Current Events > I think I've outgrown my need for acceptance from other people

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It seems like I'm happiest when I'm alone. While it is nice to be accepted by people, and I'm still affected when people try to gaslight me or make me seem like I'm lesser than them, I seem to have (finally) established a sense of self-worth that makes me not require being around others much. I have a best friend I talk to mostly online and that seems to be enough for me. I think I would get lonely if I had literally no one to talk to, but as long as I talk to people at work/school and I have my best friend, I feel more than fulfilled.

I saw a therapist for around a year that tried to convince me that I was in denial because I didn't feel too bothered by the fact that I didn't have any friends at my university and I had no interest in dating, which led to a variety of interesting experiences in therapy, but in the end, I still feel fine not socializing much. He also tried to convince me that a romantic relationship would "heal" me somehow, which was odd and I can't imagine myself ever in a relationship tbh. I was depressed for a few years because, due to various experiences in my childhood and adolescence, I felt "defective" and like I did not deserve to exist, which is why I saw the therapist. Once those feelings went away, I didn't feel like I needed people to accept me anymore.

I think I might start feeling lonely if I literally didn't talk to anyone for weeks on end and if -everyone- treated me badly.

Anyone have similar experiences?

Maybe you're asexual?
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