Dear SWs. If you are lonely, have no friends, to whom you are gonna talking to?

@Soossie Loneliness is a different path, I'm not sure anyone consciously chooses. I've learned over years, someone I loved made me feel more lonely, with no description (hiding things) I chose to see people in a way that I should feel lonely with, and I didn't, I only learned how I felt lonely with her?

@Soossie some people come on sites like this to try and seek support and forge friendships to help them feel less lonely. But, if others ignore them or are unkind as often happens it can make then feel even more lonely.
Its not easy for some to go out and socislise, especially with covid.
Im certain there are more lonely people in the world now than ever before.

@RubySoo I was just about to articulate the same thing. Some days this place makes me feel more lonely when I log off than when I logged on.

What @RubySoo said.

In addition I'd like to add that there are quite a few people who have tried many times to break the loneliness, but usually find themselves so different in most company that they don't fit in, and the loneliness persists. For some it is not voluntary, it is a matter of having tried many times and many different approaches yet still failed, of not successfully finding the people that you mesh well with, and of not wanting to pretend you are someone you aren't just to slip into a group.

@thewindupbirdchronicles @RubySoo @Ladystarlight25 @PirateMonkeyCabinet

Thank you all...

I understand your point and appreciate your thoughts and comments on this....

I agree about how it can feel lonely when no one tries to understand us and how one can feel lonely among others....

However, everything that you all said is based on an external cause for a person to feel lonely...

When I mentioned choosing not to stay lonely, I meant a within desire and will power to never give up trying and never accept loneliness as one inseparable part of their life...

@Soossie but not everyone is able to have that outlook due to ill health or past experience. I understand what you mean entirely, but i just know that some people cannot escape their loneliness even with good people trying to understand and help them. X

@RubySoo

Yes, I agree... and I understand.. 🙏🤗⚘

@Ladystarlight25 [c=004A59]Exactly. I never feel lonely when I'm out shopping or at home doing housework. Then I log on here and either get bullied or left out of things and start feeling...not exactly lonely but like I'm in the wrong place.[/c]

@PirateMonkeyCabinet [c=004A59]True. I never in my life found anyone to click with, but I've become reconciled to it.[/c]