What is the cure for loneliness?

Question

i recently read that loneliness is a great factor in the lives of many youngsters nowadays, i want to know how to combat it,
i used to have gud friends but now i have 2 hang out with ppl i barely like, do i ignore them or try 2 keep talking to them?

Answer 1

find new friends

Answer 2

Loneliness is a very complex, multidimensional phenomenon. Simply put, there is no one cure for loneliness, simply because there are many different types of loneliness.
Loneliness is described by many as a very painful thing. Helping to know what causes your loneliness will help you get rid of it.

Realize that we all get lonely. It doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you or that you have to stay lonely. We're particularly prone to loneliness when we're making transitions, especially for the better. If you're changing, such as exploring new alternatives and paths for yourself, you're bound to get a little lonely as you look for people who share your new interests and thoughts.

Call or get together with the people you know, even if they aren't who you want to be with right now. Human contact makes more contact easier. This includes your mother and the guy at the deli counter. Talk until the feeling eases. Make as many calls as necessary.

Get involved in anything where you will meet people. If you are very shy, find a group for social anxiety, even if it has to be online (obviously it's better if it's not). Look on places like Craig's List for activities in your area. Volunteering can help.

Challenge yourself to take the initiative in social relationships whenever you can. YOU ask the person if they want to chat, get a coffee, whatever. Remember how much you like it when people are attracted to you.

Take risks about revealing yourself. Say what's on your mind, if it seems at all likely the other person will be receptive. It can hurt when it backfires, but it's worth it a million times over when it works out.

Befriend someone lonelier than you are. This will not be the last friend you make.

Remember that we are all alone inside our heads; we are born and die alone; it's nothing special. Every person who has ever lived has been lonely. Love wouldn't exist without loneliness to inspire it. Look at your loneliness with detachment.

Notice the difference between loneliness and solitude. Imagine this is the last day you will ever be alone. What would you do?

Join an online community, sometimes, it can help.

Answer 3

1st, be a good friend to yourself...as far as other people you may not like a lot, if these people are the only folks around to hang with, find some new things to do, that you enjoy, then, start to feel your way around these new people...being lonely is not the same as being alone...i don't know your age, but i have a 16yr old son...sports, different kinds of "club" & a lot of SOCOM seem to help when he is feeling alone & bored....
you could get a job, do some volunteer stuff or start a group of your own about stuff that interests you...

Answer 4

It is so hard to be lonley, but it is also not good to hang with people you don't really care much about or have anything in common with. When I moved in my Junior year of High School my mother suggested I invite a different girl to eat with me, come home and do homework with me and things like that until I found a few that I had a lot in common with. It sure worked for me. Good luck

Answer 5

I've had lonely feelings throughout my life, and when I did, I'd try to find some new entertainment or friend or pet to cure it all. And momentarily they did. But, the one thing I found that CONSISTENTLY cured loneliness is Jesus Christ / God. When I stop in the midst of whatever I'm doing or feeling, and turn to Him, and call out His Name, He comes to me, and I'm not lonely anymore. If you're not used to doing that, try it. You may not hear His answer at first, so you'll have to practice listening for Him, but He hears you, and He comes quicker than "a-moment's-notice", so give it a try. The greatest thing you'll have to do is practice listening for Him. He's not like an X-box or ipod or somesuch, but He's DEFINITELY there, and you'll love it when you recognize His call. God Bless you.

Answer 6

Loneliness isn't a disease because its more of a mind state than anything. If you have depression than you can take some pills. But I gues the cure for lonliness would be a good friend.

Answer 7

Check it out!! I know it sux to be lonley.
When you start to feel lonley try changing your look a little bit and find something different to try that you are comfortable with. Like try some new looks with clothes, now when you find something that you really like but is just a little different go out and do something. Go to the mall and note the kind of reaction your new look or whatever gets. You will stop feeling pathetic and mabey re-aquaint with old friends and make some new!!!

Answer 8

i am going through the same thing as you are going thorugh, and its sucks =[

is one of the reasons why you hang out with ppl you dont like, is because you want to hang out with the "COOL" people? well, i did that for a year, and one year later, we don't even speak to each other/IM/email. so i basically wasted one year hanging out with "losers" than stengthening my relationship with not that popular, but nice kids

wow i wrote a lot, but i'm not sure if it answered your question
i think you should hang out with people that you like, and you cuz get along

you can contact me/email me =]

Answer 9

savor your on my own time. do not see it as being lonely. see being on my own as a reward. understand that solitude is way more effective perfect than any relationship. ask everyone in a relationship and they'll locate something to whinge about. being on my own brings about peace and particularly. do what ever you please any time you want to. in relationships, you quite a lot have ask your self what the different human being want to do or not want to do.. relationships are like prisons. like going out to dinner. there is not something nicer than to savor a meal with no need to communicate or entertain everyone all animals ( people are animals) want to devour in peace. so savor being on my own. because you're with someone very effective YOU

Answer 10

A sense of adventure, and an element of risk. You have to get out of your rut, find some new places, hang outs, hobbies and be friendly and seek out people that suit you.

Answer 11

Find friends that like what you like. and that like to be around you not some really stoopid ppl who dont even like you and just hang around you too make a foool out of yourself.