Being bipolar and having general and social anxiety it has always been hard to have people in my life. Especially people that have a positive effect. Having zero family support, having lost contact with most friends(especially since I live on disability now), and avoiding the people that are toxic for me I find myself almost completely isolated unless it is just going out to appointments or running errands. How do all of you deal with the loneliness that mental illness brings? I try to find things during my day just to get through until the next, but that is not really having a life at all. I know that there are support groups, and therapy, but those have been little help. I've found that in my area the support groups are a mixture of mental health and substance abuse sufferers. I get very little from it. Going through the motions as best I can just to survive is sad. Is this just how it is? and everyone is looking for that something.... that person or situation that will make things a bit more tolerable? Anyway, just looking for others thoughts, how they cope. It's almost like a numb feeling anymore.... waiting for time to pass until this life is over with. Not suicidal, just hanging on and waiting...