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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sonnycamehome
sonnycamehome

I've been feeling very isolated lately.  I live alone and I don't work due to illness.  I don't get out much and I don't have much contact with family.  Sometimes I do see my mom.  I don't have any friends.  I'm just reaching out here to make some friends and maybe learn some social skills.  I really don't know how to go about making friends and meeting people.  Isolation is very lonely and painful. Thanks fo reading this.

lighttheway
lighttheway
just want to say hi. i dont really have any friends and have a hard time socially.I can relate to alot of what you say.Its sounds alot like me.I hope you can get some support an make some friends here.hugs
mechengr55
mechengr55
Sonny, you will find a few people here to 'talk' to. Most of the members of this group are alone and having trouble dealing with it. So we try to support each other as best we can.
Welcome!
sonnycamehome
sonnycamehome
Thank you both for your kind comments. It's good to know I'm not alone in being alone, and that other people can relate to my situation. I appreciate you both!
kuroineko
kuroineko
Hi, sorry you're feeling lonely. I've been very for the past three and a half years and what has helped me is a site called meetup.com. It's basically a site where people create groups and then events for those groups. Like others have said you have us on here that you can talk to.
sonnycamehome
sonnycamehome
Thanks kuroineko,,,I have thought about trying meetup.com but haven't quite worked up the courage yet. Also I have some physical and financial limitations as well. But it wouldn't hurt to check out meetup. What type of events have you gone to through meetup,com if ok to ask?
dc87110
dc87110
Hello Sonny.
I think we that are here understand what you are going through. I know I do. I have been hangin out in a senior chat room that is really boring if your not a paying member. But It fills the time for a while...
sonnycamehome
sonnycamehome
Thanks dc87110...I appreciate your understanding. I am looking for things to fill my time too.
bigtimefun
bigtimefun
this is the right place and time to get to know others here....many will come and many may both come and go...and some dang it are going now with the changes but stick around for miracles here....I have had some
sonnycamehome
sonnycamehome
Thanks bigtimefun...I plan on sticking around
mechengr55
mechengr55
I joined a dog lovers meetup. Took a long time but I finally went to one of the gatherings, a walk with our dogs at a waterfront park nearby. Was a nice evening.
sonnycamehome
sonnycamehome
That sounds like a really nice thing to do mechengr55....that's great that you put yourself out there and went to the gathering. I'll have to check out the meet ups in my area and see if there is anything I could possibly do. Thanks for sharing that with me. :)
kuroineko
kuroineko
Ive been to shy meetups mostly in London. Well there have been two different a shy groups I've been to. One is a shy women's on and a shy mixed one. They have been helpful but not all, as I'm socially awkward. Hope you get to attend some. Let me know how you get on with it.
sonnycamehome
sonnycamehome
A shy meetup sounds like a good place to start... I'm pretty socially awkward too. I wonder if they have shy meetups in my area. Thanks for telling me about them kuroineko.
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