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How do you cope with loneliness? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by deadymouse@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It's not that I don't have anyone to talk to, it's that I don't have anything to talk about with others, and sometimes it happens that it's impossible to endure that loneliness and I want to socialize so badly, and I don't want to drink alcohol or watch shows on Netflix to drown out that feeling, because lately it hasn't helped. I wonder how you deal with it?

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[–] Dalacos@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

I post on Lemmy lol.

If you're a bit of a nerd I suggest looking up local tabletop RPG groups and giving it a shot. It's one of the easier ways to be social as an introvert. It has a sort of regimented system of socializing that everyone understands, with an end time and an obvious goal. Once I'm in a better spot myself (life has been rough the past bit but it's looking up) I might do this myself.

But for now drinking and watching shows and shitposting on Lemmy still works for me lol. Used to post on Reddit, 100k+ karma there, Not banned, but I am sick of reddit's BS, so now I'm here instead, sorry y'all.

PS: I'm staying at a monthly rate in a hostel, and I go to a couple local food banks. There's a "free food" area in the communal kitchen that I stock up once or twice a week because where I live the food banks are extraordinarily generous.

People have started to notice and been thanking me, and as a result they've been striking up conversations and getting to know me. (I am very much an introvert.) So I've been socializing a lot more than I normally do as a result.

Too esoteric to recommend, but figured I'd add this random ass story as socializing can happen in the strangest of ways at times.