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At what point do you think being alone (or the desire to be alone) becomes a problem or a disorder? I find the desire for a reclusive lifestyle very appealing. I love my house and the quiet. I feel the most at peace in my home with my children or alone. While I funtion well in social situations, I find "get togethers" draining no matter how casual the event. Is it abnormal to want to be alone more than to be with people?

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i'm wondering the same thing: i'm going to the PD network this week for the first time and i think i have several elements of the schizoid PD. increasingly as i get older i want to be alone, all the time. i never enjoyed relationships and sex was always a big no no, so now i've decided there's no point doing these things just to keep with other people's expectation, so i've stopped. but increasingly, i will go to events or plays or concerts or films on my own and not even ask someone else to go too. i like nothing better than going in to central london and sitting in a dim sum restaurant, alone, with a book, then going to see a film, alone.

if people invite me out, i just feel annoyed that i have to spend time with them. i went on a hen night recently and although it was reasonably enjoyable it really just reminded me that i wished i was at home alone. tomorrow i'm going to the wedding and i just ... it's not that i can't be bothred, it's just i'd rather not be around other people, being on good behaviour, being sociable. i'd rather do nothing. on my own. always.

but i'm not sure how far is "normal" and how far is "abnormal" - sorry :S