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 don't know how to meet people, how to make friends in real life, and by that I mean person to person. I've had the same best friend since the third grade, and as long as we've been friends we really don't have much in common anymore. I have never really had any other friends, no one that I wold just go hang out with, or do something stupid with and I'm now finishing up my associates degree. All throughout my life I have had a lot of acquaintances, but not much more.
The same goes for relationships, I have had a total of three girlfriends my whole life, none of which I really went out and got. They just happened, and ended badly. They weren't necessarily bad relationships, but they just didn't work out in the end.
So here I am, 20 years old, basically no friends I can hang out with, I feel alone more than ever. This is my biggest fear, living alone, alone from everyone, dying alone, no one would remember me, no one would care. Which brings into question to myself, why bother living? Why not end it now? It will be the same in 40 years as it is now, I'll be alone.
The reason I am posting is that I don't want to do that, I don't want to ask myself those questions, I don't want to ponder things like that. I need help, I need advice, something, anything. Please...
The same goes for relationships, I have had a total of three girlfriends my whole life, none of which I really went out and got. They just happened, and ended badly. They weren't necessarily bad relationships, but they just didn't work out in the end.
So here I am, 20 years old, basically no friends I can hang out with, I feel alone more than ever. This is my biggest fear, living alone, alone from everyone, dying alone, no one would remember me, no one would care. Which brings into question to myself, why bother living? Why not end it now? It will be the same in 40 years as it is now, I'll be alone.
The reason I am posting is that I don't want to do that, I don't want to ask myself those questions, I don't want to ponder things like that. I need help, I need advice, something, anything. Please...
If you find out let us know - I'm kinda in the same boat.
One of my favorite quotes is by the great comedian, Robin Williams. He said, "I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up alone; its not. The worse thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone."
When I was 20, I thought my life was over too, and that things would never change for me. I thought I would be alone forever. Then at 28, I met a wonderful man, married and had a wonderful son who is now 31 and my pride and joy. There have been many bumpty roads traveled, but I wouldn't trade anything for even one minute of it.
Please hang in there and take it one day at a time. Trust in the Lord and do good, and He will bring it to pass.
I like movies. if someone asks me what I like about movies, I'll say compelling characters. Comedy with an edge of truth. Visceral action. Stories that transform us, take us to dark places, put us through hell, in order to come out stronger on the other end.
Always be prepared to talk specifics and answer the "why" questions people may throw out.
You've got to have interests outside of each other, so that you have something to talk about, when each other get boring.