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 live on my own now after a heartbreaking breakup with my partner and I feel extremely lonely and to add to the problems, my family is going though some hard times where some family members are not even speaking to each other, which makes me feel even lonelier not having any family stability. I have never felt lonely before, never knew how terrifying solitude is till now. I am trying not let myself fall into depression as I find myself less motivated each day and all I want to do is to stay in bed watching shows while time just passes by.
I dont feel alive. I feel like to one cares about me. I feel like such a loner. A social loser.
How do you change your solitude without forcing people to be there for you and love you?
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Ice passed away in February at 17yrs old. She collasped one day and that was it. I am still crying. I miss her so, so much.I miss the smell of her paws, playing with her scruffy beard, listening to her bark in her sleep, the way she nudges my hand with her nose during our walks. I see her everywhere. In my car, at the door, under my desk, the neighborhood. I want to hold her and kiss her so...
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I lost my dog last July to cancer, as some of you might remember. It was devastating and I got very depressed, but through treatment I got back to "my normal" last month. I've been poking around the rescue sites to adopt a dog and I've seen a few since July and I visited them but decided I wasn't ready. I actually adopted one in September but realized I was too depressed and it was a mistake so I...
And the breakup was a year ago. I thought by now I would feel better and I do but I feel that now im dealing with the loneliness more so.
In the beginning, I was just dealing with losing someone I loved so much and had been with for so long and obviously trying to get over hia betrayal. If one thing I had very clear is that I would never want this person back. And now I feel loneliness is affecting me more. I do feel my family troubles are definitely making it worse but I really hate the fact that my tranquility and overall happiness depends on other people. I guess I need to learn to be happy on my own and not let other people including family members alter my peace, mood, etc..
Thank you both for replying!
You need to get out and do what everyone else does during the holidays. Shop for gifts. You don't have to break the bank but enjoy a shopping trip or two, instead of ordering everything on line. Don't lie, I know some of you are doing that!
Maybe take your gifts to a gift wrapping station and chat up your gift wrapper. Bring a coffee to another person short on visitors and strike up a good conversation.
Visit someone you haven't thought of in a thousand years. Invite someone over to bake with you. If you can't bake, ask a friend to show you how to bake cookies or some other interesting holiday treat. Or if you are person with a special talent offer to swap skills over the holidays.
Invite a group of people over with whatever cards they didn't send out last year and have a card swap. Make coffee or mixed drinks and enjoy the evening talking and listening to Christmas music.