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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MrsOnedayatatime
MrsOnedayatatime

Alone. I'm not as alone as I think I am. I am loved and I am wanted I am. I'm not by myself as my mind wants me to believe. It's just the silence is getting to me. I enjoy my own company but wouldn't it be nice if others came around and we laughed til midnight. Alone. I'm not as alone as I think. I am loved by friends but sometimes I feel they don't really see me. Sometimes I feel invisible. A mirage. So far out of this world in my own self that I'm out of reach. But I don't want just any kind of friend and yet this pickiness has left me still desiring someone to laugh with. I hear of women who have been single for years because they are being way too picky with who they choose to marry. I feel like this is how I am when it comes to friendship. I'm way too picky and this leaves me alone as I type this. Alone as I go out to eat. Alone as I travel. Alone. 

Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
I have been alone since my divorce 6 years ago and at first it terrified me but I gradually got use to it. For 30 years I had lived my life through someone else so I figured, now is a good time to get to know who I really was, I discovered that I loved that person in the mirror for who I am, which is a very kind, loving, and compassionate person. I love alone and I am at peace with myself and with the world around me.

God Bless
maria718
maria718
Hey one day...

I feel the same way you do!!! Yes I am probably too picky with relationships and friendships too. From what I can figure, they have to be on my level and be able to truly understand me (a lot of people don't). I don't mind being alone at all; it's when I'm LONELY that it bothers me. My counselor had also told me that "You find people to be annoying". I was surprised to hear that, but it must be true about myself, b/c I've been seeing this same counselor for years. I was so sorry to hear that!! The one highlight is that at least we like our own company. Maybe you feel that friends don't really understand how you are? Just my thought.
MrsOnedayatatime
MrsOnedayatatime
Yep, that it's. Thank you for writing these words. I feel the same way as you. I admit I tend to find people annoying.Like you said, I enjoy being alone, but do not like when I feel lonely. It's depressing. I once cried when I showed up to watch a sunset alone, and looked over at the truck next to me with three friends in the back laughing and eating in the back. I wanted that but don't let anyone get that close.
swanheart
swanheart
Ditto
Prycejosh1987
Prycejosh1987
That is very true, in a degree life is what we make it. We can choose to look at the cup half empty or half full.
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