I feel like isolating myself, but deep inside I am very lonely. What do I do?

It is best to talk to someone about this. You are being very brave by taking the first step and talking to us here. Talking to a friend or supportive family member may help, but talking to a trained professional will work best. As someone with depression, I often feel lonely and like I need to isolate everyone in my life, but that is when I realized I need people the most and have been the most comforted by the people who I found to care about me.

Try to interact with others when safe and possible. Also, utilize 7Cups to meet others and have a fun time. :)

Try to find people who can relate to you, and can understand. You would be making a friend and letting your feelings out.

I find that it often helps to read a book, as it involves you as a reader and surrounds you by other characters. It might inspire you to talk to people around you, for example family! :)

Fight the feeling and get out to mingle with people. Speaking with random people can cure your loneliness. The more you talk to people the less lonely you feel. Eventually, you'll find someone or people that will end your loneliness. The great thing you can do is fight the urge.

It's normal, you feel like you have to shield yourself fro others but at the same time you want to have meaningful connections. Ask yourself why you want to isolate yourself, do you think there is something inherently wrong with you? That you are not good enough? That you are a failure? These are tricks your mind plays on you to try to protect you, but the threats that it is afraid of aren't really there. It is impossible to be "not good enough" or anything like that by default

Ignore the first part of that feeling, don't isolate yourself and cut people off. Find people you can talk to, even if it is just a stranger you can have a random conversation with it is better than nothing. The worst you can do is isolate yourself and end up in that hellish echo chamber with only yourself to keep you company.

If you feel like isolating yourself as well as talking to others because your lonely is if you found friends to talk to see if they can come with you and keep you company while being away from crowded areas.

Relax, take it easy. I think a lot of people have felt like just blocking themselves from the world and isolating themselves at one point or another. Don't blame yourself for feeling this way, instead try to understand yourself better and find out what makes you feel this way. You could try talking to a close friend or family member about this, or even talk to a therapist if you don't feel comfortable with talking to a person you know.

If you don’t enjoy being by yourself, perhaps it is better to surround yourself with people who know you on a deeper level

After studying this concept in depth in my own life, I've figured out that the truth behind loneliness is that it is highly related to the walls that we've put up in our own lives. Ever been hurt by someone else? Ever told yourself that you will never be hurt by another person like that ever again? One way or another we develop major walls inside ourselves that are intended to make it to where we cannot be hurt again. However! These same walls are what is creating the loneliness in our hearts. As humans we naturally desire to let someone in on the deepest and most vulnerable parts of our hearts, and when we cannot do this loneliness is the feeling that arises. If you feel like isolating yourself but also feel lonely, then try the following advice. Find someone in your life who you can expect to listen to you and be vulnerable with them about some of the deep parts of your heart. Once you are able to share this bond with another human being, I truly believe that loneliness will subside.

You can isolate yourself and still not feel lonely and the other way around. If you feel lonely you might want to explore your feelings with a professional.

Perhaps you're going through some depression, so if you've been diagnosed with it, you can always find support here with our listeners and therapists. It's hard when you feel lonely, but there must also be a reason as to why you want to isolate yourself, then you can hopefully address the situation better!

Sometimes we as people feel lonely even if we are among a group of people, amidst laughter and noise of conversation. Deep down we have an inner core of peace that can be revitalized through solitude. Sometimes our innate need to isolate and move away from people is to find that inner peace and solace.

Call or text a friend! They will keep you busy for a while, but otherwise message one of us on here! We could suggest something for you to try doing. Like go for a jog or a walk

I understand where you're coming from. If you are a person who enjoys time to themselves then isolating yourself (for a short while) may be helpful to you. But always know that there are people out there who care for you and can help or be there for you in those times

Isolation is never a good option. I found that delving deeper into my 'passion' allowed me to distract myself from the loneliness I felt with no friends around and work towards a goal I had set out for myself. The arts are a wonderful medium to express yourself and your thoughts. It could be anything to do with picking up an instrument, listening to more music, writing poetry or even role-playing. It's like your own personal therapy in your own unique way.

I used to feel like this as well. Taking some time out of my day to spend time with friends and family helped with the loneliness, but I also made sure I had time to myself.

I try to talk to people; People with whom i am comfortable with. I try to avoid talking to those people who are critical of me and dont make me feel good about myself if no one is available, i read a book or watch a movie

Try to find other people who share your interests, they might be abe to comprehend what or how you feel. Even if it's just a small thing like writing or drawing/painting, it can help you a lot! Hope this helps!

That's a tough one, especially if you have a introverted personality. Sometimes it's necessary to have alone time, away from people and crowds. But, other people may see that as not wanting to be social. Sometimes, it may take getting out of your comfort zone and be more social to maintain close connections.

I've isolated myself too, but i'd say to really work to reach out to friends of yours. or family. those ppl in your life you feel like you enjoy or trust or love (or all of the above). Reach out to them if only to say "hi" and go from there.

I've always been afraid to open up and I still haven't even to online people it's hard and honestly I need to take my own advice but you can slowly get closer to people even being near them will help you for me being physically alone is hard mentally is harder or you can just open hour heart out to someone you know will listen and be honest with you

Make sure that you try to talk to someone about how you are feeling, and even if you feel like you need to push people away from you, remember the good things that they’ve don’t feel done for you and how theyve helped. You may also need to maybe get rid of some toxic people that may be in your life to help you feel better. If you are feeling lonely Make sure that you are not isolating yourself further and you are expressing your feelings through a conversation with someone, art, writing stories or a diary entry, etc.

Try to meet new people, or connect with old friends. Distinction is a great way to keep from self isolation.

well, i often have a similar problem, i like being alone, but then i get lonely. But, what i know i do, is just go some where outside of where i normally isolate. I don't necessarily interact with the people around me, but i'm am just out. I mean i don't know how old you are or your family situation, but sometimes i will just take my laptop out into the living room and just sit on my laptop in hte living room instead of my room, and even though i'm talking to no one, i'm not alone, people are still around me. Or if that's not an option, even just going to a coffee shop, or a park, and just taking whatever you normally do when you isolate, there can help. Sometimes you don't have to actually interact with people, but just being around even random strangers can help us feel less alone.

You don't isolate yourself. Text a friend. Ask them to hang out. Message someone online. Isolating yourself is going to make you more lonely, which won't solve the problem. Sometimes you have to fight what you want to get to where you need to be.

Try to get out and spend some time with people you care about and who care about you. Don't give in to the urge. Be social, meet new people, do new things, have fun and experiment a little.

Talk about it to someone; once you vent and let the reason why you're lonely out, you might feel a lot better and not want to isolate yourself :)

You should talk to your current close companion or bitterly your family that understand your condition best and tell your urges if the heart to the one you think will never neglect you such as of your parents and surely they will have a solution for you either from going seeking help to a professional which is okay or going to steps to a great brave socialization guided cared step by step.