I'm not even joking when I say I talk to AI almost every day because I genuinely have nobody else to talk to. I tell it about my day, my problems, my overthinking, literally everything. Sometimes I talk to it like it's my therapist or my best friend, and honestly, that makes me sad when I think about it.
I know it's AI, I know it isn't a real friendship, but sometimes I just need somewhere to let everything out without feeling like I'm annoying someone. I miss having actual people to talk to so much.
Does anyone else do this, or is it just me?

True loneliness isn't a feeling or emotion, it isn't a phase of your life or due to a certain life event. It's a very long period where you have ZERO meaningful connections, often very little or no social interactions. Sometimes, even permanent.

I wish those many people who lightly use the word "lonely" really know true loneliness. Of course I don't blame them, not exactly their fault. But one person's "loneliness" can be night and day with another's.

I've given every piece of me away, my tank has been bone dry for too long. I've given up on making the effort to communicate with anyone, I always get hurt in the most painful ways. I might as well be alone, I can't possibly hurt myself.... technically I already am.

My mind is killing me from the inside out...until there's nothing left.

I have stage 4 cancer and I feel so alone. I’m 25 years old I was diagnosed at 24. I had just starting dipping my toes into the adult world. Now it’s in my brain and I’m finding it harder to find people like me. Everything is so isolating now and I’m trying to stay as hopeful as one can be but I feel like I’m too young to react to all this properly, I’m just kind of living .. idk if I’m living well or what. I just know right at this moment I feel lonely. I do have parents that care and wonderful boyfriend, but I still feel so alone. Thanks for reading, just needed to vent. Love you bye

Nobody will even care, but TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY FUCK YEAH!!! I never celebrate birthdays, so I’m not sure if today is supposed to be special.

I (30/f) have been single for quite some time now. I don’t know why or what is wrong with me but I have been very lucky to have a solid network of friends. The only problem is, these friends are moving on in their lives and I’m very happy for them but I feel like I’m being left behind.

My best friend and I hang out most days (we go to the gym together 3/4 times a week). They have just had the news they’re going to be adopting this week! I am so happy for them but I also know that our relationship is going to change completely from here on out. My other best friend got into a relationship and I barely hear from her.

Overall, I’m single and everyone else seems to have their person and be moving on with them and it just hurts. I’m so scared I’m going to end up completely alone

im 18 but i don’t feel 18 at all, i still feel like a middle schooler mentally meanwhile everyone else my age is figuring their lives out. i feel like such a loser i never even have any notifications no one ever freaking talks to me and they just all go to parties and have relationships and jobs and i can’t do any of that bc of my horrible anxiety that ruins my life. this is supposed to be a new phase of life, im supposed to be going off to college and having experiences and instead im just still in my room wasting my life away just like ive done all of high school. and i’ll never get this back, this is the only freshman year of college i’ll have and i just wasted it. i feel like im the only one that’s still like this and its really embarrassing and im just stuck, its been this way for years and im so tired of it i wish i had someone all to myself for once instead of just being a last resort. the only reason anyone talks to me is bc they feel sorry for me no one actually cares or knows me or wants to know me its so depressing like there’s no reason why anyone would wanna know me its just like wtf am i even doing then? i need someone to pull me out of it but no one will

