Chronic Pain...Isolation x 1000

Hi,

I am a house wife and mother of 8 pets, my real children are grown and in another state.

I have always been a shy person, and I was born a twin...My twin passed away 13 years ago in a car accident, and the most painful parts of being lonely have been since she passed.

I do not make friends easily. I do not tolerate huge crowds or noise on a regular basis. I am usually pretty laid back/ quiet, I do laugh a lot and try to find silly /goofy /raunchy things to laugh about.

I am married, and my partner works in transportation and he is gone quite a bit. 
I started a church almost 4 years ago when I moved here, and I just recently quit my church for so many reasons, and one of them was that I felt worse when I left church than before I went there, this happened just about every time I went to church for a sermon or an activity.

I have not made any close knit friends since I moved here. And, with no family, him being gone, it can be quite overwhelming.

Now, I am really sick, with chronic pain, joint/bone diseases and a host of other health junk. I cant really work outside of home right now. We do ebay, and that gets me to the post office 2 miles a away, a few times week.

is there anyone else that can relate?

TammyLynn1972,
First and foremost,are you receiving the correct medication to help you with your health issues? Regarding your pain? Have you attended a pain clinic? This could really help you,

Hi Purrfect,,,


I do have a pain specialist, I have received pain shots, and going to get a pelvic nerve ablation in one month. I do take Cymbalta for anxiety and medical weed for chronic pain.

I think it is hard to be able to have courage and strength to go and meet up with new people first of all cause I am so shy, secondly, some days my motivation for new things is zero,

I am going to church every week, that does help, I have a few social connections that are really only like a monthly thing, but it is something and the women i visit with are genuine and very loving

thanks for a response