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Struggling with loneliness

To300

I have no friends or connections outside of my immediate family. I'm quite socially isolated. I dont have social media and I don't work or study, most of my days for the past eight years have been me and the dog. I just feel incredibly alone and misunderstood even when social opportunities have arrived in the past. It's probably worth noting I do have social anxiety and depression and im coming to realise ive probably been chronically overwhelmed my entire life because I cant cope with simple everyday things that a normal functioning adult should be able to cope with. Sometimes it just feels like im the only person stuck in this very *** position or rather that other people in the same position cope much better than i am right now. 

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  • Hey To300, sorry to hear you are struggling so badly. It can be a very lonely thing to have severe social anxiety. Finding yourself unable to say anything even when you have the opportunity, avoiding situations even if they might give you the very thing you crave.  But connection with others doesn't have to look the way it does to other people, just reaching out and saying hello is a big thing, here or other places.  Animals are fantastic company but I know it doesn't always scratch that itch.  I don't know the answers, but I get it. Finding some connection in safe small ways might help alleviate it, it's just figuring out what that means to you? 

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  • Hey To300, sorry to hear you are struggling so badly. It can be a very lonely thing to have severe social anxiety. Finding yourself unable to say anything even when you have the opportunity, avoiding situations even if they might give you the very thing you crave.  But connection with others doesn't have to look the way it does to other people, just reaching out and saying hello is a big thing, here or other places.  Animals are fantastic company but I know it doesn't always scratch that itch.  I don't know the answers, but I get it. Finding some connection in safe small ways might help alleviate it, it's just figuring out what that means to you? 

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