Have you ever been really lonely? I know I have. I think most of us have at some time or another, although many are loath to admit it. There is something distinctly repellent about it. We imagine loneliness as something th...read more
by Vicki Brown
Loneliness and being alone are often two different things. You can feel lonely ina room full of strangers. Or, in my case, you can feel lonely and isolated due to an illness. I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which keeps me ...read more
"Lonely Pup" Its always Quiet time here in a sad little town Its always Quiet around here From sun up unto sun down People just walk pass each other not saying hello People just don't care about the ...read more
by Vicki Tan
Loneliness is a state of the mind. Only you can fill up that empty feeling. As a school student, you could feel lonely when your peers exclude you. During physical education, you want to participate in a game, but yo...read more
Loneliness: Its one simple solitary word but yet it means so much. When I think of lonliness all my emotions evade me. When we are lonely we tend to seclude ourself from the outside world. We don't want to face p...read more
"All the lonely people, where do they all come from?" I just had to quote a well-known Beatles song. I share this feeling of being perplexed at the sheer volume of people who are dealing with feelings of intense lone...read more
I hate being lonely, right now I feel like the loneliest person in the world. I have been living in a house for the past six months because of a drastic lifestyle change. I never meant to be here or to have to stay here ...read more
As I look back on my life, I have realized that I have always dealt with feelings of loneliness, but not isolation. After I lost my wife to suicide, the feeling of loneliness became a daily norm for me, so turned to al...read more
by Vicki
What if?~ 01/2006 If you'd only listen to the things I feel I know you'd love me because my hearts so real If you'd only hear me and what I've become I know you'd allow me from under your thumb If you yelled from ...read more
From the Diary of Lily I whittled away three hours of my young adult life last night. Literally though. I whittled you a lamb from a bar of Ivory soap. It was my first attempt at soap whittling, so I started with ...read more
by Toni Ann
I think many of us have had feelings of loneliness at one time or another in our lives. It is a common ailment we all suffer with now and then and it can be brought on by many different situations or issues with others. ...read more
by Christine G.
Have You Ever Been Lonely, Have You Ever Been Blue? September 2006. The last few days, I have been feeling bored and lonely. I tend to see myself as a lone wolf, and prefer to work without having to contend with anyon...read more
by Kelli Dicks
Loneliness is something that I know very well. I seem to cut myself off from everyone when one person hurts me. I become very depressed and withdrawn. I don't find pleasure in the things that I used to enjoy. I shut peo...read more
by yackity yack
LONELINESS: THE STRUGGLE WITH FEELING ISOLATED Loneliness can be perceived as existing, be a social separation/rejection or it can be an actual isolation. Feeling isolated can arise from any of those things. Sometime...read more
by Dante Sparda
Loneliness is a subject of which I am very familiar with. It's the way I've grown up that way, and that's the way I'm living. While I do agree that there are some abandonment issues and such, there are some benefits to be ...read more
by Rusty Hays
I really liked the article written by Claire. It describes things well. It reminds me that there are people who can write such a beautiful thing. I think the truth is hard to take. You can want peace on earth,better relati...read more
My beloved wife passed away, and then her beloved German Shepherd left me also, after another three years.The experience of loneliness is chastening and inspired this poem: REFLECTIONS OF AN AGEING MAN. From...read more
The voice is singing, It was a Very Good Year. The second hand smoke and the booze from Caesar's Palace has taken its toll. But I remember him and the Rat Pack. They tap danced into the hearts of everyone that was wit...read more
If it's hard to see where you're going you don't know where you've been. Hard as it seems the world can be lonely and mean Forgetting what I learned for a man has never appealed to me. That's why I stay to myself no...read more
Today I stand all alone on my own far away, miles far from my home in search of knowledge that infinite source of light that looks promising enough to light up my remaining life. I find my soul so dark that if any one woul...read more
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