Does anyone need a lot of alone time ?

Yes! As a child I spent a lot of time reading in my attic bedroom quite happily.

Now in my job I work with / deal with / speak to many people during the week and can feel peopled out by the weekend.

In fact, I did a solo trip to London yesterday travelling 3 hours there to see a couple of exhibitions and it was bliss.

Oh god yes this. Infact I suspect the reason I have a dog is so that I have an excuse to avoid prolonged socialization! I'm only half joking. Fwiw I'm one of only two siblings but grew up in a very large house, my parents liked their space, so often noone had any idea where the other members of the family were, we were just doing our own thing in our part of the house and wouldn't have had it any other way! A household of introverts. My parents shudder at the new fangled open plan way of living that forces families to be together all the time 🤣

This used to be me! Until I had my children. Do you have kids?

Before I had my DC I used to hate being alone. I’ve always been a ‘people person’ and would always want to be in the company of other people and make plans to ensure I was almost always with people, whether it was my DH, my mum, friends etc. Now that I have my children though (I have 3 kids aged 5 and under, I know, I’m crazy!) I neeeeeeed alone time SO much! Once they’re asleep I just need to be alone for about half an hour to unwind. I tell DH that I need some time just to be in silence and enjoy the peace before I can have a conversation with him or watch TV with him etc. Since being a mum I can get very overwhelmed easily which I didn’t before. So yes, I need alone time. Damn I really missed all of those opportunities for alone time pre kids didn’t I!

God yes. My family are all here until monday. 3 adult sons, 2 year old granddaughter and 90 year old father. They only came today and I'm already overwhelmed.
Ive just had a very long shower and im currently 'drying my hair' in the bedroom. Its amazing how long it takes to dry my hair these days.😉

Funny isn’t it. I never had my own bedroom growing up and this has been mentioned several times. Must be a factor. I am also an introvert and love WFH.

I’m very rarely alone and I don’t like it when I am.

Yes, I crave alone time

Yes. Love my DC to bits but after school holidays I am completely shattered. I long for solitude.

My DH is upstairs reading and I’m in the sitting room watching TV. We haven’t spoken in about five hours while we both decompress from a difficult week. The trick is to find someone you can be alone with 😂

Me. I constantly creep off to my bedroom to recharge.

Yes and I didn't realise this until I had my dc later in life and no longer had my alone time.

I'm one of four siblings and realised in my twenties that I need alone time to function. To breath away from everyone else's noise and drama and needs.

I'm mid forties now and married with a child and I commented to my dh yesterday that even the bloody dog follows me round the house between them all I am never alone!

But I'm getting better at making that time for myself.

Yes, loads. It's one of the hardest things about being a parent, for me.

One of my friends recently said she loves having a child because she always has a 'little buddy' with her, and I was so flabbergasted by this being a good thing I said 'Oh god, really?!' 😂

Only child background. I live alone and couldn't bear to live with another person. I have a cat, that is my company.

Happily, for days at a time sometimes. But I know that much more than that starts to make me weird...

Yes definitely. I need my space & I need my downtime. Always have done, always will. It’s one of the reasons I love WFH.

I never had my own room as a child, which may be part of the reason for this.

Yes I definitely need alone time. Although I need time with other people too.

I know what I need now. So say for example I was invited for a 3 day hen weekend, I would agree to go for 24 hours and would have the best time. But if I tried to go for the full 3 days I would get overwhelmed.

Have you read about Highly Sensitive People? They often need alone time (about 20% of population are).

Absolutely and it pisses me right off if I have to be around people for too long. I even need a break from my family!

Yes. I love being in my own company. My dad and one of my sisters us the same.

Yes but as a lone parent I don't get any time alone.

Yes, I'm quite introverted. It's all about how you draw your energy,ir if you need some alone time or if you draw it from other people.

I dont hang my hat on them completely but there are some personality tests out there which you may identify with, one is 16 personalities.

There's a lot of intro/extravert rivalry. Wish people would accept we are all different and embrace the differences!