Although you have many friends, you don't feel like you have a connection with them. Then you feel bad and alone and you feel like nobody is there for you.
by Smasher6708 May 12, 2019
Loneliness is not the same as being alone. Many people have times when they are alone through circumstances or choice. Being alone can be experienced as positive, pleasurable, and emotionally refreshing if it is under the individual's control. Solitude is the state of being alone and secluded from other people, and often implies having made a conscious choice to be alone. Loneliness is unwanted solitude. Loneliness does not require being alone and is experienced even in crowded places. It can be described as the absence of identification, understanding or compassion. Loneliness can be described as a feeling of isolation from other individuals, regardless of whether one is physically isolated from others or not.
I know what it feels like to feel lonely despite being with and around people. I used to respect solitude but now I experience loneliness, as a sense of emptiness prevails. To feel like you don't fit in is difficult for anyone but I have found the following quote more of a daily mantra which helps me recognize and embrace inner strength, regardless of the situation, be it related to loneliness or other negative/positive life events. I hope it can help others who experience a similar dance with loneliness:
"When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?"
Epictetus
The medication for the hurt associated with loneliness is the recognition that we have internal strengths which act as our friends and companions for life, along with the people closest and most loved by us. This is something we slowly learn to seek throughout the course of our lives.
"When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?"
Epictetus
The medication for the hurt associated with loneliness is the recognition that we have internal strengths which act as our friends and companions for life, along with the people closest and most loved by us. This is something we slowly learn to seek throughout the course of our lives.
by Wigibythan August 10, 2010
The feeling of despair and isolation suffered when you move to another location, have no friends, live alone far from any past family or friends. The feeling of constant pain and self personality criticism due to your situation and social inability to change your situation
Loneliness is doing thinks which youve never done while not lonley and feel embarrassed doing eg. getting drunk and clubbing while lonely, eating in resturants alone AND lonely, binging
by p123 September 20, 2006
loneliness is what it's like to be stuck with this desolate feeling of being left out, left behind, and being all alone forever. to have this hole in my heart, which cannot be filled by my efforts alone. In such a case, you're left crying and you're stuck with this this powerful feeling of emptiness and isolation. In my opinion, Loneliness is the worst pain in this world. Such a painful feeling, it can cause a person to hate or to feel enraged. Loneliness, it's like a wound of the heart; the type of wounds that cannot go away with a kiss or a hug. The only thing that can make this great pain go away is love and compassion, another human heart to pull them out of this dark, empty place.
by emmahughes April 26, 2017
by Yo! Boi November 01, 2018
You know it becomes really bad when you start posting definitions of it on a website in hopes of someone reading it. I can only recommend two things. Find some new friends. Or find none at all, and eventually you'll get used to it. I've tried both, and I can't really say which one is better than the other.
Music recommendations: Aimee Mann, Alice in Chains, Dishwalla, Pink Floyd (Pulse). Get a job. Smoke weed. Drink. Smoke cigarettes. If you're depending on something else other than a lost love or friends, you won't need them as much. But there always be a little but of pain...
by friend of bob June 14, 2004
It's a feeling of desperation when you're separated from the one you love. You feel so empty inside. You can't sleep. You can't eat. All you can do is lay on your bed and stare. You're always staring off because the reality is that loneliness is your mind's attempt to be somewhere that it's not. You can't focus on anything but your own emptiness. Loneliness is needing someone but knowing that there isn't anything you can do about it. The only solution is to be reunited with whatever it is you long for.
The man woke up, alone, the sudden realization that his love was not next to him overwhelming him with loneliness.
by John Ryder March 21, 2007