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 have been meaning to post again. I have posted before. I feel I am becoming very depressed from feeling so lonely. Other than my beautiful female Black Labrador Retriever, I am really alone. I have a friend who is a widower and feels similar. Loneliness is nothing to not take seriously or to "snap out of."
I feel overwhelmed often. My parents passed away and all my siblings live out of town. I have 2 aunts here, who I barely see.
My girlfriend of 8 years and I have not been together in over a year. She lives close by, but just knowing we are not together is very sad. We still talk occasionally, but it is not like it was before. I am not one of those people who always has to be in a relationship to feel good about themselves. I am not looking to meet anyone, but I am keeping an open mind.
I think about my Mom and Dad SO much! And all the great times we had together. And that those days and times are gone forever. And I miss our old house that my siblings and I sold, much to my disagreement. I don't think I will ever feel better about that.
I am really trying to make this a great year and trying to make a new start!
Thank you all for reading!
The shopping malls are mostly gone around me and I regard this as a sad commentary on society today. These were the town squares where many retirees would meet and have and have a healthy walk. I hope this helps to be told that you are not alone in loneliness.
I know what you mean about shopping malls going! The ones where I live are closing or barely have any stores left in them. I guess everyone buys so many things online now. Not me. I am old-fashioned.
Those are great ideas you have though. However, I often find that I will go out and be somewhere (can be just about anywhere) and after I leave I am back to the sad and lonely feeling.
There is a Japanese restaurant where I live and I know just about everyone that works there and have been going there and knowing them for over 33 years. I greatly enjoy going there to sit at the sushi bar, eat, drink and converse with some of the sushi chefs. I also occasionally converse with some of the other customers. It has become an expensive habit though. I am trying to cut back.
But again, when I leave there I feel lonely all over again. Those people are always so nice to me and I think they understand what I am going through and how I feel.