lonely

so this is a first for me. i'm just so overwhelmed with a profound sense of loneliness that i just am not sure what to do anymore. im not entirely sure of what to say here just that i have been really depressed for a really long time now. things seem to be coming to a head lately with all the time i spend alone. certainly not by choice i might add. i just thought i would come on here and see what others may have to offer in the easing of loneliness department...

Hi there, I know the feeling. I just joined these boards, so this whole this is a first for me too. And the reason I did it, I think, had a lot to do with being lonely.

By best friend has this thing she does. If I tell her I'm just not having a very easy time, and my mind is going to dark places, and I feel lonely, she tells me to take five minutes. Just five minutes. Sometimes, I watch the clock, sometimes I just estimate. After five minutes, she comes back and asks what I want to do. Anything. Watch a movie? Cry? Read? Go somewhere? Do nothing? Lots of times I don't have a clue what I want, so she keeps telling me to take five minutes. I've spent hours trying to figure out a way to cure my loneliness and the general "ick" feeling of depression. But I tell myself to take it five minutes, by five minutes. It makes time as a whole seem much less daunting, and it also gives you a sense of renewal. Like "Okay, I didn't do anything at all in the last three hours. But I still have these next five minutes. So it can change. There is still some hope"

It doesn't always help. But sometimes, it really does.

Take care,
Mere