How I Deal With the Loneliness Epidemic

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I have chosen a most difficult life -- a life spent largely alone. While most people are social animals, I force myself to be a solitary creature. I force myself to change my nature from social to solitary to prepare for the isolation period I have envisioned in my non-published books.

We are on the verge of an age of solitude. An age where people are becoming more and more isolated because of technology. Technology and AI isolates us, and many bars, pubs and restaurants are closing down because people spend more time alone, ordering through delivery instead of hanging out in these establishments.

Back in my teen years I had already deduced this, and ever since the 2000's, when I realized life is going to be more dystopian in the future, I mentally prepared myself for being more alone. I already deduced life is going to be different in the 2020's, so I did what I could before-hand to be alone, secure myself a love connection, and work myself towards strength in isolation.

Today, I am a one-woman man, and I will do whatever I can to keep enduring the age of solitude I have deduced is going to come back in my teenage years.

I am not surprised that people are becoming more solitary. I was simply ahead of the curve all my life, preparing myself for an age of solitude by myself.

Don't make any mistakes -- it is challenging to be this alone. This requires a lot of mental fortitude and resilience, to be able to endure so much time alone. As much as it is tempting to go to visit my mother, I rarely do so, choosing instead to endure my life alone.

My mother, impressed, told me I am one of strongest people she ever met, and she might be right. I always wanted to be mentally strong, and as such I lead a difficult lifestyle as an adult, one where you always need to be strong to be able to endure the lack of people.

And now, that my predictions about solitude in the modern world have proven correct, all I have to do is to keep being strong. And being strong I'll continue being.

I just want to always be strong, and defeat adversary by my own power, so I could continue refusing to die by my own hands. Deep inside, I have a death wish, and my immense mental strength is how I endure it without bringing myself any harm whatsoever.

Death by one's own hands is immoral, it brings sorrow and suffering to those who care about you. That is why I refuse to die, despite my death wish lurking deep within me.

If I can't defeat this wish by my own power, then I will be a weakling. I refuse to be a weakling. I choose instead to march forward, and alone, in a world where humanity is going to be more and more solitary.

The age of solitude is otherwise known as the loneliness epidemic. Much has already covered online on this phenomenon already. My solution to this is to be strong and to endure the loneliness, and not escape from it to the company of others. Once we regulate ourselves to be strong, reliance on other people wouldn't be as necessary.

I don't suggest rectifying this problem. Instead, I see the loneliness epidemic/the age of solitude as an opportunity for people to grow stronger, as people should if they want to better survive reality.

It is not through strength or merit alone that allows us to survive, but above all -- adaptability. And I've been adapting for this life of solitude ever since I was a child, and realized the future is going to be dystopian.

This is why solitude for me is easier than most people -- I've been preparing for most of my life for it. Although it is still challenging, I refuse cowering away from it, instead I pressure myself to still be alone, to turn down opportunities for human company, and I've even resorted to sabotage certain connections with people -- all so I could keep enduring the loneliness epidemic by my own power.

And despite all of the challenges I already conquered, I still have a life ahead of me to endure and to overcome.

And I'm willing to keep on the path of resilience and solitude in this loneliness epidemic. I don't think there is any way out of the loneliness epidemic, because people are used to be more on their phones than with other people, with no intention of changing that.

Humanity has changed exactly has I have foreseen. All I am doing is to adapt to it in the best way I can, so I could still survive and stay mentally strong.

I refuse to see the loneliness epidemic as a problem to rectify when there is much strength to build from it! This very strength that I'm building in solitude will allow me to press forward in life and keep on writing! Why seeing an opportunity as a problem, is beyond me.

And while humans are social creatures, it is only those who adapt who are able to survive out of all. Humans, on top of being social, have to be adaptable. Adaptability is what differs the strong from the weak. And I'm intending to come on top as one of the strongest so I could keep building this empire of articles into a glorious philosophical legacy for years to come! That is what keeps me going on! This is what keeps me strong and not giving up on life! I must resume to relentlessly survive the challenges of a dystopian and isolating world, and overcome adversaries by my own power, all so I could keep building this empire by my own hands, and be a strong man for my woman!