[ACrystalGem]

I feel my younger alters (Forest Jacq & Lizzie) all longing to be with others & be part of a family/unit today. It's after 6pm in the U.K - dark, rainy and with fireworks already going off for New Year's celebrations. I have an image of them stretching out their hands to be picked up and hugged, but nobody's here.

Outside Jacq also feels sad that this marks another year of being alone; of having nobody to sleep next to and wake up beside. I know I've done some good things this year (go to Spain & be able to communicate with people in Spanish, teach blackout poetry, and find a therapist) but I also feel like unless I have a family/partner, then I'm a waste of space.

I really hate this time of year. I'm so very lonely.

[Teddy Bear]

Don't feel your a waste of space. Those of us single people just don't have partners right now. Maybe next year you'll meet one

[Crookedspin]

I feel so much the same... here, still in daylight, an ocean away. I don't have alters, but I can feel the different parts of me crying out and "public" me trying to just keep it together.
I feel the same, and it feels crushing, it just takes my breath away, makes my stomach drop, brings tension and tears to my eyes, and makes me need to sit or lie down. I just want to empathize, and there is something to knowing others feel the same way that dissolves at least a fraction of loneliness, if not in the same way we would wish. Feliz Ano Nuevo, and I truly hope it is for you, ACrystalGem

[Amyjay]

Sorry you are feeling so lonely. I have been too. This holiday period has been a very triggering time for me and me and my alters are trying our best to remember to work together and look out for each other.
Can you take Forest Jacq and Lizzie figuratively by the hand and go to the window to see if you can see any fireworks? Maybe snuggle down with them to watch a movie with some popcorn or read stories together? Maybe they don't need to be lonely if you are all there together?