lonely at christmas

[icaniwill]

id like to talk to peole who feel lonely and are alone at this time ...anyone know of a place?

[icaniwill]

thanks ...that was helpful.............not

[puddicat]

Hey thought this was the place take no notice,helllllllo!!!

[cazzz1975]

like the cat... stroppy g!t!

[madmaggot]

knobby the is a subject that should be taken seriously. Loneliness is horrible anyway but for some reason is worse at Christmas. I had just one Christmas on my own after I was divorced and it was horrible. Fortunately I met my OH soon after this.

A few years ago my OH and I had to work one boxing day to complete an order. When we got to the factory there was a car parked opposite with the engine running and a man had killed himself using the exhaust fumes. This was awful for us; but, how sad that someone can be feeling so terribly alone and hopeless particularly at a time when 'everyone' is with their family and friends.

[madmaggot]

Yes, you're right. But, it's not always so easy to change things and if a person actually has depression they think that no-one is interested in them and their problems anyway.
I had a bereavement, a house move, divorce, further house move in the space of 18 months and believe me it's very very difficult to think 'well ok I feel lonely but I can change things'!

[icaniwill]

omg.........thank you so much for all the kind words.....i almost creid...............i can only send a few messages(and one was wasted)......so i will tell you what happened......from the time i sent my 1st question then signed out, my 2 boys came home , only for 15min , but the were home, then i came back to this site and all those kind thoughful answers...............fantastic.!!!!

[puddicat]

heloooooooooooo its smeee welcomexxx

[Bathsheba]

There you go, icaniwill- things are rarely as bad as they seem, and now you've found us on here, you'll be right as rain in no time! xx

[puddicat]

agree mm, there isnt a time limit on being lonely or hurt some seem to bounce back readily,and others take years or maybe never,but ure always welcome herex

[madmaggot]

I don't know how old you are ican but have you tried a social networking site such as facebook, sagazone, idontfeel50, etc.
On sagazone you can search for people in your locality which is really useful for finding friends.

[puddicat]

thanks mad i didnt know that!!!

[icaniwill]

thank you for understanding the depression aspect of this, and there is also the "feeling loney" and actually being alone, combine all three and add in the media, society , family etc and its a deadly(ooo deadly) combination......im not suicidal....lol ..;ive come to tems with it , that this is my life( and i have lots to be gr8ful for), but am always trying to find ways to fill my time, hence why im here/my original question,thanks for the siteinformation also

[madmaggot]

Are you retired or semi retired? There will almost certainly be a U3A branch in your area. Mine is great, I don't have enough time to join all the interest groups that I would like to; and it's cheap!

[icaniwill]

thanks no and mad
whats u3a?
i am 47 and live in canada
maybe i ll google interests groups....??
ill keep sending then