Hi lovely people. I'm just wondering how different people deal with the case of the lonelies. I watch TV (usually Netflix) and talk on some chat sites. I've made some good friends there. But it's nice to connect with real folks.
what do you think?

i usually grab a cold one, a few hits on the
pipe and play my guitar until i pick myself
up off the cold tile floor and go to my bed..

I use youtube to watch some interesting and meaniful vidoes that makes me laugh, i come to mingle2 for forum to read post and comment, infact mingle2 is amazing. I don't use anyother social media so, with my two best, am ok.

i look into my books, go into my journal, i also go to youtube and on the net to get some new music, sometimes i listen to the radio, and spotify. I also call and talk with my family, i've started being on netflix, and i discovered mingle2, and i've started looking into the forums and emailing some interesti g folks

cheers

I connect with real people through church activities and volunteer work.

ditto

Real people in Person, yes the Bestest!

I don't suffer from "the lonelies".
There's more than half a dozen bars within walking distance of my house.
If I feel like I need companionship, I take a walk.

pictures of people who might be interesting, closed eyes, and imagination ...


or music, memories of people that were interesting, closed eyes, and imagination


but imagination is always involved.

I have only ever encountered 2 kinds of people..
those who can entertain themselves and those who cannot.

The first group faces rare loneliness because they are
quick to fill the void with single activities, like
reading or YouTube.

The second group needs to have people around them constantly
filling all voids, they need that spark to feel sparks themselves.

Probably has a lot to do with how one is raised.
Like MsH says, imagination is free.

I close my eyes, stick my fingers in my ears and sing la la la la la la la!

^^^Truth^^^

I grew up on a farm in the country as the only male child.
Most of my childhood was solitary.
I got really good at entertaining myself.

Then I lived most of my adult life in a family of six.
It was always full of activities and people.

Now, I am back to a solitary existence.
I am able to keep myself entertained but I do experience periods of aloneness.
What I find helps at those times is online interactions with real people.
I belong to a whole bunch of different online communities on a wide range of subjects.
When I am feeling alone, I just message an online friend and start talking.

If you like movies and videos, Together-Tube allows people to watch a movie together and chat at the same time.
I have also watched movies with other people using Skype and Google Hangouts.

For the most part, tho, I really don't get lonely much anymore, always something to do to take my mind off it.

I don't get lonely very often, and I spend most of the time alone. The only time it sometimes hits me is in the middle of the night, in bed, when I'm trying to sleep. Putting on the radio helps.

I don't think I ever experienced "the lonelies." What I have experienced that might be related, is the occasional panic attack, that I might be alone for the wrong reasons. That I am supposed to be doing this or that, and working somehow to get some person to want to spend more time with me.

What's unpleasant isn't the being alone, it's the idea that I'm off course with my existence. Doing the wrong thing with my time. That can happen just as well when I'm in a crowd, or even with one other person, who I thought (until that moment) that I belonged with.

i usually spend more time with my children and good friends

being it is winter here ... and I have not been able to do somethings I like to do ... get out more ... I sleep ... and do not care... that I can say that anymore ... and feel bad about it ... like feeling people think your just lazy ... I say F**k you ... go through what I have been through ... then come talk to me about lazy ...

I distract myself by playing music or watching horror movies.... anything that makes me aware of being alone I just do without

I don’t have time think in loneliness, my days are so busy
I started living by my own at the age of 16-17, then I get use to it
I enjoy my time of been alone, it’s the time to do what I want, when I want to, the way I want to
So, when I want to share with some people I went to InterNations events, to dance, have a couple of drink, chat with some ladies, some fiends I have form other countries
And see if I can hook up someone, that is the truth
I’m never alone because I’m with the best person I’ve ever met
Me, and that all I need

I don’t have time think in loneliness, my days are so busy
I started living by my own at the age of 16-17, then I get use to it
I enjoy my time of been alone, it’s the time to do what I want, when I want to, the way I want to
So, when I want to share with some people I went to InterNations events, to dance, have a couple of drink, chat with some ladies, some fiends I have form other countries
And see if I can hook up someone, that is the truth
I’m never alone because I’m with the best person I’ve ever met
Me, and that all I need

I embrace it... nothing wrong with the lonelies. Avoiding it is only a temporary bandaid that eventually comes unglued. The lonelies is that part inside of me that needs tending to. Embracing and facing it leads to inner peace and not feeling so lonely anymore, imo and experience.

I reach out to others as well when I'm lonely but I also consider what would happen if I were stranded on a deserted island, with no phone, no computer, or any means of connecting with others. How well will I deal with the lonelies then? Will I be okay with total silence? Will I be okay with only my thoughts in my head? Will I be okay with just me?

By embracing it now, I can truly answer those questions and it's yes to each of them.