5 Signs You're Experiencing Deep Loneliness

Are you lonely? The feeling of loneliness is not the same as being alone. Being alone is a state of being, like living away from friends or family, while loneliness is a feeling. There's a saying that you can feel lonely even when surrounded by people, simply because when you are feeling lonely, you feel disconnected from the people around you. Sometimes, feeling loneliness is also a sign of depression where you just have apathy to almost all things and 'don't care' anymore. Do you think you might be feeling chronic loneliness?

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Writer: Ananya Sawarkar
Script Editor: Denise Ding & Dawn Tan
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
Animator: Mara Licardo
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

References

Maria Walley. 5 Signs You’re Fighting Chronic Loneliness. Retrieved from;

[Psychgo]

Happy Pride Month! We also have a new animator, Mara for this project. What do you think of her? Do you like it?

[ComicalRealm]

"I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone." - Robin Williams

[ives]

Sometimes, loneliness is not being alone, but that sad feeling that no one loves you and cares about you.

[misterlamprey]

1. You can be lonely even if you are around people.
2. You develop strong attachments to inanimate objects.
3. You feel alone even when surrounded by people like friends.
4. You overshare quickly when meeting someone who listens.
5. You desperately hang on to your friends, to the point of freaking them out and pushing them away.

[lYODAl]

The worst type of loneliness is that when you feel it around the loving ones

[RedLPS]

Dealing with this at 47 is absolutely devastating. It's like trying to learn how to live life all over again. But with the painful knowledge that you are in midlife.

[TamagoEgg]

In my personal experience, to get out of this deep loneliness is to not share about your problem with anyone(yet) because it's easy to overshare and you'll probably regret about the decision and hurt your self esteem.

It's best that you keep yourself busy like helping others(not mentally), do charity work, any work that requires you to be there physically and requires teamwork to complete.
This will help you break the cycle of loneliness and makes you feel good about your own ability.

[neofulcrum]

As an introvert, we’re always afraid well say something wrong so we usually keep to ourselves.

[khalilahd.]

I think especially with the pandemic we’ve all felt alone at at least one point in time and it’s nice to see the indicators. Also the adventure time animation is adorable 🥰🥰

[Raghav-txym]

0:20 The saying is, “Misery loves company”, Not loneliness.
1:40 You start gollum’ing out.
2:42 You feel alone even when you’re not alone.
3:30 You tend to overshare when someone is there to listen.
4:26 You are gollum, your friends are the one ring.

[chuckchizzle]

Sometimes I watch these videos even if nothing applies to me it’s still interesting getting a peek into others thoughts.

[abrahamambriz]

The only sense of loneliness I feel is not having a lover, like being single hurts a lot for me despite still living in my youth.

[oecfim]

Loneliness hurts so much and I hurt for those who also deal with it too. I fear that I’ll live like this for the rest of my life. I’m 22 years old, turning 23 this year and I’m not living like others my age.

[pandequeso]

I feel like I'm slowly losing my friends. My best friend hasn't talked to me in a year. I know he's very busy, but still, I feel very lonely sometimes.

[sebastianfox]

3 and 4 definitely. I’ve always been an outcast, and even being in the break room at work with several coworkers makes me feel even more alone, so I usually take my breaks in my car. On the rare occasion when I do start to make a friend, I do tend to share a little too much about my past, and there was a time in my life when I would tell then lies to impress them out of fear of them finding out that my life is and has been actually quite dull and boring compared to most people.

[denisek]

It goes without saying, lonliness causes anxiety and depression. We’ve been told all of our lives “no one likes a complainer, ” but chronic illness, divorce and other major life changes magnifies lonliness. Being told to “get out of your shell, and go meet people” doesn’t help: It only makes a person feel lonelier. Maybe therapy is the answer, as long as one doesn’t hear, “snap out of it!"

[goreysins]

After this pandemic I’m guranteed everyone has felt it

[SleepyMook]

Everyday I feel lonely to the point that I spend most of my time locked up in my room. I have friends but they make me feel lonely even though i’m with them. Sometimes I want to reach out and talk to other people but either I lack the social skills to carry a decent conversation or im scared and have a distrust towards the person or stranger.

[someonesomeone]

For humans not to feel lonely they need two things: a one friend and a romantic partner. To not feel isolated they also need regular positive social interaction. Many people cannot obtain any of these.

[Dani_]

I relate to the third one a lot! I have a friend group but I don't like talking about my problems and feel disengaged. I feel kind of lonely and have an underlying feeling that no one likes me and that everyone hates me.