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Just curious, if you happened to keel over and croak (suddenly die unexpectedly) would anyone notice??? It would take days, weeks before I would be missed lol...

Some of us have been lonely for a short time. Some of us have been lonely all of our lives. This thread is a way of discussing the root cause (if any) and hopefully help or relate to others... I'll start by saying my cause was an abusive marriage/being abandoned. I was never one to sit...

Something that has helped me over the years to overcome shyness was taking up drama in high school... Drama???? Acting???? You bet! Learning how to act allows you to project yourself differently towards others. You can act like you have confidence! You can also be someone else! Now when I...

I came across this in another forum and thought it might benefit someone here - The Comprehensive Assessment and Intervention Program (CAIP) is a psychological clinic at the University of Maryland at College Park. The CAIP clinic is conducting a study investigating the best ways to assess...

I'm sure some of you may know this already but researchers have found a link between people having mid life social issues and Alzheimer's. They face a greater risk of developing the disease later in life. "Whether you are single or divorced in midlife appears to influence your risk of...

Ever feel afraid to share yourself with a friend? Especially if its your only friend???? How do you keep from scaring people off if you've been through hardships??? It's like a catch-22. :/

Has anyone tried the meetup.com site for meeting people and found any success? When I look at the groups and the pictures of the activities the people look like a bunch of misfits who don't know what to say to each other lol. Nothing like going out to try to meet people and feeling worse.... :(

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....I feel like the deafening silence of not having someone to talk to day after day is slowly driving me crazy.... :(

For some of us on here....online relationships are all we have... :( But what sucks is when that one person stops talking to you daily....like they got bored with you or whatever....it's like...."What did I do...what did I say???" Days go by...then weeks! Then you slowly get the idea that...

I wish someone could hear me... I wish someone would care... I wish I had a place to make a stand... I wish I had a voice to make a change... I wish there was more I could do than write to other lonely people... I wish there was love in the world... I wish I didn't live alone... I wish...

Do you ever feel like you put yourself out there too much to the point that you feel like you are begging for friends? I mean....after awhile it gets ridiculous... People probably are thinking you've got some major issues cause you have no friends or nobody to talk to....It's a no win...

I gotta say this to everyone..... if you are sad, lonely, depressed after losing a long term relationship or even a short term relationship to someone that you cared for...and they dumped you or mistreated you..... No relationship is better than a bad one!!! So count your blessings and...

What is everyone's strategy for handling those evenings alone when you are battling suicidal thoughts and feel yourself crashing??? I try to just give up and go to sleep. I usually feel better in the morning or forget the pain that I felt the night before. I think sometimes we start to spiral...

Hello Everyone.... I just joined on here but haven't read anyone's stories yet. I don't know where to start...I'm sure we come here because we have no where else to turn. I have no one to talk to. I live alone. I used to be married with a family until 2 years ago when my wife sued me for...