Feeling Lonely?
Added 2020-09-26 15:00:12 +0000 UTCSending this message out into the world for a couple reasons.
1. I think we all battle with loneliness.
2. I think that more of us are currently battling with depression due to the pandemic and the state of the world as a whole.
Sometimes it's nice to have a reminder that ALL of us are the same - we all feel lonely. Quite a few of us feel lonely all the time.
This video is about things that you could try to be more comfortable with your loneliness and gives you a glimpse into why now so many of us feel this more than we have before.
I'm actually a very big advocate of spending time alone, knowing yourself, sitting with your feelings and facing things head on instead of turning to substances, trying to fill holes with other things/people or simply pretending those feelings aren't there at all.
I don't believe there's a common cure for loneliness simply based on the fact that you can feel lonely in a crowd of people. Humans want to feel seen/heard but even more than that we want to know that we are valued, we are worthy of love and we are apart of something bigger - community, a purpose whatever. So I think that as we go through life we will continue to face loneliness however, the sooner you learn to look it straight in the eye and get comfortable with it. Learn self care routines that you know break that feeling up the easier it will be. But you gotta sit with yourself and get comfy with both you and it (loneliness) before you can actively explore what causes it, what you need more of in your life, what eases the pain of it and what steps you need to take to find less loneliness in your life as a whole.
Be kind to yourself!
