Why Some People Prefer Being Alone (It's Not Loneliness)

Why do some people feel relief when plans get cancelled? Why does solitude feel like rest for some and loneliness for others? This video breaks down what actually happens in your nervous system during solitude, the research on why choice changes everything, and the one question that separates healthy solitude from hiding. Based on peer-reviewed studies from Nguyen, Ryan & Deci (2018), Thomas & Azmitia (2019), Wilson et al. (2014), and a 2022 PLOS One study on solitude. If you have ever felt guilty for preferring your own company, this will help you understand why your brain works the way it does, and how to tell the difference between rest and avoidance. Subscribe to Mind Noir for more psychology that makes sense of why you are the way you are. Music: "Deliberate Thought" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...