To Anyone Feeling Lonely

How often do you feel lonely? While it’s common for all of us to experience loneliness every now and then, what do we do if the feeling persists more than we’re used to? If not dealt with properly, loneliness can grow into something harmful to our mental health. We’ve gathered a list of four tips to help you deal with loneliness. Watch along!

Writer: Michal Mitchell
Script Editor & Manager: Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Esther Zhao (new animator)
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#feelinglonely #alone #howtodealwithloneliness

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[mellowyellow]

I just want one person in this world who loves me on purpose

[curtistinemiller]

Lonely is not being alone, it's the feeling that nobody cares.. ....

[lasagnafor_dinner]

Has anyone else ever been so lonely that you can physically feel it?

[richarddigiacomo]

Nothing worse than having a story to tell but nobody to tell it to...

[ceo-han]

We introverts love it when we are alone and hate it when we are lonely

[basher]

You know that feeling when you get forgotten in your friend group and never being anyone's best friend...

[DDMF]

You know it's worse when you don't have anyone to share the struggle you're dealing with.
Edit: I have tricks of curing loneliness for you guys, take about 15 - 30 mins of meditation everyday, try researching Buddhism (good for mental health), and remember: anyone not caring about us simply means we don't have "fate" with them, so keep doing good things for people and you'll see 👌

[Hiraeth]

It’s like a stab in the gut when nobody reaches out to you in the first place. You are never directly talked to by your “friends” and continually excluded from the plans that they made together. You are just there; you’re not important in anyones life and they don’t seem to care about you at all. Nobody checks up on you to see how you are doing or if you want to hang out. Even when you reach out to them first, there is always an excuse of why they can’t go. Even when you thought you made a new friend—one who treats you like an existing person—they start to ignore you and act like you never existed. You eventually start to resort to books, movies, and music to escape from your reality and into a fantasy. You know you would be such a good friend if people just gave you a chance. You’re always left wondering, “what did I do?”

[generalz]

“Reach out to a friend” ... is funny how they think I have friends.

[nessie]

Worst part about isolation?
You get used to it. It gets too comfortable...
No drama, no secrets, no conflicts. No need to take a responsibility on keeping relationships alive.
Nowadays I find myself feeling so indifferent to socializing, it's like I gave up and accepted loneliness.

[Yurifed]

You know your mental state is bad when you started crying after hearing this person's kind voice:(

[Shlogger]

I think something that adds to the loneliness is this feeling (and reality) that I must always be the one to initiate everything. If I don't actually reach out to people or start some kind of interaction it just won't happen. I'm not sure when the world became this way but it is definitely the way it is now. Everyone is absolutely self absorbed and incapable of real honest or spontaneous meaningful interaction. It gets to the point where I just don't care because I'm always the one trying. So after awhile you say "Well. I guess they really don't care" and you stop trying to keep relationships going or meet new people. You become resentful of being the one to always make the effort. But then years pass and the loneliness stretches further and further across fluttering forgetful days of isolation and it all blurs into this thick fog so you keep trying to reach out only to have your fingers burned against the same cold indifference again and again.. sigh.

[debbyt.]

"Loneliness does not come from not having no people around you but from being unable to talk about the things that are important to you."

[abigaillll._]

currently silent crying when I’m supposed to be sleeping 😃 i wish I had friends...feeling like im wasting my teen years :(

[decdude]

If you feel lonely it’s because you are. If you feel you are not loved it’s because you aren’t. Don’t let others gaslight you that your feelings aren’t valid.

[billybio]

So happy to see there’s 1 and a half million other people lonely…glad I wasn’t alone being lonely😊

[blakel]

"I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone”

[WildSoftie]

"Be friends with yourself first"

Me: we dont do that here

[jnsvx]

As an introvert, yes i like being alone, but when i cant even Share my real feelings to any of my family, i feel so alone mentally and when my only friend starts having new friends, i cant help but cry. ive been bottling These emotions for more than 2 years. At least the comments make me feel less alone, I just wanna be friends with you all. I’m a teen so I can’t go to therapy but i want to so badly. I dont even know how to become close with someone (and everyone in my school are the same people with diff interests). But Never give up hope and keep pushing and comfort yourself when no one is there.

5 months later Edit: im getting more social than before.. just compare yourself to your past self, but I still feel the same lonely. I joined this volenteering place and When I have shifts there, I feel less alone, the people there are great and i just go with the group instead of isolating myself, but when im back at my house, all the voices in my head and the loneliness comes back. Social media makes it worst in a way.

[jermainedonaldson]

1. Become friends with yourself first
2. Show compassion
3. Find your tribe
4. Know that there is no ‘perfect’ friend
Great advice. Something we could all learn. ❤️