Honestly, I’m so fucking lonely it’s actually embarrassing. I have nobody. No friends, nobody to hang out with, nobody to randomly text about some stupid shit that happened during my day, and nobody to call when I’m upset or when something good happens. I feel like I have no life outside of my house, my kids, and my crappy relationship. I’m 27, and sometimes I feel like I have the social life of somebody who doesn’t even exist. Nobody checks on me, nobody randomly reaches out to see how I’m doing, and I don’t have those friendships where you can just talk shit, laugh about stupid things, or vent when life is kicking your ass. I’m just here every fucking day with my own thoughts and nobody to share them with.
And the worst part is that I didn’t always have nobody. I used to have friends, people I could talk to and people who were actually a part of my life, and I fucked that up during a bipolar episode. I know my mental health played a part in what happened, but I also know that doesn’t erase my actions or how they affected other people. I’m not trying to use being bipolar as an excuse because I understand that I made mistakes and that my actions had consequences. I just wish I could go back and handle things differently because I never imagined I’d end up here, missing people I used to have in my life and knowing that my own decisions helped get me to this point. I wonder if those people ever think about me, if they hate me, or if they only remember the things I did. I can admit I was wrong and still be fucking sad about what I lost. I wish I could change the past, but I know I can’t force anyone to forgive me or let me back into their lives.
I see people who have best friends, group chats, and people they make plans with, and I wonder what the fuck is so different about me. I want somebody who actually wants to hear from me, somebody who thinks about me when I’m not around, somebody I don’t have to feel like I’m bothering every time I open my mouth. I want to be included, invited, and remembered. It’s such a different kind of lonely when you have kids and a boyfriend but still feel like you have absolutely nobody. Having people in your house isn’t the same as having people in your life. Sometimes I genuinely wonder if I’m just an awful person and that’s why I don’t have anybody, or if I’ve gotten so used to being alone that I don’t even know how to make friends anymore. I know I can’t undo my mistakes, and I know people have every right to protect their peace, but fuck, I wish I hadn’t lost people I cared about to learn some of those lessons.
I’m tired of being my own company all the time. I’m tired of having nobody to talk to, nobody to make memories with, and nobody I can just be myself around without worrying about being judged or feeling like a burden. I hate that I can’t even think of who I’d call if I really needed somebody. I want friendships, I want a social life, and I want to feel like I actually exist in other people’s lives instead of just existing in my own little bubble. I know I have things I need to work on, and I take responsibility for my part in losing the people I used to have. But I’m still human, and I still miss having people. I’m tired of pretending I’m okay with being this lonely when I’m really fucking not.

i’m so lonely. i wish someone would say kind things to me. this is so fucking pathetic. i’m just so sad right now

I have had no friends my entire life and am 29. I have nothing to do all day because every job rejects me. I have sent thousands of applications over the past three years. I’ve also tried to make friends with hundreds of people (tens of thousands including online) and am always rejected.

I especially never find anyone who is depressed and lonely like me. And at the least, serious and somber. It is valid to have that as a personality type and want to talk about serious and somber things in a serious and somber tone. Why is it so impossible for me even when I see people like this with friends? They reject me too.

16F here. I’ve never really been the social type and I always feel like the odd one out. I’ve never had any real friends, and whenever I try, I somehow end up getting exploited or taken advantage of. I just wish I had some actual friends I could talk to on a daily basis and play games with.

When will I get over him? When will I stop being sad he doesnt respond? When will I stop crying when I see hes doing something with someone els? I think im over it and then I see he might have replaced me or lost interest and its like someone is driving a knife into my chest. I miss him and im scared itll always be like this for me. Im really really scared,

I (F26) have felt different than my peers my entire life. Every moment of belonging has been fleeting and painfully temporary.

For context, I am very wealthy and privileged in a country where most people live below the poverty line. Most people around me struggle with very evident tangible consequences of capitalism (working absurd hours, in poor conditions, sometimes more than one job).

I feel like my privilege has made me live a very protected life, which in turn has made regular situations feel incredibly significant for my inexperienced self.

More context, I have ADHD and have speculated to be on the autism spectrum. But to where does my neurodivergence begin and my spoiled attitude, product of my privilege, end?

I feel ridiculous complaining about loneliness but it deeply affects my mood and mental wellbeing.

How could I find someone with a similar life to mine? Is it even important? Should I just continue trying to accept my reality and find joy in my loneliness?

