My dear Anna, no you are not an odd duckie at all. I understand exactly how you feel.
I too have always been the kind of person that requires time to myself...in fact my soul requires it and when I dont get it I too feel smothered and feel no creative flow....not a good thing.
Creativity is the ability to illustrate what is outside the box from within the box.
hear is another 9 word phase some women use:
no i do not swallow, dont ask me too
LL
sorry i thought i would be funny
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