Is it possible to be truly happy if you only live for yourself?

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

For instance, could a sociopath be happy?

I think they probably could honestly. But the problem they would run into is complete isolation. If you don’t care about anyone else.. the world might as well just be a simulation. No meaning.. paper thin and vapid

Life is what you make it. Some people take a high dose of LSD and land in a cloud.. having meaningful conversations with strangers.. calling up old friends..

Or you could surrender to your fears and that Shit will engulf you like a virus. No one wants to be around a negative fuck. But a lot of folks can’t tell the difference between positive energy and cold confidence

I lost my train of thought

 

[Long Dark Blues]

Yes, for some people.

No, for others.

 

[HHJ]

Yes, for some people.

No, for others.

Obviously this.

There are people who activley live in solitude, despite the hardship, because THAT IS HOW THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO LIVE.

You dont need to be a sociopath or have anything wrong with you to be like this, either.

 

[PeterGriffin]

Those LSD gummies are good.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Like 99% of the world's elite billionaires ?

 

[HUGHPHUG]

Those LSD gummies are good.

I like drugs

 

[Cole train]

DIogenes would say yes

Yukio mishima would say no

 

[PeterGriffin]

I doubt a sociopath would or could ever be truly happy. For that they would need an inner peace that I doubt their mind would allow.

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

Like 99% of the world's elite billionaires ?

Does Mark Zuckerberg seem happy? He has a new midlife crisis every year

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

I like drugs

Drugs are a hell of a drug

 

[William Huggins]

Those LSD gummies are good.

But are you eating the gummies...... Maybe that gummy bear is chasing you........

 

[PeterGriffin]

I like drugs

I took almost a 30 year break between periods where I experimented and enjoyed acid. Had to adult for while.

As a teenager, I never outright hallucinated and saw absurd shit (only Gravol ever did that). But LSD was like a cleaner more intense version of mushrooms, without the gutrot, and was by far the most cost-effective way to have cheap fun. A hit of acid was like $4 and it would last a solid 8-10 hours. You were you, but better. That microdot was potent.

Fast-forward 30 years to a time where I basically have zero responsibilities, kids and grandkids are set. Drinking is a fucking chore now, and the day after is never fun. Once I hit 50, my love of the rum and tequila dwindled to barely ever. I'll still tear it up if I want to or need to, but it's some damn hard to bounce back the next day.

The LSD gummies are good, just like taking a hit, doesn't quite seem to last as long, but it's very different doing it as an adult versus a teen. The maturation as you age changes your reaction to the drug. As a teen, you feel wild, and have all the energy in the world. The acid is intense and you just want to do it all. Taking LSD as an adult, you've already done it all, and you just spend more time in a relaxed, euphoric happy state (once you adjust to that initial rush).

But the university students are smart. In the 80's and 90's, they used to crank out cheap acid and it was everywhere and it was a side hustle. Students nowadays are running online businesses shipping it at crazy prices. I hit of acid used to be $4 or 5, now one gummie is $20+.

 

[Other]

Hi!

Yes, that's me. I prefer solitude over connection. I have a handful of close friends who live in other places, which is how I like it.

"Loneliness is the absence of connection, solitude is the presence of self" - Alan Watts

I look forward to going home and being alone every day. As I aged, I began to notice that I was happier when I was alone, so I embraced it.

When I was in the military, I took a psychological test where I scored a 0 in the area of 'Socially Rewarded Behavior,' which was allegedly the first time the administrator had seen a score of 0. I was proud of that.

I'm aware that I can't live a life in complete isolation and still require human interaction. It's those interactions that remind me that I'm happier alone.

 

[HHJ]

I took almost a 30 year break between periods where I experimented and enjoyed acid. Had to adult for while.

Haven't tried Acid yet, but Shrooms has proven to be my favorite. Nothing cooler than havin the day off, with no responsibilities and a bunch of shrooms to have a productive self affirming day in 4K HDTV

 

[HHJ]

Hi!

Yes, that's me. I prefer solitude over connection. I have a handful of close friends who live in other places, which is how I like it.

"Loneliness is the absence of connection, solitude is the presence of self" - Alan Watts

I look forward to going home and being alone every day. As I aged, I began to notice that I was happier when I was alone, so I embraced it.

When I was in the military, I took a psychological test where I scored a 0 in the area of 'Socially Rewarded Behavior,' which was allegedly the first time the administrator had seen a score of 0. I was proud of that.

I'm aware that I can't live a life in complete isolation and still require human interaction. It's those interactions that remind me that I'm happier alone.

I need a happy balance.

I love good social interaction but I also enjoy extended periods of solitude.

 

[BroScienceTalkatWork]

I doubt a sociopath would or could ever be truly happy. For that they would need an inner peace that I doubt their mind would allow.

I actually kinda changed my opinion. I feel like there’s a certain type of borderline sociopath who cares about his wife, his mother, his children and no one else. That’s really all you need

Now the blank canvass, cold blooded types.. yeah they ain’t happy. They know something is missing

 

[Other]

I like drugs

I live in a densely wooded area, great place for mushrooms.

 

[HHJ]

I actually kinda changed my opinion. I feel like there’s a certain type of borderline sociopath who cares about his wife, his mother, his children and no one else.

Why does that have to be sociopathic???

 

[Flower2dPeople]

I would've went full-on hermit if I went on my original plan of becoming a painter.

 

[Other]

I need a happy balance.

I love good social interaction but I also enjoy extended periods of solitude.

I don't crave social interactions, but I know how to navigate them.

Once I tasted the peace from the first sip of solitude, I began sprinting back to that well at any opportunity. I must be built differently, because I love it.