Are you feeling lonely? :)
0Saturday, March 12, 2011 by Adinda Medina
i think everyone has experienced loneliness. I myself feel lonely right now, though my friends are just around the corner. It's normal for us to feel lonely sometimes.
Sometimes when I talk to friends but not really in mood, just agree on what they say, though I actually son't. Sometimes I laugh even though they're not funny, just for the sake of being nice.
Sometimes when I am about to get period, when my emotion is just fluctuating all the time.
Sometimes when I'm in crowd when nobody listens to me. Even it's friends.
I feel it's better to be alone in my room. Some people do that, and some people search for crowd to comfort their loneliness.
I searched google the term "lonely" just now, and I found this interesting article from www.dailychilli.com. It tells a story about a 6-year old boy who lives alone in China because his parents die due to HIV. He himself is an HIV carrier. His only family is his granny, which refused to take care of him. No school wanted to accept him, no doctors wanted to cure him. He does his own washing, cooking and even studying in his parent's house and the only friends he has is the chicken and the god he takes care of.
What a story.
Another thing I found in google was a book by Emily White called "Lonely". She used to be an environmental protection lawyer - which was a good job, but she quit her job and studied about loneliness. She documented her loneliness into writing and published the book. One of her quote says,
"Right now, loneliness is something few people are willing to admit to. There’s no need for this silence, no need for the shame and self-blame it creates. There’s nothing wrong with loneliness, and we need to start acknowledging this through a wider and more open discussion of the state."
Another thing from google comes from www.experienceproject.com which has a blog written by everydone. I found one story about a boy feeling lonely. He hates himself because he feels like his sister hates him as well as his mom. His confidence depleted as he only heard bad stuff about him. He told himself dumb and fat and he was diagnosed to have a brain damage. He was angry and sad but his mom did not care much. All he did was to isolate himself in his room, cry and cry. At the end of story he thought that suicide was the best alternative.
What a story.
Sometimes when I feel lonely I can't help but thinking negative. Reading something like this somehow makes me realized I'm not the only one. I should consider myself lucky to have my family and my friends. And it shocked me when I hear someone wants to commit suicide. Whatever the reason is, suicide is just foolish, crime and sin.
Another thing I found in google is "lonely planet", but that's not relevant.
Another page showed me youtube video "Lonely by Medina". Shocking news, I uploaded the video here. But hey, it's a catchy song, but I swear it's not me and it's completely coincidence.
so, don't feel too miserable when you're lonely, because surprisingly, you are not alone :)
Cheers,
Medina
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