How can Internet make a woman lonely?Isn't it taking away the feeling of loneliness?

no, human beings need real social interaction in order to not feel loneliness. chats and forums and other communication provided by internet shrink the world, but the conversations are rarely as satisfying as the ones you have face-to-face.

you'll know the difference when you think about one of your best friends. if you could only choose one, would you rather spend time with him/her on internet? or hang out somewhere?

babies die if they're not hugged by their mothers. we crave human contact from birth. internet can't do away with this no matter how high schoolers feel.

I have been lonely ever since I married my husband in 1994. He travels and is gone over 50% of the time. I don't have a single friend in the world. I don't look anymore. I don't care. I'm just waiting for death. Sounds sick, but I still don't care. I just exist.

I share your feelings...My husband retired, just sits in front of the TV and computer both at the same time and igmores me. He's a diabetic with heart disease and probably depression....I to feel lonely. About the best thing I've managed to do is take vitamins and exercise and drink Kombucha Tea. I have more energy less depression and enjoy life a little better....not sure what else to do, but you sometimes have to just work at it to overcome it.

My husband passed away on May,01,2009. married 38&1/2 years and together 41 years. he was my first love and i his. my heart will never be the same. we found out he had cancer on March the 11 th and 7 weeks he was gone. and the lonelyless will never go away. as another lady comented i exsist and wait for death, hoping when i go to sleep that i will join him. but i am still here for another day
Mary

My husband passed away on May,01,2009. married 38&1/2 years and together 41 years. he was my first love and i his. my heart will never be the same. we found out he had cancer on March the 11 th and 7 weeks he was gone. and the lonelyless will never go away. as another lady comented i exsist and wait for death, hoping when i go to sleep that i will join him. but i am still here for another day
Mary

god loves you and so do I! have a great day!!

Loneliness and I are constant companions. I have tried to make friends. The people that know me at school pretend they dont see me. I don't have a single friend in the world. I don't care about looking anymore. I'm just waiting for death. Evil sounding, but Im as apathetic as ever. I just exist.

Dang, sounds like a lot of people that are posting are really bummed...get out of your rut and get out! Maybe you'll meet a friend or more who may also be need someone. You have two choices: live or die. This study is just a big "duh"...even Socrates said that man is a social animal.

Join a card club, go to a pub, play darts, play some chess, donate some time at a soup kitchen, read some silly Dr. Suess book, approach a stranger, walk down the street naked with Cheetos stuck to your body, give a lawyer a wedgie, anything...so what if you get thrown in jail...do something! And stop worrying what EVERYONE thinks allthe time.

Your parents sacrificed a lot to have you, and they'd be ashamed you were squandering your lives. Life is meant to be lived! Stop moping and start doing!

Don't you realize thet you create your own reality? Stop thinking about how miserable you are and visualize a better future. Feel how nice it will be when you have friends and activities to do. Just try it for a week. Take 10 minutes each day and transport yourself to a different life. It really works. You are loved. All is well.

Being lonely can be a positive thing--find yourself!!! I have had moments when I found friendship but that made me more lonely (and was quite negative for my health--such drama!) There were positive moments being alone where I was able to complete my schoolwork, rewrite my short stories, etc. The acquaintences I do have are people who I rarely see but when I do, I ALWAYS feel comfortable with them. Try writing in a journal of your thoughts--reflection is a good thing! In addition, you can build a spiritual relationship with Allah or whatever you believe in (that is a positive thing).

I am 29 and can always remember feeling lonely. No matter if i was surrounded by people, this feeling was always there. I am married now with two kids. Sad to say the feeling is still there. I put on a happy face for them but cant help to feel alone. I just try to go about my life and keep it to myself. I dont want to make my family feel like they are the cause of anything. wich they are not.

To all the lonely ladies out there. I understand what you are going through. Iam deeply sorry for all your lost. However, if this helps and is something you are cable of doing,try spending time with some children or elderly who are less fortunate than we are. Children are the best mecdines when it comes to loneliness. Hear their stories and laughs, it takes away a lot of pain. See the world through their eyes. Give them just a little back of your time and see how much love you get back in return. All the best to all.

