desideriascott said:
I can feel myself slipping back into depression and it sucks. How do you over come loneliness when you have no family that you talk to and all your friends are bad and always end up leaving out of your life?
Sadly, yes, loneliness can drive you to places you really do not want to go. We are human, and humans need other humans. Oftentimes, when we think we are alone, we really are not. There are people around us who care about us, but we either think this is not so, or we fail to trust. Usually, we simply fail to trust.
Many of us are socially inept. We have trouble finding the rights words, or the right questions, and we often frame our thoughts in ways that are hard for others to understand. Loneliness does that... There are times when it is right to ask someone you care about if you can just talk, just ramble. The rambling is like a pot scrubber, it scours out all those thoughts that fly around, distorting the way you think and the perceptions you have.
The first step is to look at someone you care about and ask yourself, "Can I tell that person how I feel deep inside?"
The second step is to take a look in the mirror every day, look at yourself, and remind yourself of all you have done, survived, and that you are still here, still surviving, taking the time to marvel in that.
The third step is to step outside. Outside your room, and outside yourself. You will see things you had never seen before. You will feel things you had never felt before.
The fourth step is to find a counselor that suits you. Someone you feel comfortable with. Then you talk... Just talk...
Without other people, life is empty, frail, and very very tiring.
What qualifies me to say this?
I have a bachelor's degree in social work, a master's degree in social work, a master's degree in special education, and am working on a PhD in social work.
