Loneliness Support Group

Loneliness is an emotional state in which a person experiences a powerful feeling of emptiness and isolation. Loneliness is more than the feeling of wanting company or wanting to do something with another person. Loneliness is a feeling of being cut off, disconnected and alienated from other people. The lonely person may find it difficult or even impossible to have any...

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sfagrad
sfagrad
I feel like I have struggled with loneliness my whole life. Making friends has never come easy for me. I have had friends but nothing that has lasted. I have lost friends due to the drama of my bipolar disorder. I currently do not have a social life outside my family. I am trying to get back into dating and I currently volunteer. I am trying to meet people. I am also legally blind so if people look at me I cannot see them so it comes across as rude. I am thankful for my family though, I have no idea what I would do without their support.
Calebb
Calebb
Greetings Sfagrad, :)

Have read and reread your post and I identify in several ways. For years I thought I was bipolar; my diagnosis now is somethinglike it.

My nextdoor neighbor is completely sightless. An aquaintless from our rails-to-trails path . . . who sees very little I always enjoy saying hello to.

Would wearing dark sunglasses be a way to get away from that rudeness impression you spoke of? -- I know, that would slow people down in initial contacting, but on the other hand I'm very sensitive to any hint of rudeness.

Rudeness is the worst, oy vey.

And by the way, I've become convinced that some of what goes under the name "eye contact" is really head movement. And hand gesturing; y'know how Italians are always said to talk with their hands. --Thinking about expressiveness here.
billwfriend
billwfriend
welcome....I too have friend who is blind...he was shot point blank in temple and went thru his optic nerve and he survived...I know him from AA fellowship...and congrats on volunteer work...yeay! Me too....yet my path is still being laid for what I am going to be doing...I work with humane society...welcome once again...do you use the reader software that reads the pages?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Welcome, glad you are here.
penntucky
penntucky
hi, sfagrad

be glad for your family's support; many people dont have that.

i'm half deaf, with tinnitius, with me stuck some times having to ask cashiers to repeat what they said.

back in early 1980s, i knew some local lowlifes, though we went our seperate ways, thankfully....but i'm all alone now, for good or bad.
sfagrad
sfagrad
Thanks everyone for the watm welcome. I do use magnification software on my computer and it is a God send. Without it I eould not be able to use a computer. I do wear dark glasses and i do try to say hi to epople when i am walking down a hall where I volenteer. I am very thankful for my famil, I have met plenty of people who do not have that so I realtize I am very lucky. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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