I'm extremely lonely and no one gives a crap. My heart always races when I sleep. I guess I won't have a long life after all. I'm 39 and have never really been in love, no one's reciprocated either. It has nothing to do with looks, I am prettier than most, I just don't trust people a whole lot. It sucks, but what can you do?

yea i've felt lonely as long as i could remember i often have nightmares and one was sooo bad that my chest area hurt for an entire week i guess its true about the heart disease, i don't know what to do, I want to live long, but looking at these post..its saying otherwise.. :(

i've also been in love, but no one has ever been in love with me. its just fake relationships i guess, i never get the person being googaga over me, but i go head over hills for my mate.

Everybody who feels lonely is just a person who never found love. The sad mistake that people do is to confuse pride and sin against God with life. Only God is love and therefore love in its real meaning is an energy that comes from Him alone. A materialistic country such as USA is full with pride, lots of loneliness and depression.

Just remember that the answer to ALL life's questions and LONELINESS is Jesus Christ!
An empty spirit is a depressed, lonely spirit, and the only way to fill that VOID is with THE LOVE OF GOD!...HE will never leave you nor forsake you...And you will always be joyful no matter what circumstance you may find yourself in...TO LIVE LIFE: DO GOD'S WILL...IN ABUNDANCE, TO THE FULL, TIL IT OVERFLOWS! In every area of your LIFE...Peace. p.s. Women, don't let the Devil steal your Joy any longer...

I'm male, 53 years old, never been married. I've been in relationships before. They last for a little while and that's it. Bottom line---I've always been happier on my own. I have tons of friends and I am involved with four musical groups in my community. I play bass guitar. Why complicate your life if you don't have too.

AMEN Jasmine!! what is with all of this depression?? i feel alone sometimes too, but Jesus is ALWAYS with me no matter where I go or how I feel, He's always there, He is the one who sticks closer than a brother, i get down and feel sorry for myself sometimes but when you are like that noone is going to want to be around you anyhow!! when a woman has joy and is comfortable with herself, and has love for others, people can see that and will want to be around you! dont feel sorry for yourselves any longer, that is only the work of the devil!

AMEN again Jasmine, I think we all fell lonely at one point or another, but there is a difference in being lonely and being alone, & since Jesus Christ has been in my life He has been filling in the holes, I am currently single but I know God has a plan for my life and the husband He has for me. I have seen first hand how God has stepped in my life, and when you accept Christ in your life it is like you are on cruise control w/Jesus being the driver.
God Bless

Buy a farm...you will be so busy working you won't need anyone...and animals are great companions..I find that if you don't have family,you really don't have anybody...but,you have to pull yourself up by the chin and compare your life with poor people,children,who are homeless or live in foreign countries where the human life isn't worth much..there are people everywhere..you just have to make contact or not...go to the coffeeshop,take art classes,horticulture,get a project that you are passionate about,fight for something...and exercise..get a dog and walk..I'm totally alone,no family,raised three step children who don't talk to me since I kicked their dad out and I'm in my sixties...sometimes I just can't wait for people to leave so I can be alone...

AMEN! Jasmine, you said it! I think every one feels lonely at some point in time, but there is a difference than being alone & being lonely. Sometimes God wants that alone time to be in His presence,not a depressive lonely which is definetely a spirit. I am currently single but I know God has created a mate for me because "He that findeth a good wife findeth a good thing". Once a person starts letting God fill in the holes you will have the peace & comfort that He wanted you to have a along.
God Bless

Just want to make a short comment. This is more true for women than for most men. We are nurterers and as such tend to want that for ourselves as well. Sometimes I think the Lesbians have it all figured out! I guess if you find the right woman you could be ecstatic!! I also think a good point is made above. I learned this in Psychology in college. "babies die if they're not hugged by their mothers. we crave human contact from birth." I have to say to MiMi, If you think that you are hiding your loneliness from your kids, you're kidding yourself. My mother was one of the most outgoing people I have ever known and people adored her. She was on all kinds of depression meds. all her life, because she was so lonely living with my father. I have felt the same way most of my life, but I loved my children to death and I miss having them with me. I wish I had spent more time with them and played more games with them, but I was always trying to fill a void that could not be filled. Reach out to others! Join a group of some kind. Get some kind of counseling. Find a good church. God Bless.

The answer here is, GO FIND A CHURCH! Seek out a church where you are comfortable. God will do the rest. A church family is invaluable to those who have lost loved ones, or are lonley for other reasons. If you make the attempt, and go with an open heart, you just might be surprised at how God will work in your life. He doesn't desire for people to be alone, but each of us has to rise to our challenges (He helps those who help themselves). You can become connected to people while finding ways to use your talents and gifts to bring joy to others lives and, inturn, your own.
God Bless each of you, and Jasmine - you go girl, keep the faith!

