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I've been awful lonely lately. One of my best friends has just gone home from a month long trip to see her children. I'm letting her reacclimate to being home and spend time with her fiance. My other good friend has been distant. He's going through a lot both mentally and with his family. I'm giving him space as well.
Now I just feel lonely. I call dad every day when he gets off work. He has a fair drive home so it's nice to have his undivided attention for that time. And mom calls me on her breaks at work too.
With just the digs at home, I get lonely and I try to stay busy but 9 hours with barely any social interaction is hard. I did see my therapist today and that was nice.
How do you cope with loneliness?
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Good morning, and welcome to a new week!This week is National Mental Illness Awareness Week. Be sure to treat yourself with Extra kindness this week - as I hope you do all year long - and perhaps encourage another to better understand what having a mental illness is all about. Have an awesome day!
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My sister got married last night. She asked our bio fat her to walk her down the aisle. Our biological parents divorced when I was 12. I'm now 35. I have my seen or spoken to him since I was 17. She has a relationship with him and has for many years. I don't get it. Anyway, knowing he was there the whole time and seeing him was very traumatic for me. He was told by my sister not to speak to...
I would call your friends and see if they'd like to go out for coffee or lunch??
Everyone needs a break sometime
They might enjoy getting together for some light of heart hours
I'm pretty reclusive so I'm good hanging out with our critters
These are a few things i do to ease the extreme pain of loneliness:
-I fill mon-fri working for a non-profit.
-I walk an hour after my work day.
-I talk to my bestie for hours, because she is usually tied to her work computer for 12 hours per day
-Lots of road trips
-Strike up conversations with people I feel safe around to see if I can make a new friend (I do have one new friend, Ian, from this strategy)
-Fill time with some hobbies (thrifting,hiking, Journaling, trying new foods, etc)
-Daydream about retirement (where I want to live and what I want to do in my free time)
-Last Sunday I went to church for maybe the first this year. I may go again next Sunday