Do you prefer to be alone?

Now I don't see myself as an anti social person or someone that hates the outside world, I love going out with friends and meeting new people, but I'm coming to realize I prefer to be alone most of the time. I even have a good group of friends that love to play games, most of that group only plays Black Ops though..., but I dunno now if I have the choice to go out or stay at home and play a game or read a book I'm picking home 4/5 times. Just curious if anyone else on the boards is like this and do you think it's normal? 

I do, but I wish it wasn't so. It's not necessarily an evil, but it can be if it conflicts with your interests.
 
It's called Introversion and I think the wiki article is actually a really good read.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introvert

I like to have time to myself but I feel like I need time with others or else I just feel weird. I don't think its a bad thing to want to be alone though. As long as you do interact with other people and don't just shut yourself off from the world.

Yes, and I rarely get any alone time. It's awful.

It's called being introverted. I am, so I prefer being alone (MBTI type: ISTJ). 
 
Oh wow, beaten.

I like being social, but I definitely prefer to spend most of my time by myself. I realized that if I spend every day or all of my free time hanging out with people, I get exhausted really quickly and just don't feel like myself, so I try not to go out all of the time. Nothing wrong with being an introvert, IMO.

I definitely enjoy my alone time. For the past few years I've had a lot of it, and I'm fine with it; it allowed me plenty of time to hone a lot of ideas. Though, nowadays I'm definitely happy that I'm a lot more social.

I enjoy alone time and solitude, but the problem is that I get too much of it. I do want to socialize like a normal alien, but the other aliens don't really care to talk to me. Guess I'm too boring for them.

Being an introvert and being alone can simply be a product of an age where social contact is increasingly becoming minimal and devalued, and in addition to it being totally normal, should compel people to have another look at what 'being alone' means. It is normal unless you crave social contact but do not satisfy that need for various reasons. 

" @RE_Player92: yea im the same way i don't mind going out its just that i can have a good time on my own.  we introverts need to stick together "

" I do, but I wish it wasn't so. It's not necessarily an evil, but it can be if it conflicts with your interests.
 
It's called Introversion and I think the wiki article is actually a really good read.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introvert "

I prefer to be with people. It's much more fun to pull off dumb antics with other human beings then with my dog. 

Yes, because I can do whatever the Hell I want.

Yea I'm kinda the same way.  I don't mind being alone at all and really enjoy it, but I also enjoy having fun with friends and doing stupid stuff or just hanging out.  I feel like saying it's whatever mood I'm in is a cheap answer but I really can be super introverted but then be really outgoing with a group of friends.

i like being alone because: 
 
1) i can be naked all the fucking time 
2) i can blast music in my house 
  
in fact, i love being around my friends when i wanna hang out.  but sometimes i just want my family to GTFO of the house so i dont have to jerk off in the shower using my imagination.

I definitely need down time to myself now and again. I liked the scene in the new Sherlock Holmes movie where he's trying to block out all the noise while he's waiting in the restaurant. Just need a break from the world, nothing wrong about it.

I like hanging out with people. The problem is that most of the people I meet suck, so I just prefer to be alone most of the time. Even if I am with friends I do like, if I'm with them too long, I start to get tired of all the talking and activity. Then I would rather hole up in a dark room, and type out words to all of you fine people.

I like being with people.

most of us forums fags is like this. i prefer being around friends or family than being alone, but being in public or at some kind of gathering vs being alone? being alone all day.

I need my friends or else I'll kill again.

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.

I can only relax when I'm by myself. 

while, yes i do like being alone. i don't like meeting new people. i guess it just depends on who they are from judging them.

I think we as human beings need both social and alone time. And since I have a very social job (which I like) I tend to be alone when I have a day off.

I'm currently in a dorm with two other guys... There's hardly any privacy/alone time... and it sucks.

I need to be alone at times but I don't mind others.
 
I mind social rules and all that jazz.
If someone's having a birthday I'll drop by, drop a present, eat your food and be gone within an hour.
But that seems to be unacceptable, they rather have me sit up and answer questions to people I don't remember when I walk out the door! :P

Guess I'm an introvert too. Small group of real friends, but least I know they're dependable. Plus I'm bad with remembering names.

Yep, I'm an introvert. I like seeing friends but it exhausts me to no end, and fast. I feel like I need to leave them after being around them for a few hours. 
 
There is a really good book I suggest you read called "The Introvert Advantage" by Marti Laney. It's really awesome. I"m not even done the book and already I've gained more understanding as to why I need alone time to re-energize. 
 

@Fleppie

" I think we as human beings need both social and alone time. "

A little bit of both

Yes. I'm extremely introverted.

Yes, almost all the time.

Socializing in person with people I don't know too well or don't have a common interest with feels like constant work to me and I hate feeling pressured into having to say something/anything because the other person isn't talking and holding up their end of the conversation... I must be really hard to talk to for people who aren't my friends or something. 
 
I also hate crowds...

It's split down the middle for me. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.

Sometimes, but mostly not.

" i like being alone because:  1) i can be naked all the fucking time 2) i can blast music in my house   in fact, i love being around my friends when i wanna hang out.  but sometimes i just want my family to GTFO of the house so i dont have to jerk off in the shower using my imagination. "

I like a little bit of both.  It takes me a while to get used to the feeling of being around others if I haven't been out in a while.  It's been a long time since I have hung out with people my age socially.  I'm 27 now though, it looks like I'm going to be working here in India and possibly getting married.

Depends on the circumstances. I'm more in favour of hangin' on my lonesome, though only for so long before I eventually begin to crave social interaction @.@

Yeah, I kinda do. Especially now that I'm at college, and have to share a room with someone. 

I prefer to be alone the majority of the time, but I also believe it is important to have a healthy social life and try to spend time with family and friends.

I like people.

I prefer to be alone for longer periods of time than most - but certainly not alone for long stretches of time. If I have to be by myself for more than 48 hours straight... I tend to feel a bit gloomy. Most people need at least some human contact - that's why solitary confinement is considered a punishment. Being by yourself for years and years will almost certainly drive you nutty, and most loners are depressed.  
 
Having said that, I dislike parties or "hanging out" with people I don't know. I'm not sociable, but I still need to see a human face every now and then.

on occasion.