Dealing With Loneliness and/or Depression

I once read that loneliness effected more people in the world than all the diseases put together. Of course I add depression to this list. So, I agree that depression and the feeling of loneliness can and is the disease affecting the world that hardly anyone addresses. It’s a disease that most are embarrassed about even more than telling someone you have Aids.

You see when someone is lonely or depressed they can be embraced by many friends who love them and they may have lots of money. It has nothing to do with either. Loneliness and depression are deep inside the soul and a mental condition.

I never understood it until it affected me. I have the greatest man anyone could ask for and my life in general is very good. We are not rich nor poor we have family around us and overall everything is like everyone else. But there is this emptiness within, that is very difficult to explain.

Someone who is lonely or depressed has a body but a dying or deal soul. They are here but no longer living. It’s like a tree with a hollow trunk. Sometimes people who are lonely/depressed turn to drinking, drugs or sex. Some turn to doctors for medication that basically makes them numb. Some do both and eventually take their lives way before it’s their time.

I am not afraid to say I am dealing with loneliness/depression. I have for the last 6 years. There are days I cry all day. The smallest of things can turn me into an emotional state. Lots of times I am here, but not no longer living. I experienced this when I was a teenager and what helped me was I tried to stay busy. Lonely/depressed people tend to have lots of time on their hands; thinking is their enemy not friend.

I got married had children traveled the world stayed in the best of hotels and eat of the best food. Then I was lonely/depressed again when I had nothing to do! I came out and made the decision to live my life the way and was lucky enough to find Robert and the cycle ran its course again. During this transition I again dealt with loneliness/depression.

Today after a nervous breakdown and two auto accidents I again find myself with time. And time is my enemy. This time its associated with physical pain, night tremors, loss of memory etc. So I am looking to blogging to stay busy and maybe sharing my experience can assist others and me.

My dad was an alcoholic, womanizer and died at an early age of 42 or so I am told. I believe it was related to his liver. I now find myself with similar issues, though I don’t consider myself an alcoholic, there are many other diseases that affect the liver, lungs, heart etc.

It seems the best way to deal with loneliness/depression is for everyone to remember those around them. Tell them you love them and stop by to say hello. People get so busy in life, they forget their parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, nephews etc. When you think of someone, call them and say you were just thinking about them.

The electronic world was suppose to relieve us and free our time, instead it has eaten every minute of life. There went the Sunday family get together, vacations or retreats. We have become a world of pills, and therapists!

It's a shame for there is so much to live for and when your lonely/depressed none of it matters. I believe that the masses of people busy with their computers and iphones/blackberry’s will become the next generation of lonely depressed people. One day all that will be taken away and you won’t know what to do!

Build relationships and a circle of friends not related to you electronic device, for when all is said and done that is who will help you stay away from being lonely and depressed.