Between work meetings, coffee runs, drinks, yoga classes, brunches and family lunches, there’s less and less “alone time” in our lives. We’re talking spending time without your bestie, your newsfeeds, the current WhatsApp chat and all those cheeky texts and emails. Alone. Nada. No-one. Just you.
Sound scary? Well, that’s normal, says psychologist Dr Marny Lishman. As a matter of fact, our own evolution might be to blame.
“From an evolutionary perspective, we would have been vulnerable to predators when we were not around our pack,” explains Dr Lishman. “Also, throughout most of history we have grown up with large families and close communities, so it’s natural that we can find it quite uncomfortable to be alone. Lastly, some people believe being alone can be ‘bad’ for you, which isn’t…
