From my personal experience of having lived at home & went to college until 21 & then got married, finished college, & had me computer engineeringvcareer, I had never lived alone or had to be totally dependent on myself. I was very independent but then after losing my career & only having disabiluty to live on & being unstable with bad med side effect reactions where i couldnt take care of myself, it scared me to think of what it would be like if I lived alone & something like that happened. I had gone veom being independent within my marrisge to being totally physically dependent.....so I was afraid to take the step into the ALONE. My brain was independent but my body was a mess which then messed with my bain.

After I finally left that independent person totally took over & I now love my alone life. I am finally healthy both physically & mentally & surrounded by the nature like I had wanted all my life.

Dont know how similar your feelings are about it TishaBuv.

There are still times when I need a guy's strength to get something open or a repair completed but even with that I hsve become a mechanic, a plumber. Back to my old thinking.....there is really NOTHING i cant do myself. May need to ask for help but thats ok too. Brings me to connect better with friends.