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

it’s okay. sometimes we feel the need to eliminate everyone because their presence still makes us feel just as lonely. reaching out to your friends and family to let them know how you’re feeling is one solution. communicating about a problem you’re facing with the people that care about you ALWAYS helps. if that isn’t possible, you can always find new friends in this virtual generation. you can also take time from social life and focus yourself towards a challenge, activity or a hobby and put your energy on it. moreover, you can distract yourself with movies and tv shows.

Sometimes being your friend can help. If your internal world is at peace your outer world will follow. While we can't control what others do, we can control ourselves. Self-love and acceptance is the key to most internal issues. Although it's really hard, maybe reach out to someone you really trust and explain to them how you're feeling? I know it's really hard to feel like this but, there are people that genuinely love and accept you, in happiness and sorrow. If it makes you feel better the 7cups community cares about. It might also be a good idea to think, how would I respond to a friend if they came to me with this issue? What is stopping you from giving yourself that advice? After all, you know yourself best. I think asking this inquisitive questions and journaling and having someone to just listen,would benefit you greatly even if it feel weird at first

Developing self awareness helps navigate and understand what to do. How isolation affects you depends on your personal relationship with your own self and on the fact or trigger that caused the isolation. Sometimes isolation leads to self reflection and discovery, fostering productivity, creativity and individual progress. In many times it can also magnify feelings of frustration self doubt self destructive thought patterns, putting oneself in an endless viscous circle. To connect with others, you may use what helps you connect with yourself. Personal hobbies and interests groups or communities where this is shared and discussed help develop sense of belonging and boost self-confidence. It naturally puts one in a supportive environment that promotes individual growth.

Although I can not give you direct advice on what to do as that’s not what my job is you can talk to me and we can try to look into why you feel this way. Everyone feels lonely sometimes and how you feel is valid. Do you feel like this all the time or does something trigger you feeling this way? If we look into that maybe we could find a cause in your life that creates the feeling that you have to isolate yourself and try to find a way that you can avoid that trigger. Does that sound like something you are comfortable discussing?

I'm so sorry. I've felt that way so often. It's hard for me to express myself easily or trust others, so I wind up being silent in social situations or going on autopilot in conversations. To me, it feels like I've turned invisible to others and become a ghost or like there's a wall of glass between me and everyone else. What's helped me is remembering the times I have felt connected and not alone. What helps you feel connected and when have you not felt alone? Maybe you can start there to figure out what you can do next.

You reach out for help. You try not to isolate yourself because this can do more harm than good. Being lonely isn't a disease, it happens sometimes. Don't worry and tell your close ones about your feelings! It's important to walk daily, take some fresh air for the mind to function properly. It's important to do everything you can to get out of your comfort zone. I know it's hard, but you can manage it. If you don't have someone to support you, try making new friends, meeting new people. I met a lot of my friends at the gym for example.

I know exactly how that feels. Loneliness is something that's been with me my entire life and I always end up pushing people away and isolating myself even more, even though I know it's a trap. You have to force yourself out of that comfort zone of isolation and self-pity of "why no one truly likes me?". As uncomfortable as it is at first I usually send a message to a friend I haven't talked to in a while, just a "hey, how's it going?" if I feel like talking to them. Or write my loneliness out on a blog and share it to trusted people on facebook, hoping someone will notice and reach out - it's like broadcasting a call for help. Another option is signing up for some sort of social activity - signing up is the key here, because it feels like you commit to it, someone will expect you, and hold accountable for showing up to some extent. I never believe it will work, I expect to feel all alone among all those new people I'll meet, yet another situation where I don't belong, but the actual outcome is nearly as bad. Meeting new people and chatting about trivial things takes you mind off of that feeling of loneliness, at least temporarily. I know how insanely hard it is sometimes to resist that urge to isolate, but be aware of it, be aware that it's a trap, and search ways how to walk around it and not succumb :)

Start to open yourself to others, tell the truth about your feeling to yourself, and don't hide anything. The way to not feel lonely inside is to connect with others and build relationship. When the way we life is wrong. We can feel lonely in the rest of our life. Don't to hard on yourself in every way, give yourself time to take a breath from the world. Do the good things, you can also to do meditation to help. When you feel isolating yourself, just do meditation, something good, or something that can make you not feel alone in this world.

This is very relatable, that uncertainty of what you want. You like to be alone but when you are, you feel lonely. When you're around people, you're constantly thinking about when you can get home, curl up and read, or whatever hobby you enjoy. It can be very frustrating to deal with as the person who feels these things since you may feel like even you don't understand yourself. Try getting advice from a therapist, even a trusted family member or close friend. An important realization that you'll need to make either way is, there's a difference between wanting to be alone and being lonely. You can enjoy a calm and quiet atmosphere which you can only really get if you're alone. But you don't like the hole or emptiness you might feel that comes from loneliness.

Loneliness is the pain when we are not participating in any kind of social behavior that is responsible for our civilization.Loneliness has a cure, but it is not always easy. It really doesn’t matter whom you interact with. Just find somebody; almost anyone will do. Some people find pets sufficient. I suspect loneliness is often a result of the fact that you don’t like the people you know. You might think that loneliness is preferable. The solution is to find someone new. If you are shy, that isn’t always easy. It doesn’t have to be someone you like; it just has to be somebody.