Lonely, bored, or both?

[shodan95]

I have been struggling a lot for the past few months with an overwhelming sense of loneliness that I've never experienced before in my life. I have experienced loneliness before, but it was more of a fleeting sensation. What I am experiencing now is a feeling of emptiness like I am missing someone. I would blame this on the isolation due to the current pandemic, but this has been going on a lot longer. I know its okay or normal to feel lonely at times, but what am I supposed to do about it? Why does it feel so pervasive and deep? Talking to a friend or family member helps a bit, but not for long. Soon after, the feeling comes back. Any tips on maybe what could be going on or if this is common would be awesome.

[anxiousoutcast]

Distract yourself listen to music, read, occupy you’re mind so you don’t focus on loneliness the more you focus on it and try and fight the feeling the more it will unfortunate come back I’m sorry. We’re here for you :))

[Iveygirl8]

Hi Sho, I can relate to how you've been feeling. I've learned that setting small, attainable goals that are good for me and make me feel accomplished has helped with the fleeting lonliness. It is a good distraction that is also productive. Be careful of setting too many goals or goals that are very hard, sometimes not completing them can make you feel worse.

[SadMommy]

I'm sorry you are feeling this way. I totally understand!!! I've had the emptiness since June. I know mine was set off when my daughters moved out and my position at work changed drastically. ( While I was covering another position when someone was on maternity leave, they did away with my original position...so I basically could only work when someone was out sick or on vacation.) Doing little goals and distractions has helped somewhat, but it has been worse lately with lock down.

[Hidden]

You know, if I knew the answers, I probably wouldn't be on this site. I am having similar problems. I call a local warmline sometimes because I get so lonely that if I don't talk I feel to someone, like I am going to explode with emotions. I am happy I found this site. I also am starting classes online. There is a cool site called Edx.org that I like for classes or Udemy. That's all I have. Good luck. I hope you feel better and figure it out.