How often do you feel lonely?

[Jerry1337]

How do you get the lonely to stop?

 

[Obstacle]

Shortly after I moved in, I went out of my way to get to know my neighbors.
We're always wandering in and out of one another's houses.
There's some degree of bickering, and people fall out sometimes, but it's better to have people than not; there's always some job needs more than one pair of hands.
If you see somebody working on something on your street, stop, take an interest, strike up a conversation.

 

[dick brain]

Often.
Historically, substance abuse and dissociation. And womanizing.
Lately, mindfulness + journaling + REBT + spending time with people who aren't completely full of shit, and ignoring people who are.

 

[OrionBalls]

Not very often. With dogs, you're never alone.

 

[Daddy's Angry Juice]

I used to feel that way all of the time back when I was deep into my problems with addiction and depression. (I wrote a lot about it in the dedicated depression thread)

Since I've started getting my shit together, it usually only happens when i just wake up in the morning and my brain isnt fully awake, or when something bad happens and i get really neurotic about it. ive gotten good at being my own coach and get my head back on straight or simply talking it over with the people and getting a different perspective on the situation.

 

[Marc]

Loneliness is something you find waiting for you when you're alone. Lonesomeness is something you carry with you at all times, no matter how many others are around.

 

[Two Hands]

An overwhelming majority of my day, it's been like that for about three years. I don't have any major problems, just directionless with what do in the future.
I've know and have taken some minor steps to get my shit together like some exercises, and I'd love to dedicate my time to a skill instead of doomscrolling online.

The feeling is slightly alleviated when I'm talking or joking around with people, but the knowledge that I'm running out of time to have those experiences is always in the back of my head.

 

[Haloperidol]

I’ve met people and they usually make me appreciate my time alone. I’m not a complete recluse but maybe I’m lucky to be solitary by nature.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Fairly often if I’m being honest. Odd because I do have people in my life, can’t really explain why I get as lonely as I do but there it is.

I don’t know what to tell you on how to make it stop. Best I’ve found is just try to occupy your time as much as possible. Work, focus on hobbies, play with your pets, don’t let yourself just sit around letting your thoughts and feelings fester.

 

[Poppavalyim Andropoff]

never.
I breed pitbulls.
Your shadow stops following you at night the doges do not

 

[Mesh Gear Fox]

All the time. I don't have a big social circle or family. The only person I was truly close to died earlier this year. I don't have anyone else I can talk to the way I could with her. Sucks man.

 

[Prokhor Zakharov]

No. I have a puppycat. He's a cat that thinks he's a dog. He literally follows me everywhere except for when I leave the house, so I never really have the chance to be alone. At any given moment I can turn my head less than 90 degrees and see he is sitting on me, next to me, below me, above me, etc...

 

[Toji Suzuhara]

The voices have always given me company, at least as far as I can remember. They are one of the few things that I've kept from my childhood days

 

[CallmeCicada]

Never. Being alone and being lonely are not the same thing. I enjoy time by myself. If I am bored I draw, if I don't want to draw I read, if I don't want to read I ride a bicycle, if I don't want to ride a bicycle I listen to music and or dance.

If you're good company to yourself you won't ever feel lonely.

 

[F00LS_3RRAND]

Always.

 

[gorgoroth7134]

Daydream about what would happen if you had friends.