What does it mean when you feel lonely all the time?
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Anonymous
February 5th, 2022 9:19am
Feeling lonely can have a big affect on your life, making you feel like you have no one; that no one will be there for you or that no one cares about you.
One might be comparing their life to others, who have many people in their life & appear to be happy. Or the feeling of lonesome can go along with being “stuck†in a certain situation or chapter of your life.
It is very important for people to know that they are deeply cared about, and that there are probably many more people in their life that love them, than they had originally realize.
It means that you need to open yourself to the world, talking more to people you know they enjoy listen to you and they may help you. Being alone isn’t scary, we all need some time alone to recharge, but we need to avoid feeling alone working on ourselves and the relationships we have with other people. When we won’t feel lonely anymore, we’ll feel more productive, happy, satisfied with our live. Being independent is important, we got a friend in ourself, but we can try to build stable relationships with people who are around us in order to make our self esteem improve.
You can feel lonely even though you have a lot people around you. Loneliness isn't the amount of people you have in your life, it's more like personal experience. Emotional loneliness is quite common thing, you have people to spend time with. You study or go to work, even have some hobbies. Still, you can feel out of place among groups and there's nothing wrong with that. To get out of this feeling, you can for example ask a nice peer student or co-worker for a walk or coffee. So, loneliness is based on your own personal experience of not having enough people.
This is a difficult question to answer and there is a no one correct answer. Some people may feel lonely due to lack of intimacy in relationships. Some people may feel lonely due to isolation from their love ones, mental illness or even just a lack of opportunity to make friends. You are really the only one that can answer this question. Have a deep reflection into what you need in your life. Could it be that a lack of goals is creating an empty hole in your life or you just don’t spend enough quality time with your family? Speak to a friend or a therapist and find out exactly what is causing your loneliness.
Loneliness can mean a lot of things. It could mean you have no genuine and deep friendships/relationships in your life, it could mean you feel misunderstood, it could mean you feel out of place. Things like depression and anxiety can absolutely make you feel lonely all of the time. Maybe you just don't have any real bonds with the people around you. Sometimes people are lonely because they don't love themselves. It's important to take all of that into consideration when talking about loneliness. Just remember, there's always someone or something out there for you at all times. You're never really alone.
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