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Advise regarding loneliness is useless

Teej97
Community Member
Why is it that articles and blogs about dealing with loneliness always advise talking to your friends or your partner? If I had friends or a partner I wouldn't be this lonely. These articles make me want to scream.
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Hello Teej

Dropping in to see how you are going. As we have not heard from you for a while I am wondering what you would like to do to get some assistance.

Without trying to upset you may I comment that actions you have tried in the past you may see in a different light in the present. Always worth a second look. Also I am quite sincere in offering to work with you to find a way to help you. I am not a mental health specialist, I have my experiences and also the experiences of others I have talked with. Sometimes these can be more valuable than formal therapy with a psychologist or psychiatrist as we know how it feels to try different methods and actions and how hard it can be.

Would you post in again and we can restart the conversation.

Mary

Dear Mel

Hello and welcome to the forum. How are you going? Good to meet you.

May I suggest you start a thread of your own. This will attract more responses than leaving your post buried in someone else's thread. Decide which forum you think is appropriate, which may well be this one, and start a thread. Click on the forum name and then click on on New Thread on the right. Follow the prompts.

I hope to meet up with you there.

Mary