What does it mean when you feel lonely all the time?

twentyoneangles
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Jul 10, 2016
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It feels empty in a hopeless way. You start to wonder if you will ever find love, it's painful to be without someone. Everyday feels meaningless, like no matter what you do it will never be enough. There's a hunger in your chest for that one person, your soulmate, the love of your life, and everything you do doesn't make it go away. It is heavy, and cruel.
Struggling with loneliness?

AngelJayne
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Jul 1, 2016
Loneliness Expert
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You can be surrounded by people and still feel lonely. ..Many people are lonely even though they have acquaintances and activities. Having hundreds or thousands of "friends" on social networking websites isn't the same as having someone to share a movie or to get a cup of coffee. One of the loneliest experiences may occur when you are in a crowd of people you do not feel connected with or when you are with a life partner/friend and feel no connection. Lonely may mean not having a romantic partner or not having someone to be with on the holidays. It may be about losses you have experienced or a spiritual emptiness.Being lonely seems to be about not feeling connected in a meaningful way to others, to the world, to life.. After all, having a solid support system is one of the most important things you can have.
Anonymous
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Jun 12, 2016
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Feeling lonely all the time means you feel empty, and like there's nobody around who understands or can help you out. It sometimes has to do with depression.
Anonymous
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Jun 11, 2016
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If you feel lonely all the time. It means you're not comfortable with yourself or people. If you improve the relationship with yourself; your relationship with other people will improve and you wont feel lonely in a crowd.

MaeveTheBrave
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Jun 12, 2016
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It's a natural human feeling. If you are alone or feeling unwanted or unloved or something similar, you're going to feel lonely. Feeling lonely all of the time could mean that you're longing for something more than what you currently have to fill your loneliness. This means that whatever coping mechanism you have for loneliness is no longer working, and you need to find a new one, whether that's via distractions or meeting new people, the bottom line is that this feeling is telling you something needs to change.
Anonymous
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Jun 19, 2016
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When we start feeling isolated, we may have thoughts of not belonging or of feeling rejected by others. What we overlook, however, is that when we are alone, we are often in the company of our worst enemy- the onewithin ourselves. An isolated space is the perfect breeding ground for negative, self-critical thoughts. These thought patterns make up the “critical inner voice (CIV),†an internalized enemy that leads to self-destructive thought processes and behaviors.
Anonymous
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Jul 23, 2016
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It means you feel like no one is there for you, no one is there to listen to you and support you. You feel like you can't tell anyone how you're feeling.

ilovehelping
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Jun 11, 2016
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When you feel lonely all the time, even amongst a crowd of people, it means you don't understand yourself and your own emotional needs. If you don't put in the effort to understand yourself, then no one will be able to understand you enough to make a difference in your life and eradicate your loneliness.

Talk2Heart
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Jul 2, 2016
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When you feel lonely, it can mean that you want to interact with others. It can also mean that there's no one to sympathize with the problems you are dealing with. These feelings of lacking interaction with fellow companions may cause the feelings of loneliness.
Anonymous
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Jun 13, 2016
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If you feel lonely all the time, it simply means that you have a lot of things on your mind that are limiting you for connecting with others.
Anonymous
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Jun 15, 2016
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Being in a crowded place and yet being unable to find a connection with anyone. Being misunderstood, being out of place. Having no one to lean on.
Anonymous
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Jul 17, 2016
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It means you are in surroundings where people don't understand you, when they would never give a support during your problem and so on.
Anonymous
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Aug 17, 2016
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It means that you have all the time in the world to love yourself and to engage yourself into something positive and productive :)
Anonymous
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Apr 12, 2018
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I couldn't go outside for almost three years! And it's awful. I needed friends. I read fantasy novels and imagined a new character for the stories, and that one is me. I imagined talking and joking with the characters in the stories. I imagined I follow their adventures. Yeah! I imagined friends for me.
Anonymous
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Jun 26, 2017
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I'm sorry you are feeling lonely. Loneliness can be caused by many things - genetics, physical isolation, major life events - and it can also be a symptom of depression or other conditions.

CoolBreeze16
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Jul 8, 2016
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We often feel lonely. Certain events can lead to this feeling. You don't necessarily have to be alone to feel lonely. A lot of people have claimed that they have felt like this even when they are surrounded by others. It happened to me as well. And it's completely normal to feel like that. Being alone and being lonely is not the same thing. Although, I don't believe that any of us is alone, none of us is the only one. But technically, you are alone when you dont have good relationship with family, when you dont have any friends, when you dont have anyone at all to talk to. But you can feel 'loneliness' even if you are not 'alone'. Do you feel lonely all the time? It can mean that the people you are sorrounded by or the friend you have are not able to support you the way you need to be supported. Maybe you still havent found a friend that will always have time for you and will listen to you. If you may not know what led to this feeling, maybe it only means you need love and friendship at that period of time! It can be a symptom of some physiological or medical state as well. So if you feel incomplete or lonely often, try talking to someone about it. If you dont have someone like that near you, dont worry, you can find a lot of trained and active listeners on 7 cups!

marvelousHero56
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Jun 15, 2016
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When you feel lonely all the time, there are several things that explain this. One thing I find is that it means that I am too caught up in my own thought processes and worries. Mindfulness helps this. It allows me to live in the moment and connect with the world around me and others around me.
Anonymous
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Mar 17, 2017
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Loneliness is often described as a feeling of isolation, not belonging, and not being able to connect with others.

shiningSoul82
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Oct 2, 2016
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Sometimes if you feel lonely all the time it's sometimes through isolating yourself from other individuals

donsbumpyroad
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Jun 3, 2017
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It means you need to get offline and have some face-to-face real interactions. If you are already doing that, you have a problem and need to have a chat about on 7Cups. Many people suffer from social anxiety. When I start feeling lonely, either I arrange to meet someone, go out to a cafe where people I know hang out, or just involve myself in some activity on my own that I love doing and that makes me feel great.
