I have been isolated for about 6 months now.(no friends) Has anybody else been isolated, and how long?
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nov 2019 to march 2021 i had no friends, just my roommate (who is… not the greatest.) . anyone i would try to talk to would just disappear or i would isolate myself from them because of insecurity and delusions. isolation sucks butt, i wouldnt wish it upon anyone. if you ever need someone to vent to, this forum is always here for you. im also open to PMs if you really need someone.
while its not ideal, i found that trying to talk to different online communities can help. even if its not a permanent friendship, youll at least have someone to talk to. eventually, youll click with someone and theyll be your best friend for life; even when youre at your lowest/most unstable. i personally learned that being alone helped me really sort out my own issues and problems so i could get back into socializing with less stress and unrest on my plate. im a believer that you need a healthy balance of alone-time and time with others.
i sincerely hope that your circumstances broaden, allowing you to find the best of friends! be well and safe!
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Mine has bn going on 2 yrs now. I’m introverted but I hate feeling so alone some days.
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24/7 solitary confinement for 5 months in jail. Cell was about the size of a walk in closet. Let out for 15 minutes a week into the empty block to take an ice cold shower. They gave me only 1 of my 4 meds so I went absolutely crazy and hallucinated more powerfully than any other time in my life.
I wouldn’t consider living alone isolation, because you have stuff to read and watch and you can use the internet and the phone. I lived on my own for a year after getting out but I talked to family on the phone regularly and they visited me, so it wasn’t really torture the way solitary was.
Covid definitely makes everything feel more isolated for sure, but that’s another topic I guess.
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I live in my room for years in parts of my life.
My first big isloation came when I turned 18 I got first diagnosed.
It was basically just family mother grandmother brother for four years.
Went to college at 22. then from 2008 to like May 2019 I was isolated with just my mother and brother and grandmother. My grandmother passed away the isolation became just my mom and me.
Now everyday I been going out and seeing society but it changed from 2005 or when I last isolated to now.
I also got on put new meds for the first time.
since I was a teenager.
I’m alot better now than before even during isolation and my grandmother being alive. But Im still somewhat isolated.
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I have a group text with my three siblings, talk to the pdoc once a month, a therapist each week, talk on the phone to my mom, call the crisis center every now and then, see cashiers some I known for years, see management every now and then, strangers on the street, stores, and the library. Sometimes dogs acknowledge me who are being walked.
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Dont see no-one for days. Which certainly aint great for my mental health.
Theres a couple of people that will see me, but usually they are on their arse, and want food or money. Does not do my self-esteem any good.
Im the classic billy-no mates. Not that i want sympathy - i just have that personality, that sooner or later they usually will take an emotional dump on my head.
What were you in jail for? Just curious
Let’s just say schizophrenia and Asperger’s Syndrome never really helped with the social isolation.
I haven’t been actually isolated in the sense, but I have been isolated by “friends” while having my negatives. Like for instace they will occasionally chat something stupid but when I suggest we go somewhere they are always busy and can only meet me for a coffee for 30min 2x a year. At the same time they are going to places with other people, sending me pictures and complaining that their other friends don’t give them enought attention while they are doing the exact same to me. When we do see each other for 30min they are talking non stop and if I give them advice it is always ignored like I didn’t even say it. When I was suicidal they completely cut me off and didn’t even bother to message if I’m even alive. This year I cut them off and feeling waaay better
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I’ve been isolated many years. Don’t really have friends and have stalkers who want me to be hated, because I hate them. They’re always doing evil things and claiming it’s me. I’ve never done anything to anyone in my life.
It’s horrible. 15151515
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