How can I be sure I am lonely?

First of all, you must recognize the difference between being alone and being lonely. You can be lonely in a room full of people. You can be lonely at school, in a classroom, surrounded by friends. You can be lonely anywhere with anyone at any time. I think loneliness reveals itself in your thoughts. If you often feel tired, unmotivated, lacking in optimism for the future, and you find yourself feeling completely outcasted from society, you might be lonely. If you feel as though you have no one to talk to when you're feeling particularly down, you might be lonely. Perhaps, you take long, hot baths or binge-eat - these are also subtle signs of loneliness.

1-When we have supportive family and friends who make themselves available for us but still we feel uncomfortable sharing our thoughts with them, we feel lonely. 2-When people judge us for who we are when all we did was trusted them with our troubles and shared our heart with them but their judgements discourage us and we feel lonely. 3-Being all alone on our own also makes us feel lonely. 4- Our low self esteem and confidence that we are unworthy of love, appreciation and respect lead us to loneliness. Hope my answers helps you to figure out the cause of your loneliness and overcome it.

You're never lonely. You always have the availability to talk to someone caring and warm-hearted. Even if it's a parent or a sibling, you always have the availability to talk to someone.

Feeling lonely is a very personal thing, and I think it's always best to trust what your body is telling you. If you feel alone, that is enough to qualify as feeling lonely.

If you feel alone, then you are lonely. If you are often by yourself when you don't want to be, you are lonely.

You are so close to people but yet you seem so so far away as if you're isolated with the chance of never being heard

There is a difference in being alone and being lonely. When you are alone, there is no one around you, but you can feel lonely even when you are standing in a group of friends because really don't know what you feel, what you think, what you go through.

You feel lonely - then you are lonely. Different people need different amount of social contact. Few people prefer to be completely alone all the time. Few prefer to be around people any waking minute. There is a wide spectrum of what individuals consider the optimum amount of social interaction. But when you feel you don't have anyone to share your thoughts, problems, fears, happy moments - then I would consider this as a indicator you might be lonely. But in the end what counts is your feeling. But also keep an eye out for denial - I denied that I had a need for someone to share my feelings, thoughts, problems and happy moments. Because I feared to open myself to anymone, I declared that I did not need such a person and that this was normal for me. I learned that this was me in denial of having fear of opening up and denial of being lonely.

hi , if you have no friends and you never have any interest meeting new people then you are lonely ,

Simply think about how active your social life has been. If it hasnt been active and you are sad about that you are lonley but if it is steadily or very active you shouldn't be as lonley depending on the situation.