Comments on: I Want To Be Alone

By: I Feel Alone | Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman

I Feel Alone | Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:12:00 +0000

[…] is part 1 of 3 posts this week. Come back tomorrow for “I Want To Be Alone” and Thursday for “Between Alone & […]

By: Chris Bohannon

Chris Bohannon — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 05:50:07 +0000

I don’t have alone time to recharge honestly. When I have alone time I get the chance to actually feel emotions that I didn’t have in the moment during the day. For some reason I don’t feel certain emotions when I’m talking to people. When I’m alone I get to sit with the good and bad ones. I also learned because I have Borderline Personality Disorder that I need to take time to sit with my feelings and understand why I have them so that I don’t get absorbed by them. Having severe chest pain because I decided to ignore emotions wasn’t healthy for me. It reminds me that I just had a conversation with Micahn and April Carter and I didn’t feel the emotional effects until I had time to myself.

By: Katie Jones

Katie Jones — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:17:06 +0000

I’m so glad to hear you admit that you don’t keep in contact with your parents as much as you should. It’s something I feel guilty over, but I don’t feel like there is that much to say.

By: Between Alone & With | Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman

Between Alone & With | Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:47:32 +0000

[…] engaged, in the moment, there, with. And then, the retreat to aloneness—embracing the glory of being alone, undistracted solitude, quiet, still, dreaming, thinking, resting, […]

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:28:20 +0000

I believe the reason you want be alone is the same reason I don’t want to be alone. If I’m alone I can no longer distract myself from my Heavenly Father. Lately our relationship has been strained, it’s like when I was younger and I went to visit my grandmother. I would feel awkward knowing I didn’t call her between visits, and the conversation would be surface-y for awhile even though I know she loves me and we can talk about anything. Small talk with God is comical really. So all that to say I desperately need alone time.

By: Danae

Danae — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 03:57:28 +0000

I dont consider myself an introvert,but I understand the need to be alone….to recharge…to have uninterupted thoughts…..to center yourself….or for some jjust think about nothing..i have a place I go for my own solitude its close but faar enough away on the rriver where the sound of the rushing water and nature brings me to a muuch needed place …your not an odd duck to me

By: Dave Washburn

Dave Washburn — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:35:47 +0000

With two grown daughters still in the house, I crave both alone time for myself and we-time for my wife and me. Thankfully, we’ve learned some creative ways to make those things happen fairly consistently. What restores my soul? Playing music. Sitting down at my keyboard and pounding out some of my songs, or picking up my guitar and imagining I’m Eric Clapton, energize me like few other things can.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 21:38:44 +0000

I recharge by being “alone” with my family. Give me 2 days with my husband and daughter and I feel like I’ve been on a 3 week vacation. Don’t get me wrong I do like being all alone too. Saturday morning grocery shopping while the toddler’s at home with dad is a little taste of paradise, but I feel happiest and healthiest when I make time to just be, exist, not even have an agenda with those two.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:21:19 +0000

I don’t do well with alone time – in fact if I were to be completely honest, I kinda fear it.
That must sound strange to you huh?!?

It’s something I’ve had to work on over the years and truthfully, even running to the grocery store by myself is a big step for me.
I’d rather go to Costco on a Saturday with all three of my kids in-tow than go by myself, because I don’t want to be alone. And that’s just plain crazy!

More than anything, it has to do with me worrying about my family – fearing that I may lose them and that I will be alone. I’ve felt that before and I never want to experience that again, but I also know that I need to trust in God and His plans for my family.
And I don’t want to become one of those crazy moms that won’t let my kids do anything or go anywhere because I’m afraid…

So I work on it, and I pray about it.

I do like to get up before everyone else in my family to spend some time reading my bible, I also write or spend time reading after the kids have gone to bed. Not necessarily alone time – but quiet time and that’s perfect for me. That’s how I refuel.

By: Cindy Holman

Cindy Holman — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:36:53 +0000

I have always needed time alone. I was the teenager who would come home and lock myself in my room with a good book, my radio station and my journal – for HOURS. My Grandmas came to stay with me one year and thought there was something wrong with me, and told my mom so upon her return. My mom just replied, “oh that’s just the way she is – it’s nothing personal”. When I got married and we had Ashlee – Greg would recognize that I needed time alone and encourage me to go somewhere and he would watch the baby. I remember one funny time. I had been gone several hours and came home to Greg on the phone (hooked to a land line chord) and Ashlee completely naked bawling and crawling toward me. That was a snapshot into a little chaos upon my return from a lovely afternoon alone. Now I retreat to writing or taking a long walk. There are no children at home anymore and I’m not one of those “clingy” moms who are always calling. I don’t keep in touch very well with my own parents either – much to their dismay. Loners just don’t need that constant interaction with others. I have to force myself to do it. Introverts tend to have very few friends because of this. Lonely? Never. The Glory of being alone? Yes. Always.