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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Oct 26, 2016
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Do you live far away from them? Family and friends are important, no one can live without them. Everybody needs support. Try staying connected to them because they are the best gift you will ever receive.
nessa87
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Oct 27, 2016
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you create your own happiness. it is all up to you. change your mindset and you will change your life.
Anonymous
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Dec 9, 2016
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Enjoying our own presence is a big step into maturity. There is a difference between being alone and feeling lonely. All you need is to identify where you stand and if you are ok to be without friends or family. There is no secret formula for hapiness. You should just find what is best for you. And if life forces you into a specific situation, just accept that and move on. In either way you are your own best friend.
AiTheZenNinja
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Mar 8, 2017
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You have yourself! This may sound weird but honestly you are the most important person in your life. Making new friends is easier than finding a family, but nothing is impossible! You be happy with yourself and the rest will become easier.
SkysIris
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Mar 29, 2017
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Understand you’re good enough all by yourself.
You’re a valuable person, and you don’t need the approval of anyone else for that to be true. When you’re alone, remind yourself that it’s because you choose to be. It really is a choice.
It’s very easy to find someone to spend time with, but when you have high standards for the people you allow into your life, you’re telling yourself that you’re better off by yourself than with someone who isn’t a great fit for you.
Kittysnowy
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May 18, 2017
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It can be OK, you can be your own friend, you will be someone who know your mind clearly. Please do what you like and what you feel happy with, try to make your own feeling good with your own living, motivate yourself and try to think about things that make you happy and keep your hope of living happily..
Anonymous
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Jul 7, 2017
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The sun is shining. You woke up this morning. There are friends and family to be made everywhere, and 7 cups is a great way to connect.
Anonymous
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Jul 26, 2017
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I have found that when you can't source some of your happiness from other people, you have to become pretty darned good at sourcing it from yourself. I've had to almost treat myself like a new and separate person. With a lot of thinking, I've learned about what kinds of things make me happy or sad or angry. I can choose to pursue some of those things. Sometimes being alone isn't ideal, but I like to see it as a time period in which I dedicate more resources to learning and improving myself.
InSync
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Aug 18, 2017
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By enjoying your own company. There are people who have never had the fortune of having either. If they can, so can you.
TheBlackDragon
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Aug 25, 2017
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People are social beings. If you don't have a family, that must have been hard on you, but on the other hand, it made you the person you are today. Friends are something you can always acquire. So, expanding your social circle is something positive, no doubt.
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