Loneliness can be one of the most depressing and heart-wrenching feelings for anyone.
The biggest disease known to mankind is loneliness.
Sitting still or being silent is often frowned upon.
There are many reasons why being lonely can really be bad.
Lack of Companionship:
The main cause for the feeling of loneliness is the lack of intimate relationships. With nobody to share our joy, sorrows and other emotions with us, we will tend to keep it all bottled inside us. We might see friends, colleagues and others around us sharing their precious moments with their loved ones. This could create a very intense state of depression, leading to dark moods and lack of enjoyment in anything to do.
Lack of Activities:
Since we tend to keep to our self, there will be a lot of activities we would refrain from, activities that we are likely to indulge in along with friend, family or a partner. Watching a movie, hanging out, or simply a weekend with the family can create many joyous moments for us to consider life truly worth living.
Lack of Will to Live:
Burdened by the feeling of loneliness, and the consequent want of support, a person is often likely to contemplate suicide. The heart and mind stop to consider life worth going ahead with. Suicidal tendencies creeping in our thoughts can be very dangerous to us as well as to those around us.
Having understood the repercussions of being lonely, we must wonder how we can drive it out of our life, or at least reduce it by a considerable measure.
Some of these activities can help us in this regard.
Spend Time With Family:
There is nothing in this world like the support of our family. Our parents, partners or children can be our support systems if we choose to make them so. Do not push them away when trouble brews in our head. Share concerns with whosoever we feel close to.
Don’t shun friends:
While we can always set the fair- weather kinds apart, our genuine friends are most likely to offer companionship and perhaps an ear, when we need it the most. Even I we do not feel like talking, hanging out with the friends can give us a feeling of companionship.
Humans are social animals. We have connections and companionship. It’s natural and important. I think social media platforms foster amazing connections. However, I don’t think these tools replace face-to-face communication. Meeting a friend for a coffee is a much different experience than talking on Facebook or twitter. Although internet has connected many of us together, are we really connecting or becoming lonelier?
Do Social Work:
There is no better remedy to inner turmoil than serving others. Try and spend some time after or before work, or weekends, with special children, under privileged children or physically handicapped children. If you are animal lover, you can do voluntary work at a shelter. Giving without expectations can do wonders for our mind and soul. The sensibility of the suffering of the rest of the world also helps lessen one’s own dilemma to a certain extent.
Exercise:
Hit the gym. Go for an early morning jog. Make swimming every evening, or at least thrice a week, a habit. Once our body feels energized, so will our mind, helping throw loneliness out of the window.
Read a Good Book:
Go to library and pick up a good book. Reading is a great way to escape into another world or glean creative ideas. It’s a frugal way to educate ourselves, be inspired and a healthy way to use our time. Make a personal goal to read a book a week. If reading a book a week seems too overwhelming, try reading book per month.
Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life.
Recognize that loneliness is a sign that something needs to change. Learn to be Happy with our self .When we like/love who we are, it shows.
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