is. It doesn't have to be always family or friends. It could be a place, other person, or other things. I personally thinks sometimes I am better without my family, because they're sometimes toxic and didn't lead me to a better thinking. Leaving them probably will end up good to me.
It's different for every family actually. There are people who needs comfort from their family whether they knew it or now. Happiness can't be forced, but when we're able to accept things just as it is, we can make the happiness flow into our life.
So I think, you could be happy even without your friends or family. It's up to you where your 'home' is.
Clarisse29
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Oct 3, 2018
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By engaging in things and hoboes that you enjoy. Discovering and researching over things. Building our personality. Practising self care and mindfulness. Utilising our time in helping other and spreading kindness in the world. Being nice to the people we meet and giving in all that we have to the service of the world. Also, doing creative things helps like cooking embroidery and form of art. Etc. without friends and family, it is pretty lonely I agree but as long as we keep our selves company and enjoy our own company it’s not going to affect us much. We should keep that in mind
Anonymous
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Oct 4, 2018
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Learning to be happy without friends or family can include knowing your strengths without them. Some people do not have a choice to have a family or not. Those who don't usually find a remedy not having one. Some replace family with friends. When a person doesn't have friends, sometimes they can replace them with family. Some people have other alternatives and reasons for not having friends. Many jobs require multiple days at a time being there so you might not have time to maintain or make friends. Some people have social issues that refrain them from making friends.
Anonymous
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Oct 12, 2018
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Sometimes it takes time to find your tribe. What I mean by this is that we have different periods of our life where it can feel lonely. What are some ways you can enjoy time with yourself? Maybe find a hobby that does not require others, but could lead to friends. A book club? How about a yoga class? Painting? It all depends on your specific talents and areas of interest. Maybe you can ask other members of this site even what they do to enjoy some alone time and self care. We all need to spend some quality time with ourselves.
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