I understand that many of you may be depressed due to life circumstances aside from COVID-19 and related to it. To maybe help some of you I'd like to give my own take on how to take a life that may seem "depressing" or "bad" and view it in a whole new light that in my view is a very refreshing one. In particular I will be talking about a life of solidarity; something that everybody seems to dread... but I think that many of us aspies have found that it isn't so bad. Let me explain.
So, one thing that comes to mind is loneliness when thinking of solitude. However, I've experienced the exact inverse of solitude and there were so many things that I lost; things I had unlimited access to in solitude. Long periods of self meditation, video game and internet time, zoning out to night walks, engaging in my interests- when you do have other people living with you, you lose a lot of that time. And these for me personally are enjoyable things that I use to cope in life. So, what's worse? Loneliness or losing that precious time to yourself? I'd say the latter personally.
Come to think of it, the stereotypical "loner" life sounds kinda nice, like in a taking late night walks through the city listening to lofi study beats kinda way. There's also the freedom of traveling which other people will often limit. Basically the loner life is in many ways free. And there's no drama that other people often bring to the table either.
Sure, this life can have melancholy, but so can living under the restrictions that other people will place upon you. It's a trade-off.
