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...
I moved to a new city 3.5 years ago. I haven't made a single friend. My previous friends all left, even those who moved to the same city. I feel pretty hopeless, I feel like I've tried everything. I've always had problems making friends but I think my parents' abuse and neglect screwed my socialization skills in ways I can't even verbalize.
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check out that smoke ring. It tasted really good. I smothered it with Maulls BBQ sauce which is Local to St. Louis and one of the best I ever had.....
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I was recently separated from my wife of 33 years and it's complicated. Anyway I rented a room about 15 minutes away and I see my kids about once a week. I see the people who own the house I live in once in a while but other than that I stay in my room where I do my cooking, wash dishes in the shower, read, color, and sleep. I get out at least once a day. I grocery shop and I attend 2 meetings...
Therapy has been incredibly helpful in learning new social skills, and so has attending a mental health support group. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offers free peer support groups all over the country. It's been good for me to go to a support group and interact with people who have similar issues to mine. Here's the link to NAMI's website if you want to see if there's a support group near you.
https://www.nami.org/
Wishing you all the best.
There is a line in a course I am taking which has helped me tremendously:
"""Forgiveness is still....and quietly does nothing....it merely looks, and waits, and judges not.""""
God Bless