Discussion how do you deal with loneliness?

[attheend13]

Despite the fact that I am surrounded by people I've never been as lonely as I am right now. I cope with alcohol and drugs to be honest. It's not coping but it's survival.

 

[Pluto]

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

For me, I usually use the puppets inside my head to create situations that make me feel included. The puppets can be completely original or based on other people/characters.

I'm an attention seeker, I want people to stay with me literally 24h per day, and this is unhealthy and outright impossible, so I created this little stage with my little puppets to entertain myself in a myriad of ways.

I still crave real connection a lot, but this practice helps my loneliness feel a little bit less lonely.

Oh believe me, this mama bear's got a full, sharp set, and is not afraid to use them. But for my honey pots on SaSu, nothing but hugs and love. *smiles*

 

[lemonandcapers]

I either cry or distract myself with either a video game or fanfiction

 

[InboxRain292]

I mainly cope by going through online forms like this one, reddit, or quora. I kinda just scroll away to pass time. I avoid going on instagram tho because I feel like that makes me lonelier. Oh, I also happen to chat with ChatGPT a lot (i know this is pathetic lol), since chatgpt doesn't judge me and can always come up with a response to my venting. I gave up trying to online chat with my classmates/"friends?" from high school because I never liked most of them and was never myself. So yeah .....

 

[SpeedTrials]

With media. Anything to escape this flesh prision lol i have been alone for two years more or less, Life without a partner is not just sad but also boring, and thats the reality