{"id":91743,"date":"2026-10-10T08:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91743"},"modified":"2026-10-10T08:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:12:20","slug":"how-much-alone-time-is-too-much-experts-on-differences-between-recharging-and-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=91743","title":{"rendered":"How much alone time is too much? Experts on differences between recharging and withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/10\/09\/9a4d8168-6a1c-4478-8853-f6d3a68afc58_23513eed.jpg?itok=QVaFd3-y&amp;v=1791529786\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">You spend the evening alone on your couch, decline a party invitation or prefer to stay at home instead of going out to a pub or cafe. Some people withdraw, consciously or unconsciously, from social interactions.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Sometimes it is just a phase that can help you recharge your social battery. If it is prolonged, however, it can be harmful to your health.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">People naturally need time for themselves, say, after partying or during stressful periods in their lives. It is perfectly normal to keep to yourself a couple of evenings a week \u2013 for a while or regularly \u2013 to pursue hobbies or rest, according to Dr Tatjana Reichhart, a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and resilience coach based in Munich, Germany.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cIf withdrawal is self-chosen and you deliberately use the time for yourself, we wouldn\u2019t call it social withdrawal, but rather \u2018me time\u2019\u201d, to replenish energy by recharging your mind and body, Reichhart says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3370310\/how-much-alone-time-too-much-experts-differences-between-recharging-and-withdrawal?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You spend the evening alone on your couch, decline a party invitation or prefer to stay at home instead of going out to a pub&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[10183,377,31386,654,23305],"class_list":["post-91743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-differences","tag-experts","tag-recharging","tag-time","tag-withdrawal","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}