Why do I feel so depressed and alone? And empty?
I really feel guilty for feeling this way. By all means I have more than most people in the world. I know this. My father reminds me of this all the time. I'm a student at a great university and I'm (so far) doing well. I know I have a lot going for me but my whole life I've always felt empty and alone. I have loving parents but a severe psychological problem. I am on medication for depression. It's working, no doubt, because I used to be worse. But I feel so alone. I feel like my friends don't care about me. Like I'm the punchline of a joke. I found out that a group of my "friends" stopped talking to me because they thought I was "weird." This crushed me. And it's just ONE example of many. Every time I open up I get shot down. I simply can't be confident in myself. Never could. I'm financially screwed in college. I'm also sick and tired of seeing ALL of my friends easily get into relationships and be happy. I simply can't attract girls for some reason. I don't think I'm ugly but it's just my personality. My last girlfriend was a horrible drug addict. I realized that I go for these girls out of necessity. Because no one else seems to want me. And I, like everyone else, have an instinctive need for some sort of companionship. I don't want to up my medication because my doctor makes it incredibly hard to get anything done. Also, I just don't want to become dependent on that stuff. I just feel hopeless and alone for no apparent reason and I don't know what to do, really.
Why do we feel so empty and alone sometimes, even if there are people around us, we feel that everything is just routinary?
Hi, ThereWe have been created by the god almighty as humans with feeling, emotions, sadness,happiness,envy,jealously, when we follow a strict routine without an aorta of flexibility in our lives we start feeling lonely,It's because we need frequent breaks in our lives to charge ourselves up.Make a habit of taking breaks whenever time allows and you will start feeling good and happy.We sometimes start feeling lonely and sad despite of people being present around us because of many reasons :When we do not give ourselves proper rest and breaks.(Solution : Give yourself enough ‘me' time)When we make unrealistic goals in our lives which is practically very difficult or hard to achieve.(Solution :Make realistic goals and move forward step by step)When we day in day out compare ourselves with other,which makes us feel less or inferior. ( Solution : Compare less and work more, things will start falling in place)When we start procrastinating for every crucial thing in our lives,people start distancing from our lives as they start thinking we are lazy or careless. (Solution : Never Procrastinate)When we distance ourselves from god ( Solution : Put God first and you will never be the last)“Put every second of your life in improving yourself and you will never ever feel lonely in your life”God bless you my friend.We Quorans love you.Take Care
Why do I feel so lonely and empty inside?
My situation is pretty much exactly the same as yours. I think that you may feel broken because you need to change your life up a bit. If you have good friends and a loving girlfriend, obviously your looks can't be much of a problem! So don't worry about that, and trust me; I know that that is a HARD thing to do - just let yourself be. Maybe you should do a "life-excite-r" project, as I like to call them. Do something new; go to a cool amusement park, change your wardrobe, cook more, make some crafts with your girlfriend, talk to your parents more, reach out to different social groups, etc. Change at least one of the things in your routine everyday. For instance, say you and your girlfriend stay home and watch T.V. every Friday night. Instead of just staying home, why not go out to dinner or to the mall for a little walking around? Another reason for your feeling this way is because of the things going around you. You may feel sad about some recent event or even one that happened a long time ago that you're not letting yourself let go of. Having a heart-to-heart with someone you love would help. Just let go of absolutely everything on your mind. After that, change a few things in your life. Good luck! Be happy; you sound like you have a pretty good life!
Why do I feel so incomplete and alone?
I dont think I'm missing anything. I'm a 14 year old guy that is popular, funny, not too bad looking, and I'm not too shabby at sports either. I know I'm not like other people because I don't fall for girls too easily, I think alot more about things than others, and I ask alot of questions about why I am living my life right now...The thing is...I feel incomplete. I don't know what is wrong. Maybe I have all I could ever want, but can't see it. Maybe I am too young to fully understand life...Still, I don't know why I feel so empty...
Why do i feel so empty and sad inside?
its like my whole body is hollow... i just feel numb and sad like everything is blurry... i can't laugh... i'm diagnoised with depression and other things but lately its just been so bad its like everything doesn't matter and all i want to do is cry. but i can't because i know if i start crying i wont stop. i have issues with self harm i cut since i was 13 im 14 1/2 now. i just can't take it any more. i just want to feel something, anything. i go to a therapist but it doesn't help. its not even like my life is that stressful i mean yes my parents fight constantly... they ignore me and my sisters going to boarding school and i've struggled with anorexia. but some people have it worse then me so it makes me feel so stupid feeling so sad. because i feel like i don't deserve to have credit for anything. i don't deserve to be here. i don't deserve my family or my health. i deserve to feel bad because im worthless. i just don't know what to do anymore with my life. i want to leave, or run away but i can't... i don't know where i would go and what i would do.
Why am I feeling empty and extremely lonely?
I’m sorry but I might be a bit rough.Asking such questions to strangers won’t help you much. They have no possible way of helping you. It will always be trial and error. They don’t know anything about you and even if you write a whole book about yourself and they read it, they still won’t know enough about you.I also went through that. I’m a person who is unable to talk with people (more like I don’t have the motivation for it.) and am surrounded by people who do not think on the same plane as me. So, I am intellectually isolated. My personality is centered around thoughts. So, I think a lot. So much so that I have trouble knowing if and what I’m feeling. So I’m also emotionally suppressed (there are one or two friends who provide me some respite by being trustworthy).Nobody can help you except yourself.I can list many possible fixes for you but that would be pointless because I would have no reference of you in my mind and I’d be thinking of some version of me that resembles what you told me about yourself (not much). So, they’d actually be fixes for myself and not you.Think. Feel. Understand yourself. What exactly do you feel? What are the triggers for those feelings?Introspection and mindfulness are the only sure-fire methods you can use. This is because they are analysis tools, not fixes. They’ll allow you to explore yourself, and help you realize that you are above your own emotions. Though I should tell you that it’ll be a slow process and you’ll have to be patient and not be harsh with yourself. You’ll also need to be courageous enough to accept what you learn about yourself (though acceptance does not mean that you do not want to change it).Also, I’d suggest emotional hygiene and not holding on to your emotions (whether good or bad). My melancholy surfaces occasionally but it becomes problematic only when I’m stagnant.P.S. I personally like philosophy to manage and respond to my emotions, especially Stoicism. It might be useful to you. There’s gonna be course on it. SMRT 2016 (Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training).P.P.S. About being patient: it took me a whole year to even start understanding myself and another year to impose a very rudimentary control over my emotions. It sounds like a long time but it is the best way.