Read this I thought it was of good help....God bless.

Hi I'm Rita I'm lonely,after 14 yrs. with one person he's decided that I'm not the one. After I helped him clean out the baggage from his life,he leaves me alone.No place to go, or live. I've just gotten back to work and have nothing.I don't have anyone to go out and do things with,because he put me here and I can't seem to get out.Anyone live in Cambridge ON looking to have coffee?

I have been feeling lonely all week. This is just what I needed. Thanks

Hi I'm Rita I'm lonely,after 14 yrs. with one person he's decided that I'm not the one. After I helped him clean out the baggage from his life,he leaves me alone.No place to go, or live. I've just gotten back to work and have nothing.I don't have anyone to go out and do things with,because he put me here and I can't seem to get out.Anyone live in Cambridge ON looking to have coffee?

I'm married for 15 years and have never felt so lonely. We have nothing in common, and we never do anything together. Not even dinner.

I got divorced almost two years; now I´m a single mom of two kids: a son who is six and a daughter two and a half. I feel that I will never be able to remake my life and remarry. I feel like the oldest twenty-nine year old. I pray every night and tell God to remember me, that I don´t want to be lonely forever. I have friends, family, and my children but they cannot fill the longing I have to share my life with someone who is willing to be my companion and grow old with me.

MY GOD!
You cant say that you're meant to feel lonely, or just 'waiting to die'. The only reason why you feel that way is because YOU are making YOURSELF that way. Yes, there's nothing worse than being stuck in a rut. I've been there myself. I've spent literally months saying not a peep, til one i though 'hang on a sec, no one else is making me feel this way.. ITS ME' and i got up. took a shower, went and found something fresh and happy to wear, made up my face, got a hair cut and said 'im not wasting my life, saying poor me'.

Loosing someone you love is tough, but think about them. would they really want to you to be moping about, waiting to die? NO!. They lived for you! they wanted to be around YOU! because YOU were ALIVE.

So get off your sorry arses and get outside, go get counsselling, volunteer, get a dog, a cat, a bird, a goldfish a snake. Go CRAZY! do something that lands yourself in jail for a night. Do something out of the ordinary. YOU DESERVE IT!

Get off the F**king computer NOW!

I've been lonely here and there these past months, searching for something to entertain myself with and to also form hobbies. Working a job would help, I'm unemployed, trying to find employment, and I've been enjoying the company of friends.

Volunteer work too, I'm looking into that.

I ended up "going separte ways" with a guy I was with and since then battled my way through tough times, I'm still there but feeling lonely is definately a huge risk spiritually as well as mentally for women. The physical side effects are even worse than I'd imagine after reading this article, I'm just understanding many of the inner causes that could relate to being "stressed" with lonelyness.

Exercise helps regulate the heart and steadies the mind. If we could focus on ourselves with the mindset we have while running, we could control our emotions better, running for me is a focus inside and out. A focus is a channel to how we feel and depending how strong the focus is we can channel into our emotions.

I like interaction with people but from personal experiance typing helps let out my emotions, although writting does too the act of typing is my prefered method. There are many ways to trigger into focus, even when emotions cloud it there is always a way.

I am a military wife. We moved here a year ago, and I work with some pretty odd people, so no friendship prospects there. This is one of the worst duty stations that I have ever gotten stuck with. Some support the military, this area does not. I have never been this lonely in my life. I am so sad I don't get out of bed on the rare days I have off. Much of it is that I was unable to forge friendships at work like I have in the past. These women are all in cliques here and i guess its made making friends impossible. I have had no trouble in the other places we've lived. I am glad to have read this article. I have find another job, and make some friends.

I am a military wife. We moved here a year ago, and I work with some pretty odd people, so no friendship prospects there. This is one of the worst duty stations that I have ever gotten stuck with. Some support the military, this area does not. I have never been this lonely in my life. I am so sad I don't get out of bed on the rare days I have off. Much of it is that I was unable to forge friendships at work like I have in the past. These women are all in cliques here and i guess its made making friends impossible. I have had no trouble in the other places we've lived. I am glad to have read this article. I have find another job, and make some friends.

Mary, I can understand how alone you feel. I was married for 15 years and together with my husband for 21 years altogether. He, too was my first and only love. I am not involved in any physical relationship but can assure you that finding God is the best thing that can happen to you. Of course you miss the physical presence of your mate but you are constantly assured that God is with you and you rarely feel that loneliness. Try interacting with young persons, other widows, volunteering at youth clubs or church or community groups to help others so that you won't have entire days to focus on missing him. It is in helping another that you, too, will be helped to heal. I love you with the love of the Lord, Mary, and will continue to pray for you.

