Anyone else feel this way? I think on paper it probably looks irrational.
I just feel really lonely, to the point that it’s in the pit of my stomach. One of the things I have in my head is that everyone has lots more friends and family than me, and is having a great time.
I’m married, got DC and a couple of friends. I’ve a very good friend but she lives a few hours away. I’ve another good friend locally who I see once a week or fortnight. I’ve a couple of others who I see once a month or every 6 weeks.
I don’t have any extended family where I live and don’t see them very often. I’ve a very sociable job and work 4 days a week. As a family we do lots of outings together, even though my DC are late teens - cinema, concerts, dinner.
So why then do I feel so alone?
I see people out with their mums (mine is dead), their sisters, having coffee with friends and I feel left out, or that I’m a bit weird as I don’t have as many friends as others seem to have.
I wish I could take a pill to make the feeling go away, or just realise that I’m lucky to have what I have and I am gravely misinformed about everyone else’s social life.