Sorry this isn't directly about diet and exercise guys.. I think there's plenty all over the board on those topics!
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Well, today is one of those "lonely" days....We all have them at some point or another...
I have even felt my deepest loneliness at times when I wasn't even alone... Does that make any sense?
As most of you know, I am bipolar and tend to have some "ups and downs"...
Believe it or not, sometimes I have them at the same time!
So, over my lifetime, I think I found it fairly hard to cultivate meaningful relationships as a result... (sure I'm simplifying the whole thing and there's definitely more to it...) So, I have spent a lot of years feeling pretty lonely... Don't mean to bum anyone out, and again, I know I'm not the only one like this in the World...
I have really depended on this group for friendship and companionship many times this year...
I mean, I know not too many of us are psychology majors etc... but I believe in experiential knowledge and let's face it, loneliness is a Universal experience, though maybe it's not always talked about....
I guess I'm curious about whether people in this group have developed coping techniques for times like this..
Certainly eating comes to mind, but it's sure not any productive means of coping...
Well when I started writing this, I wasn't really sure what I wanted to say, but I find loneliness an interesting topic, so I'll leave it to you all to just share any and all thoughts on it...
For the record, I've been relationship-less (nice made up word! LOL..) for about (cringe) five years now... Previously to that time frame, I pretty much spent much of my life totally codependant and in relationships which were almost *too* close... So finally I guess I got to have some time to get to know myself!!! Ha ha...
All I can say is thank God I have my wonderful son Richard!
Peetie, what will I do when college hits???? LOL..
But really, the kind of loneliness I personally experience, often isn't even contingent on whether I am in the presence of others or not...
It's something deeper... Like the yearning of the Soul....
Wow....
So again, this is a topic which is of personal interest to me.. Any books or recommended websites, activities, you guys may know, music, poems, whatever, on this topic, would be very appreciated!
Peace and Love,
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