One of the key aspects of being a modern-day human being is the concept of being antisocial. You know, hating phone calls, hating going outside, and hating dealing with difficult people (because everyone is difficult).
Well, there’s a place to celebrate this state of… being(?) and that is the Fear Of Going Out Instagram page, which is chock-full of tweets (sorry, posts) and memes all about that please leave me alone lifestyle.
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I was born with it. Don't really notice the symptoms as I've gotten older.
I met "Frankie" the 7 mo old puppy today, his owner, some lady. Frankie is very sweet.
So, Fear of Going Out (also known as FOGO) is an Instagram meme page that focuses on all things antisocial. In the light sense of the word. More on that further down.
Anywho, it’s home to over 8,150 posts put up since the page’s conception in 2017. 270,000 followers tune in to the page daily for some antisocial goodness.
Ok I was looking at their username and I was like “cats against humanity would be a great twist on Cards Against Humanity!” IT EXISTS PEOPLE MY DAY JUST GOT 7.5x BETTER
Feral sounds fun. Like they could give you rabies if you aren't careful. Babies, too.
Just to get this out of the way—being antisocial in the true, medical sense is a much more serious thing than what we’re on about here.
Having antisocial personality disorder means being impulsive, irresponsible, and often expressing criminal behavior, being manipulative, reckless, deceitful, and the like. Seeking therapy can lead to recovery.
People who beg and demand others to drink with them are no fun at all. Either way, I'll be sipping on a fruity mocktail in silence LOL.
However, both we and the Instagram page are referring to a different kind of antisocial. It’s about people who very strongly prefer not to be surrounded by energy sucking vampires whose subtle-cue communication facilities are in denial. Or in the literal Nile. They’re non-existent is what I’m saying.
I forget that I do this, prompting several dirty looks when I'm in public.
Yes, that is me 100%. My God it's like you have been spying on me in my house.
And, you know what, that ain’t bad.
Studies have shown that being antisocial in the light sense of the word can have positive benefits for those expressing their anti-society sentiment.
Take creativity, for instance: autonomy and independence as a personality trait is associated with creativity.
People like artists and scientists—two of the most creative vocations out there—are characterized by lack of interest in socializing.
But that’s not all. Less socializing means more time for everything else. Focus is one of them. The brains of people who work in isolation (i.e., home) don’t do overtime by having to drown out the biggest distraction in the office—other people—which it can’t fully drown out anyway.
My pup has a patch on her harness that says "Warning! Handler may bite!"
Stopped paying attention to the news, politics, looking at Twitter and especially those rage-bait shorts on FB (it's all I see other than infants eating, sleeping and crying. What is up with those?). My mental health improved. Payed more attention to the shorts on youtube of slime scoopability ratings, the scary north sea, and discovered the most adorable, lovable, sweetest talking birds EVER. "Mmmmmmwaaaaaa. Oh my goodness. You be a good baby?" "Who let the birds out. chirp chirp chirp chirp" Kiwi The Chatterbox and Gizmo The African Grey Parrot. They both make me smile and laugh.
Another thing antisocial folks have time for is daydreaming. Letting your brain wander off into the distance of your own thoughts, frolicking in the meadows and riding off into the sunset actually stimulates your brain to work in a sort of “default mode”, which is known to improve memory and foster empathy.
Hehe and if you mess with it you’re scared for life. You’re welcome!
It goes without saying that keeping a distance from people also means you can focus on the few relationships that you have and those in turn are higher quality. It’s no longer about quantity, and that means the relationships antisocial people have will have a more solid foundation, they will be healthier and more civilized, and that will ultimately mean that they will be happier for it.
I gave up years ago. Turns out I was chill with everyone leaving me alone.
And that leads us to our last point—antisocial people tend to have a deeper and more developed self-awareness. Spending time with yourself allows you to reflect on your own individuality and better understand what you do, what you think and what you feel. If anything, solitude is an expression of relaxation for some, allowing for introspectiveness and self-awareness.
The biggest struggle comes from the fact that we’re all, as a species, social beings. Everyone falls somewhere in the continuum between energy vampire and I can’t find you on the internet, but it’s never on the extreme end and you sometimes can’t avoid social interactions. But the key here is to learn to respect everyone’s position in this spectrum.
So, what are some of your antisocial life takes? Oh… wait… you don’t want to share? That’s fine. You can also click that upvote button and that’s going to be just as good!
But if you want more antisocial sentiments, Bored Panda has more where that came from. Oh, and, of course, the Fear Of Going Out Instagram page.
There has never been such an accurate description of how my soul feels towards humanity, minus maybe 7 people and my dog.
BP comment section is about all the social media I've done in months.
What ever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paper boy, the evening TV... (Funny how all 3 of those things have either totally or near-totally vanished now!)
My brain, "We need to lose weight, no impulse eating. After these Oreos, of course."
Yep. To be fair, I'll lock people out before we get to discuss hobbies.
It was recently explained to me the difference between activities that avoid, distract from reality or numb pain vs ones that recharge or replenish yourself.
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