HOW TO OVERCOME LONELINESS?

Many people misunderstand the word loneliness. Loneliness and being alone are interrelated. But let me clear this thing loneliness and being alone does not have anything to do together. There are chances that a person who is alone does not feel lonely at all, and a person feels lonely even after surrounded by a bunch of people. Today, on this topic, I will share some tips about how to overcome loneliness.

All of us have experienced loneliness once in our lives, even when surrounded by people. Since social media has expanded, personal contact among people has decreased. With a rapidly changing world, it is getting hard for all of us to cope up with it.  

Many people are experts in handling the feeling of loneliness, but not everyone can manage the feeling of loneliness, which may gradually turn into depression.  

So, before this loneliness turns into depression, here are some points that can help you out to deal with loneliness. 

Tips To Overcome Loneliness

Connect With People Who Understand You

I understand it is hard to connect with the people when you feel lonely, but it is an essential part to connect with such people who understand you. You can overcome the feeling of loneliness alone, but it is an add-on benefit if you have someone with whom you can share your problems and who understand you better than anyone else.  

Reschedule Your Days

You cannot expect a change in you if you are not willing to change your daily schedule. Once you start working on your planned schedule, you will be busy enough not to feel lonely. Remember, do not be just busy. Be more productive. It will not only keep you occupied. But also help you to cope up with loneliness.

Build A New Habit Or A Hobby 

If you have enough time. So, find a good habit which brings happiness, and if you are highly occupied, I would recommend you take some time out from your busy schedule and build a new habit or hobby. It will help you in a great way to stop feeling lonely. Doing something out of your interest gives immense pleasure, and when you keep yourself occupied in a new habit, it helps you to overcome loneliness.

Practice Exercise Or Yoga

As per the study, exercise or yoga releases a happy chemical into your brain. So, when you practice exercise or yoga on regular basis, it will keep you happier than before. Keeping your body active not only keeps you joyful, but it also keeps you healthy, fit, and more confident about yourself, which also helps in dealing with loneliness. 

Involve Yourself In Outdoor Activities 

Staying indoors all day is bad for health. When you stop going out in daylight, it affects your brain adversely. According to the study, it is said that a person who does not go out during the daytime feels more depressed than those who go out daily. So, it is necessary to involve yourself in outdoor activities. 

Keep A Check On Yourself

When you keep on focusing on other people, you tend to feel lonely. Rather than focusing on others, try to focus on yourself. Keep a check on your regular activities, thoughts, and focus on your goal.

Be Helpful To Other People

The human mind work in a very different way. When you see others suffering you, least focus on your pain so, when you are available to other people and help others. You would least focus on the way you feel. Helping others gives a tremendous amount of pleasure, which helps in overcoming loneliness.  

Learn To Stay Positive

No one in the world is born negative or positive. It is a regular practice that makes you what you are. You would not be positive on day one, but one day you will learn to stay positive.  

Spend More Time On Experiencing New Things

When you involve yourself in new things or activities, you stay busy, and when you keep yourself occupied. You tend to think less about negative things in your life, and you think more about growing.

Have A Goal

Before you reach, somewhere you have to create your way and to create your way, you must have a vision. You cannot just walk around and expect to reach your destination. Be it short term or long term, have a goal. Once you keep yourself busy in achieving your goals, you will feel less lonely.

Be Kind To Yourself

When we hear other’s problems, we act kindly to them. On the other hand, when it comes to ourselves, we think quite harshly. Learn to stay humble and kind to yourself as much as you stay with others. Nothing in the world can be accomplished overnight, give yourself time.  

Live In The Present Moment

We panic when we think more about the future and feel sad thinking about the past. It is good to have goals but, always living in the future may make you anxious about it. Similarly, the past is a happy place to visit but not a suitable place to stay. When we learn to live in the moment, we learn to overcome aloneness.

Stop Giving Important To Materialistic Things

In today’s time, everyone is so busy earning so that they can spend money on materialistic things. Stop finding your happiness in materialistic things and start investing your money in experiencing new things and making yourself a better person.  

So, here were a few points that may help you to overcome loneliness.

If you cannot feel happy with yourself, no one else in the world can make you feel good. In the same way, no one can complete you until you cannot complete yourself. The day you stop feeling lonely alone, you would stop feeling lonely with people too. Try to fill that gap yourself. 

Everyone has their reason to feel lonely, but you can overcome it with the help of the points I have mentioned.