Recent content by beetrootsoup

Lol, Isthatso! Bokkum, I'm really glad you could relate. Tiina, thanks. Perfanoff: ditto. Chris, I appreciate the kind offer. Thanks everyone! :)

Thanks for this Chris! Yes, I don't see why I couldn't consciously choose to change my behaviour, and maybe the feelings will follow. Of course, arguably the world IS quite a dark and difficult place to be...but I can remind myself that there ARE genuinely people out there who care and want to...

Thanks for your response Tiina. Yes, you're right, one of the other problems with support groups is being able to take enough time to talk about your stuff when other people's needs are competing with yours, and then the resentment that can cause. I really need individual counselling/therapy as...

I get where you're coming from. It's an insecure feeling getting ready to bed down at night in an empty house and an empty bed. Human beings were just not designed to live this way, let's face it. Electronic forms of communication cannot possibly fill this hole. Our entire organism is screaming...

I'm in a few therapy/support type groups. I've noticed recently that I find it harder and harder to listen to the other participants. I've gone from being an empathic, quite touchy-feely type with a genuine interest in and compassion for, others to being...

Weldome to the forum Harmony. You've come to the right place.

You're a cool guy Tyler. Glad to 'meet' you. Hope you enjoy it here.

Hey, thank you so much for the warm welcome guys. To answer your question, 9006, yes, it is a recent breakup. My ex is now in prison! But I was only with him for 20 months. Despite all his faults, I miss the guy, and have been emailing and writing to him in prison, but haven't heard anything...

Hi there peeps. I've been lurking around this site for days now, and finding a lot of comfort and identification here. So I thought I'd come out of seclusion and say hello. I found this site by means of my many googlings of 'lonely', 'I am lonely', 'I'm so lonely', etc. How sad, I know. My...