As a man, I realize I don't really fit onto this "page," but let me tell you, I have never been so very lonely in my entire life. Barbara, my wife left without warning 1 1/2 years ago. How it craters my heart to know that the very love of my life doesn't want me in hers. I've tried "getting out" and seeing others, but I made vows to Barbara that I find so difficult to break. My marriage to Barbara was the happiest day of my entire life, and now she is gone from my world, and wants nothing to do with me or the world we had made. Lonely? Yeah, I know what you folks are enduring. I too wait for death--at some times earlier in this separation, I was even trying to hurry death along, but I'm still here. Why? I don't know, but I'm still here. Death, however, will not bring me closer to her; she's still alive. So I remain with the hope, the increasingly futile hope, that she will realize that the one guy who loves her is me.

To those who have been married, are currently married and are in great marriages....please don't judge those of us who haven't had the pleasure of someone loving them in return. This is coming from someone who was rejected by her first real boyfriend, played by a guy who deceived her into thinking he was single--he was in fact, engaged; dumped by a guy who was 3 years her junior for an older woman with kids; verbally abused and neglected by her fiance whom she found out was gay; used by a guy who claimed to be a bishop in the church--he married another woman because she had money while pretending to still be single; having another guy who specifically wants to talk to you, as in starting a possible relationship, only to completely disappear from the map one month after speaking to you once face-to-face, but not before he rudely dismisses you on the phone when you call to see if he's okay--and he was the one who asked you to call him when he got home...the list goes on and on...Loneliness is a way of life at this point because it's actually only slightly less painful than being hurt, disappointed, or dumped time and time again after you keep getting your hopes up. It's the story of my life! The only man I can depend on is JESUS CHRIST! He's the only man who's never crushed my heart, taken advantage of me, neglected me, and He's NEVER abused me!!!

As a 17 year old boy, I find that loneliness is just an emotion that can be overcome by none other than you. I too also go to church regularly, have many friends there whom I always hang out with. I also have friends in school whom I always laugh and play with, regardless of race or religion.

So I guess that the only obstacle to overcome loneliness is yourself. You can always pray to the Lord regularly for help in your daily life and maybe even to ask the Lord for more joyous moments that you want to spend with your friends that you can always look back to no matter how old you have become.

I know that I may be young and still not too aware of what is the real world out there but I do hope that you people would take my advice to heart and hope that you guys would not have a lonely life anymore.

yes, i have been very lonely my whole life. i feel like i have accomplished nothing in my life, graduated from college, and work. i have never had any close friends, i wonder if it is because i grew up w/ an abusive and strict father, and so i am painfully shy and have almost no self confidence. for me, life seems hard. i often cry alone and hide in my room. it is a bit tough to make new friends here.

my bf and i were forcedly separated by our parents.,..,he's my only companion in lyf.,,
my parent sdont lyk me .,,they hate me a lot so they dont want me be hapi..,.,
i wanna die

I was lonely all through my marriage of 26 years and finally split with him. After a couple of years I met a man who makes me laugh and smile tells me he cares about me alot and has even mentioned marriage, but he admits he doesn't love me. I feel that I can't let this guy go but can I live without love? We are so alike and have so much in common and what we want in the future is the same is it enough?? Or am I going to be lonely again???????????

i stopped schooling just find o job to dupport my ELDER brother in his studies., at the age of 16 i was working as a sales staff,.,
but they aways puts the blame on me on how our lyf become so miserable.,.,
since i dont remember anything wrong that ive done .,.,

IM A 34 YEAR OLD BLACK FEMALE AND ALL MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN LONELY I DONT TRUST PEOPLE AND I DONT HAVE ANY FEMALE FRIENDS BECAUSE BLACK WOMEN LIKE TO KEEP UP SO MUCH DRAMA AND MY BLACK MALES AREN'T TRUTHFUL OR FAITHFUL. WE LIVE IN A WORLD WITH MEAN AND CRUEL PEOPLE THAT DO AND SAY HURTFUL THINGS SO WHY DEAL WITH ANYBODY.I RATHER BE ALONE THAN TO DEAL WITH STUPID A-- PEOPLE

halen,
he cares a lot for you but he doesnt love you???
.,..
i my case we both love each other yet.,, we were separated by our parents.,., i have'nt seen him for 2 days.,, we havent bken up yet since we havent seen each other after a serious confrontations of our guardians.,
for now im so lonely.,, hes not dropping in my work.,., coz he's forced to stay home

i wanna die

i think i'm going 2 hav a heart disease or start cutting myself sooner or l8er, man, that hurts when ur very very lonely...

i think i'm going 2 hav a heart disease or start cutting myself sooner or l8er, man, that hurts when ur very very lonely...

i think i'm going 2 hav a heart disease or start cutting myself sooner or l8er, man, that hurts when ur very very lonely...

