How many people here can admit that they feel lonely?

Even when I was at Uni at Southampton I always felt lonely despite living with a couple of people or living in halls etc. Im quite shy and quiet and its hard keeping in contact with older friends.

If you feel lonely, how do you deal with it? Do you read more, go on the internet and try and distract yourself from the dark moments? Or are you happy being alone?

teh internet saved my life
though it did waste some of it, it did stop me procrastinating on loneliness.
When Im not on here, Reading, school work, drawing, playing guitar, 1000 piece puzzles, daytrips....

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I feel lonely. I am alone and lonely.

I find it hard to admit because as a young person (almost 20) at uni (but living at home in my case) you're expected to be surrounded by friends and live a great life full of parties and relationships and all that stuff but the last couple of years has just been me and my uni work and internet....and my family.

I admit it to my mom and yesterday I admitted it to a counselor. It makes me feel pathetic though...

I don't really know how to comfort myself, but I try to see this lonely period as a time to learn so much and to get to know myself.
I do feel like it's important to be alone (lonely?) at some point in your life for an extended period of time. It bugs me when people are all "oh god. I can't be alone!!!" and they surround themselves with superficial friends or just keep busy with shallow things just so to avoid the confrontation with their own existence.
That to me is a weak person with a weak personality.

yes, i'm lonely quite a lot. i have close friends, and a boyfriend, but i don't really go in for the whole small-talk thing and so don't have a huge amount of acquaintances that aren't close friends. even the people that i live with i'm not particularly close to/good friends with. it's because i'm guarded and (apparently) aloof at times. and unless i have greatly similar interests to someone, i find it hard to be friends with them. when i'm lonely i'll read, shop (:/), watch dvds, eat sweets or call someone up to talk to.
i like being alone for some of the time, but i feel sad if say, everyone goes out in the evening and i'm left in the house

I go through phases. I've spent soo much time with myself in the last 3 years that when I am in the mood for company and get it, I don't want it. I have a small number of people that I am around as much as I want to be. Sometimes I get lonely but im mostly content.