Lockdown Loneliness?

[overcast]

I am the only single person in the family. All my friends and relatives are paired up. And during the lockdown noticed that I guess I am the odd one out in almost every part. I do spend time with the nephews and niece. But thats all I could do when it comes to the lonliness option. So far the more lockdown increases the more lonely I feel.

I am wondering how many of you are feeling lonely as a single person?

 

[Jason]

Don't worry i am in the same boat. I feel lonely and there is no friends around. My only friend is now Computer and Mobile.

 

[ValleyGal]

Social isolation is sooo lonely!! Especially if you are a social-minded person. What kinds of things do you guys do when the loneliness is too much?

 

[tango]

Social isolation is desperately bad for people. My wife and I take a walk around town just about every day the weather makes it sensible. Sometimes we bump into people we know and stop for a chat. We are also heavily involved in the prerecording of the weekly message at church, which involves at least some social interaction. With only 4-5 people in the main church meeting room it's easy to keep a few feet away from people.

We have older friends who asked us a couple of times if we'd mind visiting them because they get lonely. Because the virus appears to be more dangerous to older people we'd always defer to the preferences of older friends but if they are happy for us to visit we'll go and see them. It's not difficult to keep a few feet away - even without the virus-related silliness we wouldn't usually be much closer than six feet away.

If there are people you know within walking distance it can't be all that difficult to arrange a "chance" meeting whereby you just happen to be walking past their house as they happen to be out tending the yard. Then you can stop and chat for a bit, and just maintain the kind of distance you'd probably usually leave when talking to someone.

 

[Jason]

Social isolation is sooo lonely!! Especially if you are a social-minded person. What kinds of things do you guys do when the loneliness is too much?

I don't do nothing, lie down in bed or sit in front of the computer and visit the same websites again and again. Sometimes it will lead to suicide thoughts but i shake myself and move out of it immediately.

 

[tdbnz]

Isolation has been so hard for me I have missed my partner Olivia but I can say one think we have been video chatting each other
and talking to each other on messenger etc so it has been good

only a few more days & I will be able to see her again yahoo

 

[22_22]

I am quite introverted, I like to keep myself to myself and I have communication difficulties, so naturally, I have become quite lonely anyway before the pandemic. The biggest difficulty for me is being away from my friends and family as I am studying abroad currently, but also as many of the friends I have made here have left to lockdown back home. Now this loneliness makes me feel less confident about speaking to the people I could speak to, as I feel like a burden.

 

[overcast]

I can totally relate to that. Living in a city different from your own home city. And the thing is that you have to also focus on the loneliness matter which needs to be addressed as well. I know one thing for sure that loneliness online can be handled but we have to face the offline world and we have to talk to people around as well. I guess we learn one day at a time.