I know how you all feel about lonliness. I also suffer from that. each day I try to make myself busy and forget about it.I woring long hours if I can, and I never want to go back home, if I don't have a son whoes is my whole life. I'm marry for 12 years, but we are not the same page anymore. My husband doesn't like to do any things beside stay at home, watch TV, Sleep and eat. He doesn't like eat on the table becasue I when he eat he need to lay on bed and watch TV, after that he go sleep. From 12 years of maried I can count how many time we eat together. may be about 200 times. I really suffer and lonly. I don't really know what to do. I want to divorce, but my son is too young. I guess I have to wait until my son is get older. Please pray for me.

i think i'm going 2 hav a heart disease or start cutting myself sooner or l8er, man, that hurts when ur very very lonely...

why just women? Loneliness never affect men, or men are never lonely? Boo!!!

For some people, online chats with friends (not as the only mean of communiction, but as part of it) is as much satisfying as an in person or phone conversation...There is no need to generalize everything in this world...people are different! DRAMA!

Loneliness and being alone are two very different things!

befor you was bone god have make you what you will bee ok wait for your owu dance is comeing ok am still single but need you to stop those coment ok you must know me today or tomoro

people who feel that lonely should like go out more!! or like read some book!!

Today is my 29th anniversary, or should I say, would have been. My husband was a cheater and cheated my daughters and myself out of the life we had always hoped and planned for. We have been divorced for 3 years, but still I am lonely, I am hurt, and I am sad.......I pretend not to be so that my family and friends won't worry. Lonely can happen even if you are never alone. And lonely is the worst emotion, because it is so hard to recover from.

god bless u linda and abby.
the worst is to have ur family blame u for everything tt happens. but there are people who care. people whom u dont even know. and god.

be strong, believe that u can pull through. god will take care of u.

You can either be married and bored or single and lonely. I have been in long term relationships and they get really boring really fast- I would rather be lonely and well, that's what i constantly am, but thinking of the alternative makes me sick to my stomach!

those of you who are married and feel lonely...be warned divorce is not the answer...it will only make you even more lonely. When I was married i did not see a great deal of my husband, but i always knew he was there, and i did not feel alone in the world. Since he left in November 2003 I have been more alone then ever before. As a single mother you no longer fit anywhere. Married people shun you, singles think you are dull as you have kids, men run from you as god forbid they should have to care for another mans child. Even your own parents will not understand. If they are still happily married they (and many others) will mutter sympathetic platitudes like "well at least you have the children" or "you'll meet someone else". Never do they seem to realize that the lonliness you are dealing with after divorce is unlike and greater then any other kind. Even those who have lost loved ones to death have it easier, as they are thought of sympathetically...it was not their fault that their spouse passed away. With divorce it is always at the back of peoples minds that it must have been someones fault. There are of course cases where the woman actually wanted to be divorced. But in a case such as mine where it was a heartbreaking soul destroying nightmare that caused me to lose my job, my house my sanity and all feelings of caring about life, it makes the pain even worse to know that people will think it was my fault. He had an affair and left. he is fine now. And happy as shit with his new family. Meanwhile his old family suffers. His children will never again know a father. His daughter became a mother at the age of 14. His youngest only one when he left feels cheated.All my dreams of a normal life are gone now as I don't believe in anything anymore and am wise enough to know that any further relationships would be pointless. Even if by a miracle I was to find a man willing to take on 3 children and a grandchild, it would not be the same. He would not be their father, and it would be selfish of me to risk hurting them by having someone like that around. Step families rarely work..so why take the chance of making things worse.

So yes I am lonely and always will be. If you are married, stay married. I would give anything to be back there just for one day.

