Posted by partlycloudy on October 4, 2004, at 19:01:05
In reply to What are the effects of loneliness?, posted by PhoenixGirl on October 4, 2004, at 17:14:27
> All I know is that I've been very lonely since I was 12 years old, and I'm now 26. I almost don't know any other kind of existence. To help give me some perspective, can you guys tell me what effect loneliness has on you? Contrast how you feel when you're lonely to how you feel when you're not lonely.
>I am usually lonely and have been since about the same age as you (12 years). I think it makes me feel a great deal of self pity, lowers my sense of self worth, and lets me spend too much mind focusing on what I consider to be my faults.
On the positive side, feeling lonely can provoke my imagination as I imagine what I what do if i wasn't lonely: have coffee with friends, hang out and watch TV, window shop.When I'm not lonely is when I'm with my husband. He is supportive and accepting and puts up with a lot of flack from me. I can easily stand in a room full of people I know (i.e. from work or the book club I'm in) and feel utterly alone.
It's all in my head.
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