The Relationship Dropout: Singlehood as Solitary Confinement — A Paradox of Liberation and Limitation

25/04/2025 1h 7min
The Relationship Dropout: Singlehood as Solitary Confinement — A Paradox of Liberation and Limitation

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Singlehood often masquerades as freedom while functioning as a self-imposed panopticon. Society frames solitude as either a sacred act of self-love or a pathological failure to bond, yet these binaries obscure a deeper truth: Choosing singlehood frequently reflects a hypervigilant dance between trauma and transcendence, control and surrender, echoing Krishnamurti’s warning that “the observer is the observed.”