Another approach to avoiding this condition is to
detach yourself from the world around you,
social contacts in particular. After a while, the need for them, known as
loneliness, will cease; you will just be
alone.
In this way you can turn yourself into a vegetative mode of living that is quiet and uneventful. I've always associated the Buddist ideal of Nirvana, total detachment, with this state of being. It is a totally selfish and therefore immoral way of life, but I wouldn't call it unpleasant.