Lonliness

I agree with you, Being lonely is one of the causes of my depression. Sometimes I sit with my group of friends, & they're all in the zone of laughing and talking, and I feel like the outsider of the group just observing. I never have people in school that randomly say my name to greet me, all of my friends do as I walk beside them. I feel invisible & lame.

I agree. I'm alone a lot (like, I don't see another human for multiple days) andfeel lonely. Lately, when I'm with other people, I feel lonely, too. Like I can't trust anyone with my true feelings and I know they aren't going to be there for me when I need friends.

I think that being alone too much can lead to depression, or at least contribute, and then once you are depressed you feel lonely no matter who you are with.

Me too, I do think that loneliness does start of depression. At my grade (7) my teacher says that at your age people only care about themselves and the friends they already have. Sad thing is, after she went to go talk to somebody outside, I broke down. Really bad. The thing that made me stop was that my whole class came to see if I was ok. It sort of changed. Actually, not really. I dont think they get the point at all. My good friends are all in another class, which does make it worse. The thing that will get me through the year is that my teacher loves art, and i do too.

I struggle with loneliness too. I feel that I am makingprogress but then realize I have no one to share it with which causes the depression to appear again. If I am not lonely I feel like I am annoying someone or getting in the way. It turns into an endless cycle. Sorry you feel lonely too.

I feel this way. I could be surrounded by people yet ill still feel so alone. I have always felt this way. It got worse when I moved about 4 hours away from home to go to college. I have times that even when imback at home with my family i still feel so alone.

Yeah I agree, even though I know I have a bunch of people who love me... I always feel completely alone.

I'm incredibly lonely. I guess my insecurity and self loathing shows because I can never seem to make any friends. If I have to make friends, I have to put on a fake persona that's not me. If I were to be myself, no one would talk to me because well, look at me. I wish I could have an intimate relationship with someone. It doesn't have to be romantic, but I just wish I could break that surface. But I feel like I'm trapped, like I'm suffocating. It's like everyone was given a guide on how to life and I'm just sitting here, stumbling over the most minuscule partsof social etiquette. I've always been by myself, not by choice, but because I've never met anyone. I guess it's my fault. Depression just made it worse.

I found this site tonight because I was lonely...

I struggle from really bad depression, I thought I was getting better though. It can be lonely, even when I'm around people I struggle to talk to them.

A lot of my friends think I'm better...I can't bring myself to always be known as a mess, or tell them the truth.

Loneliness is a symptom of the depression for me. I have quite a few friends, but no one who I feel comfortable turning to when I am depressed so I isolate myself. Even when I am around people, I don't know how to express the depression, so I feel lonely because I am facing it alone.

Neen dealing with major depression for a few years now. Loneliness is bad. Even when I'm with people, I feel detatched from what's going in amd I'm miserable. That starts the neverending cycle lf self isolation, after a few days I feel guilty and go stir crazy, and go out again. And it starts all over. Really gets old. No one gets it.