I hope things will get better . We hope that you remain safe and continue to reach out. It’s just so depressing going through all this. I am going to work out more and build my body stronger and work on my mind so it is stronger. Thankfully, our sloth Cecil was picked up by small Facebook groups and became popular as a jumper to wear with leggings and the rest is history. You really need some guy friends which is hard to do when you are stay at home dad. That is when I try to reach out to people, or that would mean ‘giving up’ once again, and I do like to believe I have some standards. I have always found it really hard to get close to people and maintain relationships. wow…i cant tell if your joking around or not but thats just messed up. He really deserves to smile. Jina @ PsychAlive.org February 20th, 2014 I isolate a lot, I hardly keep in touch with anyone and the ones I do it’s very superficial. I have no friends, don’t get phone calls, Facebook, messages, nothing. 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I like your questionmark at the end ^^ don’t know if it was on purpose, but the thing with crying is that it is a relief, but the problems don’t disappear from it. I need a car. But i know one day or the other the guy would be pressurized from his family to go for a baby, or he might even want to do it out of his own will, even if it is not for a baby. jumper - my very first LKC purchase and was super happy with my order!Quality is amazing and sizing is great too (as someone who is a little bigger I over size everything I get - The jumper is 2XL and big on me but that’s how I like it :))My order came with a few little freebies and a little drawing which makes it feel personal and is super cute ~ will definitely buy from here again ~. Reply It’s comforting to see other people going through the same thing. She has saved my life many of days. I am completely alone, and, lonely. good areas across the board, great after sales service too :). Kelly, I know what you mean – it’s so hard getting older and feeling more isolated from people. I feel very isolated from enjoyment and laughter. just having companion by my side make me secured and when i think that i should spend weekend alone makes me unhappy. I have 4 siblings I am the youngest of the 5 of us. every time I go out with “friends” I feel that it is very superficial so I already lost hope in finding a true friend here. I also am Catholic and go to church am involved at my church but the parishioners are older and I have not met anyone. I am also looking for a job but I capturing anything I’ve been filling out application after application. I can’t bound with people, I always feel socially awkward. Allow me to say I think you’re a very, very brave person to do all that you do, and try to accept the worry and misery that sometimes goes with it. I am home alone and it is night. But the thought of her living with another guy and making a family would kill me. But I do know that you beautiful, sensitive people deserve to exist and deserve a good life that you enjoy. As a matter of fact it ignores it all together except for indoctrinating children at school. Reply I am 33 years old. Their stance on Mental Health and Gender Equality definitely sets them apart from the rest. Best of luck to you. LKC is the only place we buy clothes from now. I even tried dance for a couple of months but ended up giving it up because i only had one friend there, and was convinced no one wanted me there. It feels a little better knowing that i’m not alone…i am always wondering and asking myself, why am I lonely and alone? wow… and when I thought that I am the only one feeling like this. I am trying to keep busy but living by yourself especially when all my friends are married is so difficult . What an ear he has to lend…I talk to him often and I know he listens. None of you are alone. I feel as if I am still looking for true happiness but I don’t have the drive, motivation, or mindset to do so. Missing him and dont want him at the same time after being with him for 18 yrs. same here, only my husband is telling me that it is all in my head and I should go do things. Google Rating . We are always alone. I leaved with them till I was 5yr old and was brought back from the village to the city by then I couldn’t speak English anymore apart from our local dialect. And then, started wallowing in my own after such isolation. The former, loneliness by separation, just makes plain common sense. I am reading your article and I am smiling alone, because that is axactly how I feel. The girl’s mom thinks that since we belong to different sects in Islam we have no future, cuz even if we had a future it would be marred by problems. A mom who gets it February 15th, 2016 Where would you rather raise a family? But i always think that i will end up my life only crying. I have a small family but I don’t feel it at times. Lisa March 9th, 2014 Just hang in there. But it doesn’t help with the overwhelming sensation of being isolated and alone from the rest of the world. Even if it hurts my oldest granddaughter that