Loneliness?!
Question: First of all, I am considered a sociable, outgoing, and very happy person. I have a close group of friends among other friends.
But sometimes, I feel alone and isolated.
Even after I come back from having a great night out with my best friends, sometimes I just feel completely down and alone. I'll feel like there is nothing I can do about it. It's mainly when I'm by myself.
What is the difference between loneliness and depression? Are they closely related?I know a good bit about psychology and different mental disorders, including depression. So I know the symptoms.
Do you have insight? What do you think this problem is?
Thanks.
Answers: First of all, I am considered a sociable, outgoing, and very happy person. I have a close group of friends among other friends.
But sometimes, I feel alone and isolated.
Even after I come back from having a great night out with my best friends, sometimes I just feel completely down and alone. I'll feel like there is nothing I can do about it. It's mainly when I'm by myself.
What is the difference between loneliness and depression? Are they closely related?I know a good bit about psychology and different mental disorders, including depression. So I know the symptoms.
Do you have insight? What do you think this problem is?
Thanks.
If you are plagued by negative, self destructive, hopeless thoughts about yourself, your life when you're alone, chances are it's depression.
If you're lonely, it may be because you're a social person and just don't like living alone. I find that turning on the television when I feel depressed and/or lonely helps somewhat--you are hearing and seeing people, even if they are on tv. Music helps me a lot, as does reading.
If you're depressed, you'll feel negative about yourself whether or not you are alone or with people. It's a terrible, rather common condition. Fortunately, there is treatment for it.
Maybe the socializing distracts you from things going on in your life that makes you feel depressed. I do think that when people are depressed, they do tend to also feel lonely. And ruminating (self destructive, self abusive thinking), a symptom of depression and often severe depression.
Solitude is when people enjoy being alone. They are generally at peace with themselves and have positive self esteem. They enjoy the alone time. Loneliness is when people feel negative when alone. But they can also have positive self esteem and just miss having people around. But depression and loneliness go hand in hand. When people are depressed, they have very negative, self distorted thinking about themselves. Being alone would just make it worse.
Well, I hope this helped a little.
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i feel that way toO!!!!
well i think loneliness and depression are too different things, depression is more severe and i dont think that is it.
well i think the problem is you are getting bored with what ur doing or u dont really know what u want
ur not satisfied and possibly feel insecure about being alone
You don't want to be alone with yourself and that is the reason you experience loneliness.
That is also the reason you're depressed.
I think people confuse sadness and loss with depression alot. If it were me and I got on a high, (natural, I don't do anything) just being out and dancing, I may get low as a natural result. To me depression means someone is "pressed down" by some external means, job, family, substance. We most often miss the obvious and think life is so deep and confusing, it's not, we make it that way for excitement, sometimes. Nothing has this whole country in a downward spiral so much as false information put out by folks who want to make alot of money and do not give a whit about what it does to anybody, and then call it the "american dream". I am saying all this because you asked, most folks would never even hear this. Thanks for listening and asking...Moey
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Hi "lovemusic" !
First of all thanks for answering my question regarding femur fracture, I do appreciate it. It would be great if I could talk to you about it more.
Well now regarding Loneliness. You asked a good question and there is an answer: Loneliness and depression are two absolutely different things, of course they are connected. You can be lonely but it's not necessarily to have depression.
I have very similar situation: I feel alone, moreover I feel lonely sometimes and depressed of what happening to me.
You probably need to find somebody you can love, Love can make miracles. Friends, they are here today and there are gone tomorrow because you can't give them what they need.
My main concern would be for you to fall in love and all loneliness and feeling of depression will go away, (disappear). First of all, you are the one who creates that happy world inside of you, and by the way - music is power and you know that!
Smile, sing and be happy! No loneliness and word about depression.
Take care
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