I am an individualist who's never alone with the thoughts in my head. I just forget other people exist, too, sometimes. Other times, it's easier to be distracted. If I were a rich man, I'd surely be a proper shut-in.
I don't know shit about schiz-things or similarly educated names. I try to avoid these things because I feel uncomfortably limited by definition, category and label. I prefer to be a verb over a noun. Yet, like others in this thread, I too feel your blues.
These days I oddly find myself around people who seem eager to vent to me. More often than not, it does get oddly personal (I would think so) for a coworker or acquaintance or even a stranger. Things I'd expect them to keep secret or tell a therapist. I'm not a social fellow, by any means, yet I will often find random people approaching me for random conversations and ventings. This has been going on for a few years now and I get high after and just forget about it. I don't why they do this, but I'll listen and hear them out. I never try to take a side or judge, and I try give the most noble/honorable/inspirational advice I can. I get nothing out of it but I prefer to be next to another's happiness rather than their misery. Sometimes I can't help but be silent.
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I like the nosferatu, makes me feel like a proper undead monster. I have yet to play as a Malkavian.