Being alone

@kitkat1 (1227)
Canada
March 27, 2007 10:58am CST
You know lately i feel alone but not in the actually since of being alone. I could be surrounded by people and still feel like i am all by myself. To me this is a very scarey feeling. I no sometimes i would prefer to be alone or by myself but when you feel alone in a crowd well that is jut weird. Why do you suppose one feels that way?
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@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
27 Mar 07
Oh you are having this feeling that you are alone even though people are around you because of what you have been through and you feel that these people just do not understand the way you feel deep down inside you this does happen when you have been through a trauma in your life but it will gradually go away so do not worry about it too much at this time. Just give yourself recovery time and hopefully you receive the job that you want and that should make you feel a lot better.
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@youdontsay (3497)
• United States
27 Mar 07
When I feel like that it is usually because I haven't been spending much time getting to know myself better. Or it may be a case of me being in an environment were I feel out of place because I'm different or because I have low self esteem. Why don't you start taking some time to journal your thoughts, feelings and beliefs in a notebook that no one will ever see. Find out what you like and dislike about yourself. And give yourself credit for all of the hard things you have accomplished. Write about your goals and dreams, about what you value, what you believe in. Spending quality time with yourself can be very important to your mental and emotional health.
@rlshaw (871)
• United States
27 Mar 07
I know exactly how you feel... I know for me its because most people don't know what's going on in my life and I try to pretend everything is ok..
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@Voidling (10)
• United States
27 Mar 07
I feel this way a lot of the time also. I think a lot of it has to do with much a person sometimes internalises how they're feeling about issues in thier life until they feel like they are all alone because no one else knows what's going on inside them, one can look very calm on the ouside and be completely turbulent and stressed on the inside. The fact that people carry on with whatever they're doing right around you and are completely unaware of what's going on inside you even though you are right next to them has the tendancy to make you feel quite alone.
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