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Happy Birthday! It's nearly midnight so I am just in time. Wish you well.

Unfortunately, loneliness and depression go hand in hand. Our loneliness makes us feel depressed and being depressed often results in loneliness b/c people avoid us. It sounds like you are really trying to do something about it by finding funny stuff on You tube. Do you like watching funny DVDs...

I agree!

If you are upset, then you are already in an emotional state.

I am considerably older than the rest of you I would guess. Some of my closest friends have died. Making new friends when you are older is very difficult.

Loneliness can affect our emotional and physical health I am sure.

When we are alone, the rest of the world seems to be coupled. It sucks.

I feel the same way. I describe it as feeling like an alien or a reject. I don't belong anywhere.

Hi Paulie. I am a newish member too. I think it's a really good site.

I feel for you. When we have wins and losses in life, we feel the need to share them. We need to share the highs and the lows with someone special. It just sucks when we can't. Congratulations on your win.

I like being alone most of the time, but not all the time.

What do I get up to in Melbourne? Not a great deal. That's why I am lonely.

Yes. I live in Melbourne.

Welcome I am a newish member too. I like this forum as it seems to be quite active and the members are intelligent.

I haven't made lasting friendships on the internet either, but at least on an active site like this I am interacting with people which is more than I do in real life.

I think that your expectations are reasonable, but as someone here has pointed out, some people are inundated with emails. In addition, good manners on the internet, seem to be an optional extra for some.

Illness does isolate us even further. It seems like a double whammy. We are already lonely and illness adds to it. Friends just give up and disappear. Thank heavens for the internet! I wish you well.

That is a really good point futurecatlady. The question then becomes even if we know we exist, if it is unacknowledged by others, then our existence may be insignificant. As Jean Paul Sartre said "we only know ourselves through others". I thank you all for your comments in this discussion and...

QuietGuy that is a good point. The very fact that we are thinking and cognisant means we do exist.

Increasingly I feel I will be alone for the rest of my life and it's very depressing. I like solitude, but loneliness is crushing.