I Am Alone And This Feeling Is Drowning Me

[Deleted member 14228]

I.....feel so alone. It just engulfs me and I want to sleep all the time. My body won't let me so of course I'm awake a few hours of the day. How do other people out there cope with the loneliness? Are there people who are lonely too? This is killing me and I have no idea how to make any of this better. I just want to disappear right now. I hope someone may have some ideas for pulling myself out of this mess.

 

[RecedingMoonlight]

I just want to say that you're not alone...you're not alone with your loneliness. I'm not a sufferer, rather a supporter, but my best friend with PTSD feels like this a lot of the time too, with or without people around her. It's hard to feel this way and it's hard to go through what you go through.

Are there any people around where you live? Anyone you could speak to at all? I just want to get context here. But I also want you to know that you're not alone with those feelings.

 

[JEKBreatheandBelieve]

@Luminosity - I know what it is like to feel so alone. I know what it is like to not want to get out of bed. I know what it is like to reach out for help and still feel all alone. The only way to "pull yourself out of this mess" is to just keep trying and make note of every tiny and gigantic positive thing when it comes along. Yesterday I was in a crisis worker's office crying my eyes out and feeling like no one in the world would ever understand me. Today I still feel that way, but I spent my day making Halloween costumes for my kids. It served two purposes- it kept me out of bed and focused on something other than how much I hate my life AND it reminded me that I love my life because I get to make costumes for my kids. Yep, I hate and love my life. Sometimes my positive is I ate a meal or I got out of my pajamas or I read a book to my kids or I washed a load of clothes. You are not alone in feeling lonely.

 

[Chava]

I don't have any good ideas right now, but I relate to this feeling, so you are not alone...

:hug:

 

[Deleted member 29920]

You're not alone because I feel this way too except when I'm typing on here or talking to T. :hug: :hug: :hug:

 

[mrsps]

I have been feeling very much alone for the past few weeks. I feel like the only person I have is my T and 1 hour a week is not enough. It is just so so hard when you feel so alone and don't know what to do with yourself. I am sorry I don't have any advise :(

 

[Deleted member 14228]

Your replies made me feel less alone. Thank you.

I am chatting with a friend who is trying to understand and it's helping, too.

Thank you.

 

[Fadeaway]

I understand lonely. This sites helps, as you are surrounded by people who understand and need a friend as much as you do. There are so many caring and wonderful people here, and we could always use the input of one more person who also gets it. So I hope you'll stick around, as your thoughts and feeling are important here.

 

[lux.]

I like being alone but wish I had some friends to do things with sometimes. My life right now is really just treatment and work and a lot of sitting around alone in my apartment. I'm so lucky I have a wonderful cat to keep me company. And I know isolation is really bad for depressed and I'm really depressed right now.

Like everyone else said, this site can be a great resource. The boards are nice for addressing topics, but the chat room is good for getting a little socialization. There are usually people in there and they're very nice.

 

[KwanYingirl]

I'm lonely, too. That's why I like my work. It allows me the chance to chat with people without judgement. This site helps too in that I can be the authentic me, warts and all.

 

[Gadgie]

I'm lonely as well, but I'm afraid I couldn't handle having a job, I'm just too nervous around people, they give me panic attacks and make me nervous.

In fact. that along with my back problem, I've not got a lot going for me, but I still get up every morning and try and find something good about every day.

 

[WillyKat]

Looks like we have near consensus on know what that feeling is like. For literally decades I felt that way. It always takes me some time to get from knowing a thing to actually feeling it.

I would say to you this: as long as you hang out here, you're never alone. It may take a while for you to really feel it down deep, but there are lots of people on the forum that are with you in spirit, and others walking around too.

Read some good literature, listen to some good music, got to an art museum. By getting into the head of some artists, you'll see that they've been trying to reach you too.