Loneliness

It's funny you know. You could be in a really crowded room and feel totally alone. As a child I always thought if someone was lonely they had no one to talk to or see. I have since learned you can have family and friends who truly love and adore you within easy reach but if you are in any way feeling down or depressed you can feel all alone.

We fight it when it hits, we try to ignore it if we can. We push it way down deep and hope that if we cover it with food, drink, or some other distraction that it will go away.  What is the best way? Should we ignore it? Or should we find a healthy way to cope and even relieve it?

Human beings are meant to be with other human beings. For comfort, companionship, and mental health.  But surely if we learned to be happy in our own company too we would improve our mental health too?  But how do we go about that?

I'm sure that there are plenty of self help books out there, blogs and vlogs etc all with their own brand of advice.  But this pool of 'support' is so vast where does one begin.

Is it possible to be happy but lonely at the same time? After years of putting up a wall and hiding even from myself I have forgotten what the true me is like, what makes me happy, what makes me sad and everything in between. In fact I wonder if I ever knew! So where do I start in answering these many questions? Is research on the Internet the answer or is more research into myself?

Looking back through this post maybe I should retitle it 'the list of questions!'

If you have made it this far I thank you very much and I hope I haven't wasted your time or bored you too much. It's funny the thoughts that run through your head I guess.