So lately I’ve been feeling very lonely. To be honest, loneliness is a pretty common feeling for me. I actually have feelings of loneliness going back to when I was 13, five years ago. But now it seems like it’s been getting so much worse. I’m a 17 year old girl who has no friends or boyfriend. I guess I’ve just always been kind of an outcast in my life. I’m fat and not very pretty, so maybe this has to do with it? I don’t know. The only thing I know for sure is that I cannot take much more of this. I feel so alone. I feel so hopeless, like no one will ever fall in love with me, like I’m just going to live my life with no one at all to be close to. Anyway, today the feelings of loneliness have been possibly the worst I’ve ever experienced. I’ve been on the verge of tears all day, I’ve looked all over Google for something to help a lonely young girl like me, but all of it’s cliché advice that focuses on waiting and the future but doesn’t give anything to help my immediate situation. Things like “Be patient and you will eventually find true love” or “There’s someone for everyone”. Please! No more. The only thing I want right now is deep companionship, maybe a romantic love. Each day that goes by that I don’t have this kills a little part of me inside and makes me doubt even more that I’ll ever have anyone at all. I feel like giving up.