Lonely

[Applecrumbling]

Just need to get it out, so to speak. I'm feeling lonely. Ex h left 7 years ago now and I feel I haven't really moved forward. I'm in the same job, same home. Did meet someone else but ended it at Christmas. My confidence is low and moods a bit all over. I do exercise, have people I probably go to but I tend to cut myself off. I'm taking my son away for a couple of weeks in the summer but I'm fed up of being alone. Sorry I just needed to vent.

[Mumteedum]

Sorry you're feeling lonely. Sounds like you're in a bit of a rut? Maybe if your self esteem is low and you're cutting self off ,could you be depressed ? Maybe it's worth talking to the gp.

[Applecrumbling]

Yes I've already been to go and having counselling. I do feel stuck and like things are not going to change.

[Mumteedum]

I think the point of counselling is to help you identify what you need to change and how to do it. Is it early days?

[Flowerpower41]

My previous GP used to say that a lot of people turn to counselling when the problem is in actual fact a lifestyle problem.

I don't want to make assumptions but could it just be the social isolation of facing single parenting day in day out and cumulative to start with? I thought about CBT a few years ago but as the lady GP pointed out a lot of people find it is their lifestyle that they cannot change that brings on the depression and/or anxiety. I don't think she was just referring to single parents either.

Good luck.