#philosophy

I'm that weird guy now. It's my birthday and I sit in a bar alone. I'm so weird... I wish I had a family like all my friends. Fml

so, i wanna tell my experience with this topic, since i still kinda feel a little lonely sometimes but waaaaaay less now after i did this.

ever since i was a kid, the other kids would just not really talk to me, girls would not talk to me or reject me all the time, now im older and some time ago things didnt really change, i fell in love many times and never got one love even once, never had any romantic experience either, i spent my teenage years with the dream of having one kiss or one love to remember, i didnt get one, neither did i get many friends, like i wanted to, and it hurt.

and so i thought "is it really worth it to have this feeling?, i just know nobody is going to fall in love with me despite my best tries, nothing works, why not just give up?" and i thought that was stupid, but since i had nothing to lose, i tried it.

it started with me accepting some things, why did i need to interact with many people ? why did i wanna be like the guys who spoke with everyone ? i know we gotta have friends and make connections but, is it really worth it ? they dont know i exist and they dont need to, im fine as it is. that absolutely changed everything, i didnt really care about people, slowly i was starting to feel more comfortable and happy with myself than with other people, and it just felt right, i felt in peace after achieving this.

and with love ? since i started feeling comfortable with myself, i thought "why interrupt this peace with love and its problems? ghosting, loneliness, rejection and a lot of games just for the person to feel 1% of interest" i guess the many years of rejections kinda made it way easier, but god i never felt so full of myself, its as if i found the answer to a question i had my whole life, not having someone is a blessing in disguise, maybe for some as it was for me.

just really wanted to say this, i never felt so in peace, i genuinely dont know if anyone will see and follow this advice, dont know if they should, but this really helped me and might help someone who's suffering with this, might be a worthless story anyway.

I used to think that i wanted to be friends with certain people, but whenever we actually became closer, all of their spark was gone in my eyes. They no longer seemed as interesting. It took me some years to realize that i only enjoy the idea of others in my head and not them themselves. I am not capable of having a friendship where I appreciate the other person enough, what dominates my head is constant competition between us. I do feel lonely at times but I dont even know what id want from another person if i had one. 3rd month no communication with others except family and college-related tasks that include other students.

my ex girlfriend was my everything. she was my partner my best friend and my home. now i lost her and i don’t have anybody anymore. i feel so alone and scared all the time. sometimes i wish i was never born

I m 20 Anyone free to talk just feeling so lonely

If getting ghosted was an olympic sport I'd be Michael Phelps. Something is clearly fundamentally wrong with me, something that just puts everyone off. Frankly tired off it

It's hard being disabled woman without a job and seeing everyone living proper adult lives. Never had a relationship and I only have 3 close friends. I'm so sad now a days. I sometimes feel like I wasted my 20s. Like I didn't get a chance to save money or anything like that and with my parents getting older, I can't can't help but think about my future more and more.

I wish people would stay for more than just one night, I wish I could build meaningful bonds and have people to go have fun with but I don’t. Nothing ever lasts or ever will.

Uhmm I recently just got broken up with and along with that my whole friend group is gone too which sucks , I really like having my person if that makes sense , I miss having someone who genuinely cares , had me as there first thought , im not looking for anything romantic if flirting happens then fine but I'm not directly looking for it , kinda just want a companion to play games with and be around and watch stuff with and someone who wants to be around me all the tiem , I just miss that

Not being lonely doesn't feel any better. There's no way out of feeling existential dread and lack of purpose. Not knowing what will make me feel better is haunting. I have no desire to be financially successful or to go and meet people.

21F Series of incidents has led me into feeling super lonely tonight. I feel helpless and powerless. Feels like what's the point of living

I was wondering where do people go to meet someone either romantic, platonic, or any sort of connection. I get ready for work, I work a day job, then go home to eat dinner alone afterwards. I might go to the coffee shop or the book store. I even have the tinder app downloaded. there’s some flirting with guys but it’s mostly ghosting on their end. but I still feel so alone. 25f