So this is way off from the fat acceptance topic, but how do you handle loneliness?
Lately it seems like the only physical human contact I have is at the end of a boffer. And even just chatting and doing something with other people it seems like all I have is work or amtgard (has to do with the boffers). I don't hang out with friends because the friends that aren't 500+ miles away are all really busy, sick all the time, or not really friends at all. And if I said a word of this to my family, my mother would just say, "Well you chose to go to school out there." I go to work and come home to an empty silent apartment. I cook and sit down at my dinner table and eat by myself almost every single night. I can probably count on my fingers how many times I've had meaningful face to face conversations with people I care about in the last four months.
So I guess I'm not handling my loneliness very well.
I used to get very lonely and bored too. But I started to find the things I needed within myself more and then for some reason... more people are in my life than ever before. I have to consciously fight for time to just chill, you know?
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to articulate, but there is a definite shift in thinking that I had that has left me with a much fuller perspective on life.