To live freely is reward enough. We born alone, die alone, and in between, more loneliness. No reason to pretend that your friends and family will be there for you, or that their approval will save you. Playing their social games will not garner you much.

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marcellus23 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Humans are a social species, and quality of relationships is consistently shown to correlate with mental health.

	▲	urban_strike 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I've seen that in some cases the definition of mental health will explicitly score against things like "lacks close relationships" or "does not seek companionship". So it always seems to me a bit circular to just assert "being more social is more mentally healthy" when the definition of mental health bakes in "being very social". If I were to define mental health to include "desires and enjoys spending lengths of time in solitude", then I could assert "Humans as a species crave solitude, mental health is shown to directly correlate with the drive and ability to be alone."

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timeon 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> We born alone

Most mammals are not born alone. And even after being born, humans especially, would die if left alone.