Sometimes spending time by yourself is truly healthy and helpful. It’s a good time to engage in a dialogue with yourself where you can think, reveal real emotions and refresh. That is great if that’s your case, but loneliness can also take a different form and turn into a painful experience, making you act irrationally and experience deep sadness or even despair.
The feeling of loneliness lives in your body and mind and is mixed up with a bunch of the half-truths - your thoughts which may reflect the reality or not. It means by working with only your perception and feelings you can change your vision and somehow tackle loneliness. Do you feel the power you can use to help yourself feel better? Engaging in meditation is a great way to be with your sensations and thoughts, and here are four tips to help make your practice more smooth and effective.
Trying to escape from loneliness, you only put yourself in a trap. Remain open to this feeling, and it won’t seem so terrifying. Getting closer to your inside world will help quickly respond to loneliness without hurting yourself.
You may be passing through a dull or uncomfortable experience, so take care of yourself. Let yourself express all the emotions 100% and be in different states, don’t blame yourself and be supportive.
Stop looking for explanations. There may be a bunch of reasons, but the fact is that you feel lonely. The reasons are subjective products of your great imagination, while your feelings are very realistic, and working with them is the most effective treatment tool.
Immerse yourself in total silence and remove any background noises or other distractions, and stay in this state for a period. Ten minutes is a good start. It is a good practice to be fully present with what’s happening and get in touch with your mind.