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- I feel lonely often these days with the pandemic and where I am living, the community around me, I am not connecting as intimately with anyone as I am used to previously.
I occupy myself with work and school, I masturbate, exercise, read, or otherwise distract myself. I make phone calls, texts and Facetime/Zoom calls to friends, family, and lovers (none of whom are anywhere near me physically).
Sometimes I just sit with the loneliness and feel it, accept it, low key "wallow" in it, if you get me?
I also continue to make efforts to find people I can connect with more intimately, but so far each new person enters and exits without much spark or if the spark is there, something else happens like schedule conflict or lack of communication.0|00|0Is this still revelant?
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- Almost never , would have affected me more at the same age as yourself , the older you get , the less BS tolerance you have , not a people person. Always be happy in your own company , I appreciate harder for extroverts , and be self reliant. Most people care only about themselves anyway.0|00|0Is this still revelant?
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- Almost every day. I feel like I don't fir in any group & nobody understands me. I have only one friend, but since he's busy with his new job, I feel much lonelier.
The loneliness hits me very hard when I'm out in public & see everyone having fun with their friends. I feel lonely & sad in public, so I stopped going out.
Feeling lonely in empty room feels much better than feeling lonely in a huge crowd.
I watch movies, play video games, read books, painting, watch knowledgeable videos on YouTube. Sometimes I just overthink & cry till I fall asleep. 😅1|10|0Is this still revelant?Great answer, yet so sad. I think humans are happiest when they can share their lives with others, it's important to our health. I hope you don't give up on people, and that someday you find your "tribe".
It's a self-perpetuating isolation, what you describe. To be lonely, and because of it, isolate yourself. Which of course makes for more loneliness.
What would a group look like that you would fit into? What is so hard to understand about you?I'm an introvert & people always expect me (actually force me) to talk. I'm not a party animal, I'm more like a girl who likes to stay at home, read books, do sketching or painting & lay in bed with my cats. People always try to drag me into parties, perform on stage & it's literally humiliating. They think introversion is some kind of sickness & they try to cure it. They say "stop overthinking" like there's a on/off button.
I don't get along with extroverts. They're very bad listeners, they do listen but the don't understand. There were some introverts in my class but they all are "go with the flow" kind of people.
Now I have only one friend, he's an abivert. Many times I told him that he don't have to stay & suffer just because I don't have anyone. But he stayed, he listened, understood, gave advice to solve my problems & sat down to overthink with me. I forget loneliness/depression whenever he's with me.
Well, now he got a job & we haven't spent much time together since the beginning of pandemic, he calls sometimes, takes all day to text back & I started to feel lonely again.
- I have social anxiety since forever and have like my alone time more than being around others. However being a stay at home mom now a days I find i spend so much time dealing with a mini person that I'm too exhausted and don't have time to enjoy or do anything with my partner most days I find myself feeling lonely and not having a solution to the problem I dont want to do things alone cuz when my hubs helps he watches the kid so I go alone and it makes me feel more isolated than anything. I need a good date night :/2|00|0Is this still revelant?
Maybe you can network with other parents who also want a "date night"? They sit for you some night, then you sit for them in exchange. That way it doesn't cost you financially, and you are just siting one more mini some night but it would be both you and your hubs sharing the work.
my mom did it with other single moms. Other benefits you start to grow network and also your child has play date friends.
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518- I feel lonely everyday, but recently I've learned that feeling lonely is different from actually being alone. I often think about ending it all, but then I realize we're all on the way to dying anyway, as morbid as it sounds.0|00|0
Hey, in a way life is it's own reward. I've been sad at times I know what it feels like. As far as the question and lonliness is concerned a wise man once said, "Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.". You can always message this stranger and we can talk about things.. whatever you wanna talk about. don't make an irrational decision in bad mood, learn to rest a little and let the bad feelings dissolve out. Here's a good video to watch https://youtu.be/UjEngEpiJKo
And another one : https://youtu.be/SUelbSa-OkA
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- It has been hard with the pandemic. I have been unemployed since last May and don't go back to work until September. My wife works full time so often I don't speak to another person all day. How do you think I ended up on GaG? At least it seems like there are still humans out there.1|00|0
- There's literally never a time I'm not feeling lonely. That's what all my imaginary friends are for...0|00|0
- Do you have options? You’ll never feel lonely if you have options that you can select whenever you feel ready to. I thought everyone had options0|00|0
You mean finance options and stocks?
On a serious note, i think I'd feel alone even when I'm around people and in a way I already do. It's just the sensation of being completely lone on a ball hurdling through space, it's a little hard to describe. Also, would you wanna clarify what you mean by options? As a wise man once said, "Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.".Yea i meant options in terms of dating. As for your quote, that makes sense. There is a sense of loneliness when one is misunderstood or lacks common similarities to others. Feeling lonely in relationships is really the only perk of being single. I fully disagree with the opposites attract. They do not work in the long run
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As to the "options" in terms of dating, isn't that a bit of a catch 22 though, the people you care for so much because they were great you wouldn't wanna let them wait by "taking your time in a sense"? If I found someone super super amazing I'd be scared as to what if I lose them or I'd really want to be around them no?
By options, i mean that everyone has at least one person in the world attracted to you. Regardless of if you like that option or not, its still an option. So no one should ever feel lonely knowing they have options. They shouldn't be desperate and lower their standards either. But still, its an option.
@Slim57 some people dont realize when they have options. But you always have an option
Anonymous14 hWhen I feel lonely I just listen to music. My favorite music artists make me feel like I'm not alone, even thought I have never met them, and they are sources of inspiration for me.0|00|0- I'm too busy to feel lonely. That helps a lot. The only time I truly feel lonely is when I'm feeling grief and I want safe arms to hold me.0|00|0
I'm honestly not sure where it came from. I think from an art group called Other Perspectives.
- I've had no direct human contact in over a year so pretty much all that time.0|00|0
- I used to be that way in my 20, s. Honestly you will just adapt. You'll start to see divorce rip apart your friends lives. And you'll start to see your financial situation get vastly better than people the same age as you even if they have better paying jobs. You'll come to realize in your 30, s that you dodged one helluva bullet0|10|0
- A few times a week I just give it some time and listen to music to fix it0|00|0
- Anonymous3 dThis may sound weird, but sometimes I pretend one of the long-dead dogs I had growing up is there with me, and it relaxes me.
When I'm home alone of course, not out in public...0|00|0 - I'm always lonely. I don't have many friends, and even fewer irl friends.0|00|0
- All the time, sleep, drink, or smoke, usually sleep0|00|0
- I've been lonely the last two years since no one likes me at school. But you get used to it0|00|0
- Very often. What do I do? I overthink 🙎♂️0|00|0
- Once in while not often0|00|0
- You’re never lonely with books...0|00|0
- Once in a while. I talk to people.1|00|0
- Anonymous2 dVery often0|00|0
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