Do you know Byron's history? Imagine a quiet and unagitated life. For me, it would be kind of boring; where is the "drama", where the interest? Yes, I could sit around by myself and read all day but. . . I want the color and the other people in there, I want to try and do things, interact with others. But interaction is about negotiation; we have to let others know our boundaries and find out theirs and figure out ourselves and how the world works, etc.

However, sometimes things go too far in the other direction? Sometimes we have too much going on and we're confused and angry and anxious, etc. and just wish we could be the one, the homebody, that just didn't have to deal with all that crap?

Think of your great great grandparents on their little farm or he in his trade, doing the same thing day in/day out; no Internet, no hobbies, having to just work to survive; could you be that person? Byron lived in the 1700's/early 1800's but was wealthy, did a lot of travelling, etc. Was depressed, maybe bipolar, had lovers and friends committing suicide, etc. One can't imagine him down on the farm, waking at 4:30 every day, 365 days a year, to care for the livestock, going to bed at dark so he could rest enough to get up the next day and do it all over again.