Lonely

[Lucid_Dreams]

I moved to the UK about a year ago and I still don't have many friends. The past months have been extra hard and lonely with the lockdown. I feel like I'm wasting my life and not getting any younger.

[PT81]

I moved around a lot in the US and New places can be real lonely at times. Hopefully, you can connect or reconnect with some of your friends back home until this thing is over. Then commit yourself to find more friends in the UK. Good luck

[Lucid_Dreams in reply to PT81]

Thank you, I'm still in touch with my old friends from back home which is great, I just wish I could make more friends here too.

[Michael8072]

Sending you a hug.

This time right now is certainly hard. With the lockdown and all. Certainly feeling the loneliness of it all too.

I’ve never been to the UK. How’s it been for you before the lockdown and virus? If you don’t mind me asking.

[Lucid_Dreams in reply to Michael8072]

Thank you, it was fine I'm normally social but a bit shy. I've made a couple of friends at work but it's hard to meet new people in London. I'm sure you know how tiny the flats are here so being stuck inside has been extra hard.

[Hidden]

Sorry youre feeling this way 😔 It’s not an easy feeling to have! Being in a new place even for a year, it can still be hard to find the right people and good friends! You’re not alone ❤️

[Lucid_Dreams in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate that.

[TheGalician]

What made you move to the UK

[Lucid_Dreams in reply to TheGalician]

I needed a fresh start after a messy divorce

[TheGalician]

It’s interesting that your profile picture speaks of a way of life (or at least a moment in a life) that is the antithesis of London’s urban jungle. Sometimes, the crowd of a City can accentuate aloneness. It can be dehumanising in a way that nature never is. When you unbundle yourself from the trappings of a life past, it does beg the question of what (or who) is left; what needs to be held onto and what should be let go. It is a time for deep reflection out of which eventually emerge the seeds of a new joy.