/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.13046888]

Is it possible to be alone without the torture of loneliness?

Teach me this power.

[Anonymous No.13046899]

Lobotomy.
Become a sociopath.

[Anonymous No.13046910]

>>13046888
Tulpas.

[Anonymous No.13046913]

>>13046910
Self-inflicted schizophrenia? Stupid. I think people who claim to have Tulpas are just fucking with everyone.

[Anonymous No.13046920]

>>13046888
Yes.
Learn to be comfortable with silence and contemplation. If you cannot feel contented with solitude, then you're not experiencing genuine togetherness when you're with people. You're just perpetually filling a void with distractions. Deep down, you are fundamentally unsettled about something, such as mortality, the nature of life, or social delimma. Instead of dealing with it, you try to bury it, video games here, a 4chan post there, hanging out with friends there but its heart is still beating underneath the floorboards and it drives you mad the moment your left alone with it. Stop using your cellphone. Unplug the internet. Stop friviously hanging out so frequently. Stare into the void and see what stares back.

[Anonymous No.13046933]

>>13046920
How has that been working out for you? You're still on 4chan..

[Anonymous No.13046940]

>>13046888
become incredibly muscular

[Anonymous No.13046952]

>>13046888
Being alone is the best time you’ll ever experience, just sit, and relax, so basically answering your question, yes. You only seek company as an escape due to internal trauma, the world can’t and won’t save you, nothing external will, for they are simple extras, add ons, treat everything as such, they will come and go, so don’t sweat it. :)

[Anonymous No.13046966]

>>13046933
Poverty and boredom drive me here. Once life is well again, I plan on never returning.

[Anonymous No.13046971]

>>13046966
>boredom

[Anonymous No.13046972]

>>13046920
how would one 'deal with' the immoral nature and eternal suffering of man? everything serves just to dull the pain. it has nothing to do with technology.

[Anonymous No.13046975]

>>13046966
What ya reading now?

[Anonymous No.13046982]

>>13046972
Overcome "eternal" suffering, it only seems eternal because you’re internally dead and hurt by something, not saying you won’t encounter problems, but in doing this problems with be seen to you as strategically overcomeable tasks

[Anonymous No.13046991]

>>13046952
most based post ITT

[Anonymous No.13047004]

>>13046888
When I'm alone is when I'm truly happiest. It's like the physical version of realizing your thoughts are free and no one can touch them. Learn to enjoy your own company.

[Anonymous No.13047017]

Derailing this self-help thread with a book recommendation, check out Huysmans's A rebours.

[Anonymous No.13047042]

>>13046888
>>>/adv/

[Anonymous No.13047054]

>>13046982
the suffering is not of the self, but of humanity as a whole doomed to repeat the mistakes of history

[Anonymous No.13047074]

>>13047054
Everything falls on the individual who performs such absurdities, it’s not in your interest to divert your attention towards nonsense, your time is valuable, yes there are wicked vile events and individuals, but knowing and recognition is enough, you’re already alert and aware, just relax, or you’ll fall into "unhealthy narcissism" where you’ll become suicidal, you were put here for a reason and then you’ll die, allow each man to play his part and reap his destinies fruits, write, design, build, exercise, find a wife, have children, travel, be normal, happy sailing, and remember nothing is a gigantic deal, every physical problem is minuscule.

[Anonymous No.13047076]

>>13047074
Toss away all your money then. Go live on the street and rot.

[Anonymous No.13047082]

>>13047076
Why would I do that?, read what I said, carefully, can you do that for daddy little brainlet?

[Anonymous No.13047160]

>>13046975
Waiting until things improve to start seriously reading again. When I force myself to read when times are rough, it seems as though I'm setting myself up to hate reading in the long run.
For now, the Book of Job and Henry Suso.

[Anonymous No.13047169]

>>13047160
I'm new to this board, is it the same as /k/ where it's a board filled with people who talk about guns but never own/use them?

[Anonymous No.13047184]

>>13047169
No. I used to read quite frequently. A book every two weeks, even more frequent when I had the time. It's difficult to sustain that without some level of basic comfort. A peaceful, solitudinous existence with enough money to make or buy three good meals a day is all I want again.

[Anonymous No.13047213]

>>13047184
ok cool, so just like /k/, thanks

[Anonymous No.13047524]

Check out Solitude be Anthony Storr

[Anonymous No.13047592]

>>13046888
Just develop an healthy hatred for everyone else and consider everyone You meet a subhuman disgraceful little thing.

[Anonymous No.13047942]

>>13046888
I enjoy loneliness and could go months without seeing another person and not be bothered by the fact. At work I don't go outside and eat with people, and instead just sit at my desk avoiding them. I act kind when strangers try to talk with me but it's annoying. Despite this I still have friends and enjoy socialising with them. I'm at the based stage where I don't mind having or lacking friends and don't prefer either option. I'm completely indifferent to being alone--it's pretty default now

But the answer to your question is if you feel lonely when alone, this power isn't for you. You need to be born like this or go through lots of social trauma. It's worth it though

[Anonymous No.13047958]

>>13047942
I am just like you, but recently I happened to establish a few genuinely meaningful relationships with people and I realise I've been missing out on life.
I agree with you though, it all depends on personality and that is hard to change.

[Anonymous No.13048004]

>>13046920
>Stare into the void and see what stares back.
I double dare you to take 3-4 tabs of lsd, wait for it to really kick in, and then go into the bathroom, close the door and listen to your inner thoughts while looking in the mirror.