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apr. 30 '26
hello all,

in what way do you need others?

i ask this way 'cuz i am of the opinion that You DO need people—that everyone does. but many don't agree, in theory and practice. err, "need"—to live your best life, i think.

do you prefer being around people? thinking of others? how do you view others, in relation to yourself; can you understand them, as a familiar? or. maybe you'd prefer not to think about them at all? some people have better things to worry about, i suppose.

i like the validation people give me sometimes, or need it idk which one is which yet. i need them to survive anyways, without doctors and therapists and meds and stuff i dont know where i'd be #TBH

i hate being around people and thinking about them on a personal level make my skin feel itchy, i dont really understand anyone even if it's my best friend. i cant really avoid thinking about other's opinions of me, so it's not like i can avoid thinking about them LOL. this will probably change in the future like all my opinions

Ok, I can't write it right. I don't really know why I need others but it's probably to be with them together! I just like friendships

Well I'm ok with being with someone but I sometimes prefer being alone because socializing takes too much energy from me

Well I can understand any person and say what's familiar and what's not

i am averse to depending / relying on others, but i'm only human and i’ll tweak if i don’t get a healthy amount of social interaction. and attention cough. i enjoy people watching. observing human behavior, mimicking activities that’ll bring me joy as well and avoiding stuff that i’ve seen others make the mistake of doing. i need people to keep learning more about the world and how i'd like to live my life. but i prefer only directly interacting with the people i’ve already grown comfortable to be around with

I need others a lot. Especially because I struggle with HPD, that makes my need for people and social interactions 100% worse.

I don't really need most people, my best friend on the other hand, I don't know what I'd do without it.

I enjoy being around people some times and other times I don't, it really depends on my mood but I get my energy from being alone and being around people for too long is overwhelming. I can understand them I suppose? I don't know.

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