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 tried to think of the main reasons I am lonely, to see if there is anything I could do about it.
My main three reasons are
I'm an introvert
I have social anxiety
I have no interest in joining groups
So I guess I could try medication for the social anxiety and try learning to enjoy being in groups - but that really isn't who I am. I am a person who prefers one-on-one interaction, I have few close friends and prefer that to having vast numbers of acquaintances. And even with my friends I can be rather withdrawn. It looks like the odds are definitely not in my favor when it comes to finding the one special person to share my life. I wonder if I have it in me to tilt the odds more in my favor. Something to think about anyway.
What are the three main reasons you think you are lonely?
My main three reasons are
I'm an introvert
I have social anxiety
I have no interest in joining groups
So I guess I could try medication for the social anxiety and try learning to enjoy being in groups - but that really isn't who I am. I am a person who prefers one-on-one interaction, I have few close friends and prefer that to having vast numbers of acquaintances. And even with my friends I can be rather withdrawn. It looks like the odds are definitely not in my favor when it comes to finding the one special person to share my life. I wonder if I have it in me to tilt the odds more in my favor. Something to think about anyway.
What are the three main reasons you think you are lonely?
Personally I think I must have a weird take on that because I have no trouble at all in getting involved with offering ideas and suggestions, say...in a class where we have to contribute to a creating a design for something.
But I have yet to be one of those types who will sign up to go do something with a bunch of strangers. I can't really figure out how that's fun, ya know? If I'm going to want to get to know people, I'm going to want to smooze at a standard party, not have to think about navigating my way through a new experience with them. If I know what situation I'm in first, then I'm up for meeting new people, I guess. And if I'm dealing with new people, I'd rather not be learning how to bungee jump or something! haha
I guess if it's an anxiety, you could say it's feeling like I don't want to handle too many new things when what I really want to do is feel comfortable and relax.
I'll have to give some further thought about those three reasons....
Sorry, kind of feel like I kanye'd the post. Oh, and that's apparently something else people don't like I guess? Apologies?
But like wendyhi says, I can go ..or could go full steam and put on my game face for work meetings..I ended up commandeering many of them..ok..I won't make this into a novel, but I have a hard time knowing how much to give and take in a relationship, and I've had some hard friends to deal with-like just blam, won't talk to me..one was about a fight over mascara from 97!! So I went in my turtle shell. I had a chat room I used to frequent for silly banter, but with that gone...lonely for sure. and my needs of people arent that much..just get together one night a week and watch movies and laugh...that's my dream social life ;)