i raised for the first year and a half of her life. Possibly. It has been said if there is a feeling sit with it quietly, breath through it and listen don’t run from it. I am an only child, and I turned out fine. The good cry makes sense to me, I don’t really alow myself to cry very often but I do feel better when I do. You will surely find people who will love uoy and cherish you. Im even told i am not even a good grandmother cause i spoil and show my granddaughters attention. Let us hope things get better for us all. I m 23 yrs old. I feel you. Not much of anything feels good anymore. Life is about choices and the choices you make can change the course of your being. Perfect stuff from a perfect guy. There is loneliness that is the result of being isolated from other, and there is loneliness which is the result of being separate from the self. Reply i love them and they love me.thats whats keeping me up.they tried their hardest to hlep me and what do i give them in return?nothing. I still don’t know that there is anyone who feels quite like I do though. You are a strong girl. I tell him that I always have to fish the words out of him. PsychAlive is not a counseling site, but we can offer resources where you can get assistance 24 hours per day. I am an only child..I am married to a wonderful man,,but do not have children. Of course number one is I have found Jesus Christ to be about the best friend a person can have. Linda omg I feel just the way you do. I know its a form of escapism, but I just haven’t found anyone I can relate to. It took a while then I was okay being alone for quite a few years but now it’s getting to me. I still can’t get over being bullied, even now as it’s not been that long since i have been harrassed constantly in the street, i feel really low like someone’s buried me six-feet under and can’t get up, i feel angry towards everyone and i’m driving my family insane and they hate me. So, plz help me. ZW October 29th, 2016 I’ve been divorced for nearly 12 years. I am lonely isolated and depressed. I went in and created my own shirt dress it was so much fun. Evidently I look young for my age and attractive…just seen as a younger looking woman on these men arms. It can mean the difference between life & death for someone! same er i feel the same way just have to make my own fun somehow sometimes i dont know what to do with myself wasa1634. I am very vain which is a horrible sin and I care very much about my appearance and even though I’m given compliments left and right myself wonder why I don’t have a girlfriend. No matter what you think, you are NOT alone . I’ve never felt like this before. same here, only my husband is telling me that it is all in my head and I should go do things. Thanks I get very jealous of others too, even just random happy people I see, groups of friends, couples, you name it. They have their lives now the oldest has 4 kids 2grandchildren I’m not invited to Christmas Thanksgiving my birthday mothers day I spend alone my daughter has told so many lies about me why I don’t know she’s makes sur About 40 percent of Americans reported regularly feeling lonely in 2010, and other reports affirm that it is common for people to feel lonely at least some of the time. I was always a loner at school. In a weird way it’s comforting to know someone else feels as I do. No i feel the same way my kids grew up left me alone i dont know what happiness is anymore i just live get thru the day and wait next day what i face 56 years old alone and scared my kids want me be there for them where are they god bless hope this all will pass.. That’s good the I’ll do that next time. I can’t remember the last time I was able to have a day to myself and not have to iron or cook or worry about my brothers. I feel very sad and depressed whenever i have my family around me…..i am unable 2 express my self and how i feel I only feel better when am alone and then no one cares 2 know y behave that way they take it as i am just been a junky and it’s killing me inside although I don’t have my mum around its just stepsmum and my father’s job doesn’t allow him stay with us he only comes and goes…….wah do you think is wrong with me? I am used to this feeling, it is very hard to make it over a bit. Confused, lonely, nervous. Let your past and worries go away. In my family my dad was depressed and isolated, he never talked to anyone much. I realize it doesn’t help very much for some stranger to say that, but in my book, COURAGE is one of the most valuable things a person can have–and Lord knows, you have a lot of it. As a result my loneliness is real & physical not just some “critical inner voice” bullshit. Then the brothers and dad and the society the way they see a female as inferior is worse. I’m married 36 years, I have two married son’s, two grandson’s, two dogs, friends but I will admit they are hard to get together with, without arrangements. AAsma July 20th, 2014 There are people, wonderful volunteers that can help and distract yourself from such an exhausting feeling as loneliness is. If you were neglected, you may experience