Loneliness

What You Want It to Be

THROUGH THE YEARS

AND TESTS OF TIME

THE BELLS CHIME

N THE REALISTS RHYME

OUR STRUGGLES

THWART OUR FROZEN DREAMS

IN YOUR OR MY OWN REALMS

OF LOVED AND LOVELESS

LONELY NIGHTS AND WILD

THE WISDOM OF CHILDS

WHEN RAIN AND PAIN

AND IRISH REIGN

AND POETS ARE PROPHETS

AND LOVELORN ARE FOUND

AND YOU FALL UPON THE MOSS STREWN GROUND

AND YOU PONDER THE LOST IT'S

AND CHERISH THE DAY

WHEN THE STATUS QUO IS OK

AND THERE'S REALLY PEACE INSTEAD OF WAR NOT JUST IN YOUR HEAD

IF YOU REMEMBER YOUR YIN YANG WAY

AND WHAT THE TEACHERS SAY

YOU MIGHT BE FINE

AS OAK AGED WINE

Hi, my name is CynthiaZ. I'm curious about the topic of loneliness. Will it affect our mental health, or is it a kind of mental illness? I'm glad to be here.

#MightyTogether

Hi, my name is LoneAngel62. I'm here because I hide my sad, lonely feelings. I put up blockers until I start to lash out at people. I have friends who don't want to be around me anymore because I get moody, defensive and take the blame for anything even though I know I'm not the blame. I find myself crying hours everyday when I'm alone. I'm in the middle of a divorce, I have medical health issues that caused me to retire from work. I have to have surgery on my ankle and foot next month. I hate being this way.

#MightyTogether #Depression #Anxiety #Grief

Do you ever feel like you're just too odd to fit anywhere? I'm single. I'm childless. I'm almost homebound. I am neurodivergent. I feel like there isn't a spot for me. I'm always trying to fit in to other's mold because there's not one for me.
It's a hard day of wishing I fit better. Wishing one of my labels was more common so I can have a safe place to be myself without having to fight for it.
I'm getting too tired to mask things. But others don't handle unfiltered me well.

Am I alone in this? What do you all do when it just feels like you're too much and not enough all at once?

#Depression #MentalHealth #DiabetesType1 #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #Fibromyalgia #PPPD #GastroesophagealRefluxDisease #IrritableBowelSyndromeIBS #AutonomicDysfunction #ADHD #InterstitialCystitis #Migraine #Grief

Hi, I have depression. Thats really hard to admit at times. And ive been getting better, ive been getting help. If you have depression, there is hope. But its not a steady path. Today was really bad, and went back into some really bad patterns. But now I have people I can go to for help. And trust me, once you find those people, things become a world better. There's bumps in the road. Good days, and bad days alike. Look for the people who will help you heal, and who will heal with you. Its bumpy, but it doesnt have to be lonely.#Depression