What does it feel like living a life where you aren't lonely?

I wonder often, would I be happier if I had people to talk to? I try so hard to make friends and talk to people and it's all great when I'm the one starting conversations, yet if I don't text first it's like I don't even exist. I don't go out anywhere, I stay in my room and rot in my bed feeling like there's something heavy that makes me unable to move out of my bed and I hate that feeling. I spent new years alone and nobody even said anything. I talked to my friends when I was in school but now that it's break..nobody even talks to me anymore. I feel like a complete loser and I stay quiet for too long that it's became hard to speak clearly and I don't know what to do... I just want someone to talk to me and care...

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4meAndyou · F

It sounds as though someone needs to break through that block of ice you've allowed to grow around you. Here is what I recommend, MOST emphatically! Get up off your derriere and go out and volunteer your time to a worthy cause.

I go to a food pantry every week, and load up my car with food for my neighbors. I find it very rewarding! And more of my neighbors talk to me since I've begun doing it.

YOU might enjoy volunteering at your local animal shelter. Or you might enjoy wheeling wheelchair bound patients to their appointments at your local hospital. A VERY social opportunity is wielding a hammer at your local Habitat for Humanity project.

YOUR volunteer opportunities are here:

https://www.volunteermatch.org/

Click on Opportunities and enter your zip code.