HOW TO STOP FEELING LONELY

Step 1

Determine the reason or source of why you are feeling lonely. Write down your feelings and thoughts in a journal. Take time to acknowledge the feeling and ask yourself if you've always been feeling lonely or did you recently become lonely due to a certain situation.

Step 2
There are internal and external reasons for feeling lonely. External reasons are based on an actual physical situation in which you may not have access to people to communicate with, such as being alone in a jail cell. Internal reasons are based on your inner emotions in which you simply feel lonely but are not actually alone. Determine if your loneliness is internal or external.

Step 3
Remedy your situation by communicating with others who share a common interest with you. Join a support group, a social club, or get on the Internet and get into chat rooms or join groups in which you share a common interest.

Step 4
Go to different places, change up your daily routine and do something different in order to see and meet new people.

Step 5
If your loneliness is internal find a counselor, therapist or psychologist that you can talk to about your feelings. Read books on building up your confidence, self-esteem and/or communication skills. Join associations, go to workshops, and seminars to increase your awareness about how others may perceive you.

Step 6
Participate in work events, volunteer for non profit organizations or humanitarian groups. Do something to enhance your people skills or go to diversity training so that you'll feel comfortable around people who may be different from you, rather than feeling excluded.