Now it can be said that humans are somewhat social creatures. We need others around us. We need conversation. We need stimulation. But can we have too much social stimulation that overloads our fragile emotional system?
I like people. I have friends and family. I socially interact....but....I can find if I've had a big couple of weeks full of people and places that I have simply had enough and crave time alone.
At one point in my life I wanted to find the highest mountain with the deepest cave at the top. I wanted to be a hermit...I still liked people ..but I also needed time to be myself without having to manouvre my emotions around others. I did spend a time on a hill top in my tent which proved to work just as well as the mountaintop and cave, though in time I needed people. I needed to talk with my friends. I needed to touch and be touched. I needed to laugh with others....and I ran out of food and water...so back to civilization I headed. Back to communities. Back to routine. Back to socialization. Back to an emotional rollercoaster ride.
We need to be part of a community and social arena...but we also need precious time alone to sort through our thoughts and feelings. We need balance. A balance between time with others and time alone.
I have come across some pretty agro people in my life along with amazing people who I would use the term..'have their heads securely attached'...but for the angry, bitter people I have met I wonder if they have simply an unbalanced system....either they have too much human interaction or too little. From knowing myself I try to relate my experiences to others and I feel that this is a big part in peoples happiness...their emotional stability, the balance they create in their lives in order to be happy and content but not overloaded.
At this point in my life I am so balanced in this way that nothing will knock me off my emotional rock. I have found where I need to be to be happy. Sure things will come along that may shake my world and threaten to catapult me off my secure position and into the depths of emotional despair but I made it here in the first place and I will never forget my way back. Once you know where you need to be and how to get there you will always find your way back.
Are you where you need to be? Are you happy ? Are you still searching for your rock to sit on and look upon your world from the best vantage point you could imagine?