loneliness

[send.the.rain]

I never used to be lonely. I didn't have any friends, but I accepted it.
Now, I have amazing friends and I love being with them. But then once I am left alone, I fall into despair. I miss them and don't know what to do. I now feel lost when I find myself alone and with nothing to do.

 

[Dogperson]

Praying!

 

[Lighthouse76]

Hi there!

I am sorry for your pain and struggles..

I am praying, at the same time would encourage you to seek some profissional or pastoral counseling as why you "now" feel lost when apart from friends..as much lovely and nice they might be ..to feel lost and in despair without them doesn't seem balanced relationship exchanges. There must be something deeper as a root cause for this "now" symptoms. Kwim? Yourself said you are not experienced in having friends. Think about it.

You know, I read a book couple years back, very good about people, as how to be a safe person and having safe persons in our life. What are the traits of safe people to have good, fruitful relationships. "Safe People", "How People Grow" and " Boundaries" are good books to read and learn, as we "garden" our many relationships with different people.

Take care and hugs.

 

[DesertJoe]

Hello Rain,& God bless you.I know that this thread has been inactive for awhile,& I am new here.I wanted to say that I know how you feel because I live alone.God has only recently given me the ability to do this,as my location makes it hard to get broadband internet service.I am glad that you now have friends.One of the things God has created us for is to love each other,& without friends or family that is not an option.Know that in those lonely times you are not alone.It is in those times when God is most available.It was at a time of being alone that Elijah heard "that still small voice.Jesus many times had to go off by Himself so that He could have time alone with His Father ( & our Father).We never see ourselves more clearly or hear God more clearly than when we are alone.Our God is a God of relationship (Father,Son,Holy Spirit) & He created us for relationship.When we are not busy with our relationships with family & friends & in the marketplace,let us be busy loving Him who gave it all for us.I am sending this hoping that something in this helps,& I send this with my prayers.You are not alone.God bless you.