No human contact

[readsomething]

How many people here go for days with no human contact?

If I do not go out to buy something I will spend two or three days without any seeing another person.

I think of people in solitary confinement who go for months without any contact. How do they survive?

 

[Lonely in BC]

I went 38 days without human contact several years ago. When I returned to the world it was hard to adapt. If I was to do it again I suspect I would likely go feral (lol).

 

[Chasm]

How many people here go for days with no human contact?

If I do not go out to buy something I will spend two or three days without any seeing another person.

I think of people in solitary confinement who go for months without any contact. How do they survive?

survival is ez as long as 1 has food n @ least a moderate amount of physical safety
its the keepng sane part thats more intric8
it can b dun tho
especially if ur lucky enuf 2 have sum forms of distraction
(books,mags,maybe evn TV)
it can still b dun evn w/o those thngs

 

[Lost Drifter]

If I take a week off work then I can go for a week without talking to another person. I have however, in the past, spent weeks camping alone in the big forests around my home (going all wild man) and I think the longest I lasted was just under a month without seeing another human being.

The scary thing is that part of me loved it.

 

[roguewave]

I went 38 days without human contact several years ago. When I returned to the world it was hard to adapt. If I was to do it again I suspect I would likely go feral (lol).

Wow, how long did it take you to re-adapt, and do you feel like there are small parts of you after that experience, that will never fully re-adapt?

 

[nerdygirl]

Before becoming a mother, I used to go for months at a time without talking to anybody, excluding a "Thank you" to the cashier at the grocery store. It was kind of nice, really.

 

[kamya]

I've gone months. I've gone months without even going outside except for at night every once in a while to get groceries. Then use self checkout and go back homes.

 

[Lonely in BC]

I went 38 days without human contact several years ago. When I returned to the world it was hard to adapt. If I was to do it again I suspect I would likely go feral (lol).

Wow, how long did it take you to re-adapt, and do you feel like there are small parts of you after that experience, that will never fully re-adapt?

It's been about 14 years since I was isolated like that. I'm not 100% sure that I've re-adapted- I have often missed being cut off like that. In the movie "Castaway" Tom Hanks portrayed being alone for an extremely lengthy period of time. I've often thought I could do that. In all honesty my dream partner would be a lady that could disappear into the wilds ( or a remote island like Toms) and be comfortable without the trappings of civilization.

I'm one of those types who is comfortable with silence- it amazes me how many are not.

Your response has me deep in thought- thank you.

 

[Bones]

Between school, college, work, being a parent, and going to the store, I have not had very many times of no human contact within several days; but when I did, I enjoyed it.