Exhausted. In pain.

Hi Dreamer, Do you live alone or feel alone even when people are around? I feel alone even if I'm surrounded by family and friends. I also used to self harm when I was in my teens and early 20's but I stopped for years until I started again in my early 30's. I'm 37 now. Life got harder and my health got worse and worse. I don't cut I bang my head on the wall or with hard objects. I just started using 7cups and it does make me feel a little less lonely. I hope you feel the same way too. I hear that pets can help with loneliness especially furry one. There are these cute mini monkeys called Sugar Monkeys. It's legal to own them and they bond to you and like to sleep in your pocket. I'm sure you could find info about them if you Googled it. My partner doesn't want me to get a cat until I'm 40. I think it's because my son will be 18 by then. But he says that I can't take care of myself so how would I be able to take care of an animal. When it's actually the other way around, having a pet makes you feel loved and love is the best medicine in my opinion. If everyone that interacted with me did so lovingly I don't think I would have the problems I do today. Definitely wouldn't have C-PTSD. I guess my point is if there's hope for me there's got to be hope for you to in some way, shape or form.