I can very much relate to your opinion on this post. The more I work on accepting my emotions and working through them, the harder it becomes to consistently engage with people. I now find contemporary culture so oppressive and restrictive, whereas before I, like many, thought that maintaining a positive an upbeat personality all the time was the “high road”.

The bright side though is that I feel so much more comfortable with myself now, and am perfectly ok with being alone. It’s worth the isolation, to get that kind of acceptance of self.

I also think that in time, people will gravitate toward you of their own accord. It won’t always be lonely because eventually, I think, people recognize when someone is happy with themselves and emotionally balanced, and they start to engage with those people because they want that for themselves, if they don’t have it already. If they do have it already, then it’s easy to form relationships with like minded people.