[noctiluca]

having a hard time dealing with the isolation having this illness brings.

[Junerain]

Can you join a support group, a church, a book club, a class, something that you enjoy? meetup.com is a good website for meeting people with whatever interest you have..

Please write more, this community chips away at loneliness, let us help you, we can get to know you, and you us

[noctiluca]

Thank you for replying. I was having a bad night last night, I also suffer from depression. I do attend support groups, however most of my time is spent alone in my apartment. I had to move to another city for housing, so I don't know anyone here.

I used to believe that god was sending me messages through the tv, radio and through other people. He told me he loved me and that I was to find the way home. Everybody was connected and I could communicate telepathically. Since I started meds these symptoms have subsided and I feel very lonely most of the time.

[LoveHickory]

I recently moved from the Northern US all the way to the Southern region. And then from where I was into a new apartment too. My family doesn't think too much of me because of my appearence and long hair and that I've made very close friends with the person who heavily influenced my art. They try to convince me that she is all in the mind, but I feel that she is just as real to me as God is to everyone else, if that makes the least bit of sense. I don't know, I really want to move back North though because I really miss the cold weather and snow.

[Junerain]

I, too believed God was sending messages to me through television, and I too found it a downer when the euphoric symptoms wind down..

Can you befriend someone in your support group, spend time with them? Got to meetup.com or join a church? Be proactive if you can

[JayS]

Hi noctiluca, I know how you feel... this illness does bring isolation, it's not right but it happens, they don't understand us so they fear us.

[noctiluca]

Originally Posted by Junerain

I, too believed God was sending messages to me through television, and I too found it a downer when the euphoric symptoms wind down..

Can you befriend someone in your support group, spend time with them? Got to meetup.com or join a church? Be proactive if you can

I try to be proactive but I find that ever since I got sick my social skills have been diminished.

[Junerain]

((((((noctiluca))))

I too feel my social skills have waned, how truly sad.......

[noctiluca]

thank you

Big hugs from Sardean
I am lonely too. It stinks spending days
so lonely. I have family, but they have pushed me away
because of my illness. Like they are
going to catch paranoid schizophrenia somehow.lol

[noctiluca]

((((sardean))))

[schitzo-girl626]

i am lonely also, i cant fit in anywhere. makes me very sad and i also get depressed.i hate me and i know i do. ive tried everything i can think of to get better. im so out of touch with my own brain. i hope you feel better soon.