I really hate being alone. It sucks big time. That seems to be my lot in life too. I used to cry myself to sleep feeling lonely.

So very sorry to hear that I'm not alone. But I feel so lonely. My spouse is distant and I feel trapped due to my disability.

I think there's a lot of us in this group that feel the same way. I've been alone (no relationship) for 14 years. When I was in the relationship which lasted 12 years, I was lonely the last 11 years. We had 1 awesome year together. I don't know what it feels like to be loved. I'm 63 now. No matter how much you care and give someone, it is hard to feel like you matter. Johnny Cash's wife June Carter said it best "you just want to matter". Is that so wrong? Please don't tell me to volunteer. I've volunteered my whole life. Took care of my dying mother and now my brother who was hit by a car crossing the street. I matter to no one. It hurts and makes a person more lonely

Not alone and lonely. Feeling you don’t matter. Wanting to feel like you matter, to that person that is sitting in the next room. The one that no longer looks at “you” anymore. The one you want so desperately to come give you a hug and tell you it’s going to be ok.
Feeling so unwanted cuz you can’t do or be like you use to be. Physically or emotionally. Feeling awful that you can’t fix how the other is feeling.
My husband is leaving me. Can’t deal with me and my health problems anymore. I will be lonely after, but
Yes lavender1955, this is the worst kind of loneliness.

I'm not sure that it is the worst kind. I've experienced being lonely while in a relationship and I've also been lonely while single. I think that's why people carry on in relationships they are not happy in, because they're scared to be alone. To be "on the shelf "
I am alone AND lonely. For me, this is the worst.

Lol I'm collecting dust on the shelf! I'm stuck to the shelf.
Thanks for your supportive words. Sharing on here certainly helps.

Thank God for my little dog...

Check into an Emotional Support Animal. They are allowed by law if you have a statement from a mental health professional. Not to be confused with a Service Animal.

I have this, too.

Being alone in middle of a crowd?
Feeling isolated, unworthy?

I was about to leave this group when I see your post.
I am not alone, I am sorrrounded by the ones I love but I can't connect. They all seem so unreachable

By reading the posts, I see that many of us long for an emotional connection. We need that feeling that you matter and someone really cares. Having someone in your life physically doesn't fill that need if there is no connection. We hang on to the physical relationship hoping for the emotional connection. Inside we are dying.