How To Deal With Loneliness

SOURCES:
Kingwell, M. (2005). Catch and release: trout fishing and the meaning of life. New York, NY: Penguin Books.

Manheim, W. (1974). Martin Buber. New York: Twayne Publishers.

McAdams, D. P. (2018). Art and science of personality development. New York: The Guilford Press.

[thehumancs]

"How to deal with loneliness"
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[ismael]

I’m alone most of the time, I don’t have any real friends, only acquaintances. Most of the time I’m not bothered by loneliness, but when it hits me it’s awful. I question if there is something deeply wrong with me,

[القناةالشاملة-ثغ]

I like this video. But i have no one to share it with

[smyrnasstory]

Loneliness can make you vulnerable. In fact, it could cause you to settle for anyone who would accept you as a friend. “When you’re lonely, you may be desperate for attention, ” “You could begin to think that any attention is better than no attention. And that can lead to trouble.”
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[calebaustin]

Woke up and watched this in bed, that last quote was so powerful I started sobbing on my way to the shower...

[thebelletoll]

I’m lonely and I’m alone, I like being alone but I hate being lonely. When you’re lonely your entire life you learn to enjoy an empty room, but being locked in it is as traumatizing as leaving the room. Depression is like that, first you fall into it, then you fall in love with it.

[mikelmacho]

My God how strongly things exist today

[camcamcamcamcamcamc]

My teens were filled with loneliness due to my high expectations of what it means to be “cool” or a “good person” but my increasing understanding of humans, the earth, and universe tends to soothe those feelings and allows me to enjoy life even if alone

[charliecrome]

hey person browsing comments have a good day (:

[sadkfjasdkl]

“Primary form of torture”

This is so true as someone who works from home and knows very few people. I go days and days without talking to anyone or seeing people. Sometimes 9 or 10 days straight. I crave social interaction all day. This covid has only made things worse.

[beepbeep]

I’m going to tell people from now on that based on Aristotle’s writings I’m a god

[babadhishum]

Everyone who clicked on this really needed this 😔✊

[matthewalvarojr.]

I love the yellow tint to make it easier on the eyes. Very thoughtful, wish more creators did this.

[CAVFIFTEEN]

I lost a lot of important people in my life two years ago. I don’t have many real friends, and I’ve been single since those two years. I hate it. All of it. I crave platonic, emotional, romantic, and sexual connection pretty much all the time.

For the past few months I’ve been leaving the faith of Christianity and church was my entire social network growing up. I don’t really know how to go and make friends and find relationship with people outside of that. Plus the pandemic doesn’t help either. I want relationships with people so bad and basically need it, but I don’t know how to find it anymore.

Loneliness sucks. I’m with you. But you’re not alone, even if you feel like you are.

[EtherealBeardMan]

I'm definitely at a time in my life when I need things like this. Thank you for all the good work ❤️

[mr.bruhmoment]

WHY TF YALL RECOMMENDIN THIS U TRYNA TELL ME SOMETHIN???

[cryptogf]

I've been struggling with loneliness and severe depression for my whole life but really bad these past years. I would describe it as my life is a handful of sand and the days just keep falling through my fingers. It feels as if life is passing me by. I have no friends, i have nothing to live for. I dont eat, i dont sleep.

[ActualStawman]

I just walked over 6 miles today, so I could track down some groceries which my roommate left at the store.
Wanna know what the hardest part of my day was?
...The stares...
Normally no one looks at me, I'm isolated and ignored, but today is the first time I've gone out in over a week, and my experience was so much more horrid.
I think loneliness comes from the fear of rejection. When you pass a person, you interact with a person, you offer them subconscious judgement.
For the entire interaction, you judge yourself against them, and if a person feels like they are failing to meet these judgements, they mentally position themselves as being at risk... They allow in themselves the fear of rejection, and over time this builds into a longing to somehow correct this flaw perceived self flaw.
In each of us is a homounculus, of twisted wants and desires. Yet still, we long to call it perfect.

[lojupitermoon]

“Somehow, you grow lonelier / than the world that contains you. / That is why you so / want to be touched.” -C.X Hua

[Ragnarok]

This hit hard, but I'm glad I've had at least one opportunity to have a connection with someone. Taking risks is worth it. Will do it again.