I was married for 15 years and now we are divorced and I have two children. I do not have any family except for my children and I realize that I am alone, without any help raising both my kids. I have to say, though, these are the cards I am dealt and I want to play them. My kids are amazing and I feel blessed. Sometimes I feel lonely, but I do not want that feeling to take me over. So, I go out, run, read a book and smile at a stranger. Reading my bible really helps, and when I remember to do it, the word of God takes away all the lonliness. Someone asked me once if I ever suffered a broken heart. Sure, my story if I were to tell it can be heartbreaking, but I did not allow my situation to break my heart. I have come to see that my state of mind dictates my reality and since I have control of my thoughts, I try my best to live as if I were never hurt and think as if I am the luckiest person on earth. I can't give advice, since each person has his own pain to deal with and it is not easy, I can only say, giving up or allowing your feelings to guide you can weaken your spirit. Philipians tells us to think on the pure and happy thoughts and this really helps.

I am disturbed about these numbers of women. I am also concern about those who seem not to trust anybody. I will be happy to get in touch with anyone of them through my e-mail or you let me have theirs so that I can get in touch of them

Ugh, I'm 16 and I feel so darn lonely.
I think this article is right. The Internet is increasing our loneliness.
Since my mom left to work overseas, I increase my time online.
I dont have a social life, and I dont know how to interact.
But whatever, me and my "friends" dont have anythin in common.
Waiting for myself to move to a bigger city... awh what the heck!

Jackie and Rita, you two need to talk. Gordon and Cyndy get together and have a chat also. Ben 17 God bless you boy. I pray that you always keep that positive sense of yourself and life. Thank God you haven't seen yet how hard it can get. Abby and Cay, I am not a genius or a counselor, but I can tell you from experience, you need to stop defineing who you are by another person. FOCUS on yourself and get out there any way you can and take all of the positive things you can from this life as quick as you can!! Enjoy! Help others!! There is always someone out there who needs help, more than you. Same for you Julie. I am very worried about you. Stop beating up on yourself and go somewhere and get some help! Linda!! Your son is no excuse!! Your son will turn out just like his father if you stay with this MORON. I left my cheating,abusive,alcoholic husband when my youngest was 2. I had 4 children to support and lost everything! There are people out there who will help you. My boys thank me today for getting away from their Sperm donor. That is all he ever was. it took me 11 years to finally wise up, because I didn't want to break up my family and have to support a family on my own. I wanted a real family, but that was not going to happen. Save yourself and your son! You are stronger than you think! You are all on my prayer list now.

Sorry, I forgot! Nashawna, I wish I could meet you girl. The only thing I hate about this contact here is that you can't reach anybody here unless you leave and email address, which is a bit scarey for alot of reasons. I'd like to show Nashawna that there are people out there who do care and can be trusted. All I can say Nashawna if you ever see this that is, is get involved in a group that is there to help others. If you get in the right group, those are the people you can trust. Heartbroken and Lonely but never alone please get into a group for Co-dependent females. That is what you need. That is what I did before I left my husband and it saved my life! God bless you both. Praying for you all.

it is nice to hear that there are other ppl out there who feel the same as i. ppl always tell me "u are young, the world is ur oyster," but it is truly hard to live life when i am depressed and painfully shy and have a hard time making friends. I am socially awkward and do not feel comfortable in a room full of people socializing, which is really sad, because i think i am missing out on a lot. but here in socal, i find that it is hard to meet ppl when u are not in college nemore. i spend my days alone, try to keep busy, or go to the bookstore to read magazines to pass the time. i cry a lot. loneliness hurts. and boredom really does kill. i truly wonder if my life will be like this for the rest of my life. it is strange but sometimes, i think i sabotage myself, when something good comes along. i dont want to but for some reason or another it is my behavior. perhaps because i had an abusive and overly strict and controlling father, i have become painfully shy and withdrawn and an extreme recluse. i cry because i know i am wasting my life away, and yet it is so hard to change. i hope some ppl out there can relate to me.

When I was younger, I was really shy and awkward with people around me. I would usually prefer to keep to myself and think to myself how people actually think or feel whenever they are around me.

But all that changed when I met the the LORD where I prayed one night with all my heart that I wanted to have more self-confidence, and to behave just like how others do. And from than on, I started to socialise more with other strangers and made many new friends whom i still hang out regularly this days.

Nowadays, I too would also think about how I was like in the past and would sometimes laugh at old self for the many things that I have done. And also wondering what type of person I would have became if not for that night.

And so I hope that you people would be able to ask the LORD for his help and someday you guys might understand it too!