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...
Before my husband and my parents died, my husband and I would always travel the 200 miles to spend Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter with my parents. We would always travel the day before Thanksgiving to my parents house in my home town. I remember that trip like it was yesterday. On Thanksgiving, we would always go to a nice place to eat and have a nice time, and would stay for a few more days. I miss those visits. My husband died in June 2017 and I have no other family. I always looked forward to the holidays and now I just feel empty and lonely because it seems like everyone else has family to get together with and I have no one. Even the members of my church have been giving me the cold shoulder because they're busy preparing meals for their families. Can anyone else relate to my situation of having no other family? I think that would help me feel better and not so much alone.
I think the holidays can be very hard.... whether it is from blended families that haven't blended well, memories of loved ones who are no longer with us, or the expectation of "family" time for those orphaned, widowed, etc.
I have wondered about going to the soup kitchen and volunteering on the holidays if/when that time comes. Or sometimes college students from overseas need a "family" for the holidays, too. I went to a smaller college and know how much the students appreciated that.
No, you are definitely not alone. Nor are you forgotten.