YA HAVE A FRIEND RIGHT HERE.....

I have only one left as of this morning.

And he's clear over in Sweden.

I have people on my FB account but we never talk.

I'm right there with you.

And people can say you have a friend, but when it comes down to it, you're still left alone with no one to go shopping with or have coffee with

I don't have anywhere to go.

i feel lonely too as i live alone n dont have any friends. I try and keep myself busy by watching tv or maybe watch a movie or read a good book but none of these help especially when one feels lonely and isolated. I guess the only other option is to do voluntary work and that needs a lot energy so maybe you can make that a goal to achieve as i am doing also. tc

yes, i'm beginning a volunteer job at the humane society walking dogs next month.

that may just be a fix to the loneliness issue

mona maybe that's something you could think about doing too?

i mean volunteering in general not specifically the humane society

I wish I could tell you how to not be lonely.

But I cannot. Everyone has offered up some very good advice.

I too have gotten all the advice the giving, generous and caring souls here at DS have to give. And theyre right.

And yet, they are wrong too because we are all different.

It is very hard to feel a part of something when you are all alone. You look at a group of people and think, They must be doing something right. They are a group.

And they are part of a group. That unites them.

But you are part of a group too. A group of kind, caring, lonely, shy people who are somewhat afraid because they fear rejection due to a medical illness that carries a dreadful stigma.

And I am willing to bet that there are more of us than them.

Being lonely is hard, depressing, and sometimes scary.

But you are not alone because there are so many just like you.

Dont be too hard on yourself. Slowly open the door and let yourself out. And maybe one day someone might look at you and think, Now she looks like someone I want to know.

Loneliness is hard and it hurts, but try to keep some hope in your heart Mona.

PEACE