To me it is pretty simple - there is "not seeking out others" and "avoiding others". I do both but usually just the former, which I think is the healthier "want to be alone" mode.
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|Up and down
|And in the end it's only round and round
|Pink Floyd - Us and Them
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|bipolar II, substance use disorder, ADD
|lamictal, straterra
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