being ignored or excluded. and my husband, to make it worse, tells me that it is just in my head. Flo December 20th, 2016 I completely understand. I’m a believer of Christ, but I doubt too many stuff. This is the first time I have actually confronted my lonlyness in any shape or form.My only defense has been denial. Anyways I am insecure and feel very isolated at this time in my life and while some of it is truly absurd and unreasonable I feel like there are times I just can’t shake these bio chemical thoughts. Reply JOE*, Thank YOU! I study the Tao to get wonderful perspective, yet alas I stilll yearn to share life with someone. Studies are now showing that a lonely brain is structurally and biochemically different. I’ve always feel like I make wrong choices… I try socializing, but I also feel I never do it right! Reply Like Dawson and all of us, baby steps. And I want you to know that god or the universe or what have you wouldn’t have me wanting to reach back to you so badly if you weren’t likable. I am 26, living with my parents because I can’t find a job, really want a girlfriend, and have friends but they are mostly friends from hs and we only get together a few times a year, I have one acquaintance from my church but other than that I feel alone. The times today really Sucks when it comes to finding love. I feel as if I am still looking for true happiness but I don’t have the drive, motivation, or mindset to do so. If you overcome these challenges, you will be well prepared for the future. Hannah I was greatly humiliated at school. One of the most alarming things about loneliness, depression, and the “mental health” system in the US is that professionals and article writers seem either not to read the comments in their articles’ comment sections, or if they do, not to realize both the similarity among commenters’ shared experiences and the remarkable homology among many different articles’ comment sections. Hi Aaron, what do you meaning your critical inner voice has taken over and WON?? It’s a non-crisis service, so do never think your issues are not a good enough reason to reach out for support. And, in doing so, help yourself on the road to revitalizing your social contact? Best Wishes, Reply I feel very afraid when doing anything social like introducing myself to someone from my distant relatives. as I found this article at this web site. I feel like I have lost myself. The best. I see loneliness as being part of our human condition, just as being geared towards negativity is. I live a vicious cycle of procrastination, very low self confidence, anxiety, depression, and who knows what else. In fact, according to neuroscientist John Cacioppo, who has made a career out of studying loneliness, “The absence of social connection triggers the same, primal alarm bells as hunger, thirst and physical pain.”, Put simply, “Humans don’t do well if they’re alone.”, However, modern life, with all of its conveniences, has led to a sharp increase in isolation. Hi,well I’m a 44 yr old housewife with 11 children,so how can I be lonely?? Reply Reply Mom and I never got along, even when I was a child. I was deeply sad and depressed. No one talks to me in my house. I have bought gifts for many occasions such as fathers and mothers day, birthdays, Christmas and just to treat myself. I also have a lot of jealousy issues. But if nature boldly manifest both life and death in abundance, maybe there is a lesson in there for us too. I am vain and I pray GOD gets rid of that sin as I hate it but I am extremely concerned about my appearance , my weight how I look. But then there are times I just feel lonely and each passing second kills me. please don’t feel like this. I got back from an 8-years long work contract in a foreign country about 6 months ago. brought tears to my eyes…. Or could you talk to a Christian therapist? Then the brothers and dad and the society the way they see a female as inferior is worse. so many times I plan to sign up for some mom’s club or do something that will get me out of isolation, yet, I always end up staying home and burned up by the end of the day. Blessings to you and your family. Am lonely, sad depress and yearning to be in the arms of a msn, which have yet to do. Paula February 16th, 2020 The owner also has a strong focus on mental health, which he reinforces on his social channels. At present I don’t know, what to do to overcome my loneliness and such bad things? Having with some friends or with hubby but still feeling lonely and incomplete. You say you have ‘recently’ moved … Where are you originally from? I was just reading the above article on loneliness last night, together with the comments. Reply Reaching to younger people and especially the opposite sex is a big waste of time and effort because I think they now see me as old even though I have no grey hair or look older than my age. Hi Aaron, what do you meaning your critical inner voice has taken over and WON?? It is a common misconception that people are lonely because they have poor social skills. 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