Virtually everyone experiences loneliness from time to time, with many people becoming especially aware of feelings of loneliness around the holiday season, I was hit by a drunk driver, & he died, & I was in the hospital for 3 months. A friend of mine, who is incredibly So often people will say, “I have no one to do things with."
Additionally, pets provide unconditional love, which can be a great salve for loneliness. Lastly, and unfortunately, most therapists/counselors aren't very good; and therapy/counseling can be too expensive for most.Posting on the internet is the absolutely worst thing we can do as there will always be some random stranger looking for an argument, which is the last thing any one in our situation needs...I'm still young.
“Pets, especially dogs, are protective against loneliness,” Hawkley says. It can also provide a sense of belonging that comes with being part of a group.
Elizabeth Scott, MS, is a wellness coach specializing in stress management and quality of life, and the author of "8 Keys to Stress Management." no, thank you...), or a relationship leading to family.
They suck.People are out for themselves. old.
I guess this forum is an outlet for people who are not happy with their lives so they need to vent. Join a Class. Had treatment for depression and helped for awhile but there is more to it than that.
While the sheer number of people who experience loneliness is quite large (a poll on this site shows that holiday loneliness is experienced by a surprising proportion of readers, for example), people don’t always talk about feelings of loneliness and don’t always know what to do with these feelings. Meetup has a lot of groups like that and I have some friends who have had some luck with it.Interesting that the one person who seems to think this is a ‘great’ article, has a LOT of time on her hands to keep coming back to refute the comments. Met two men , had long distance relationships both dumped me and hurt me beyond words.
I'm not holding my breath expecting, now things seem to be going back to "normal," that past nay-sayers who're getting back out enjoying their friends will remember (and therefore empathize with others) their own experiences with prolonged loneliness and isolation.Get the help you need from a therapist near you–a FREE service from Psychology Today.
(I understand not all jobs make this possible) the solutions are out there.Rubbish article by someone who has never felt disconnected and entIrely irrelevant!Have you tried the website Meetup?
It is hard to reach out the older we get as we are not beautiful just old and getting older.
Do you not realise that many people have no friends, not one , zero. There are …
I still push myself every day to keep going and not think about being old and alone.
I do think about killing my self often.
It's so hectic that we forget anything---or anyone---that isn't in our circle of what I like to call 'immediate importance'.
The Pain of Ostracization: The Bully’s Silent Weapon I have been like this for about 10 yrs.
The author wrote a great article, in very few words, on the general topic of loneliness. Keen sense of the obvious, Psychology Today: "7. These are the people you spend every day with, talk to on a daily basis, and are most personally involved with. If this is the case for you, it may be a good idea to seek psychotherapy to help with feelings of loneliness, especially if you also feel symptoms of depression, such as a loss of enjoyment doing things you used to enjoy. What if your alone 24/7 and and its morning , noon , night weekdays, weekends all the freaking time. Build a community of connectedness." Then you can create an in-person event.