Below are some selected entries made to my guestbook. I hope that perhaps you can identify with some of the sentiments expressed here.
Wow, your articles are nicely done. I went to the University of Northern Iowa and did some undergraduate work with one of my professors there on suicide issues. I picked a different field to go into for graduate school, which I am currently trudging through like yourself, but I'm still drawn to the old psychology stomping grounds. Your site was a pleasant surprise. Keep up the good work.
Julie 1/5/2004
Julie 1/5/2004
'Thank you for the information your site provided about loneliness. I had to make an investigation about this topic and your site really did help me a lot.
Although the layout was a bit confusing in the beginning, I really liked the site.
Thanks a lot.
Nils Simon 1/9/2004
Although the layout was a bit confusing in the beginning, I really liked the site.
Thanks a lot.
Nils Simon 1/9/2004
Just wanted to say that i think this site is great and really useful. I've been doing some research on loneliness for a university project, and have been able to pull off some very interesting material and information. Thank you.
Laura 1/9/2004
Laura 1/9/2004
'the site was encouraging to me. to practice what I have read will be the hard part. I am able to elaborate on my situation but I am very afraid.
1/10/2004
1/10/2004
Thank you so much for the insight into my self. After 25 yrs and every self perscribed remedy and the VA diagonsis of ptsd and survivor guilt I now actually see what may be the mortar and building blocks of my self built walls. Good luck to you and best wishes for a truely fulfilling life!
John Rugg 1/10/2004
John Rugg 1/10/2004
I found your site helpful in identifying the 'why' for my loneliness. Now that I have found this it may be possible to cope better and get rid of it. Thank you. Maria 1/11/2004
I say thank you for myself, and all those who have and will still benefit from the information you have provided here.
Forever grateful 1/12/2004
Forever grateful 1/12/2004
yes, this is a very good sight. It has helped me figure out that I'm not crazy just really lonely, I have emotional isolation.
Lisa 1/15/2004
Lisa 1/15/2004
This web site was definately informative and cool. It made me feel not so alone. It's really about not having the deep fufilling relationships that we all need, especially with friends. I seem to yearn for romantic intimacy with the opposite sex. I love to be loved. It would be nice to have some sort of discussion board
Re 1/24/2004
Re 1/24/2004
I found this sight helpful as I just wasn't aware there are so many lonely people out there. I put a piece in earlier this guestbook, I am a 33 year old female, never married, live as a recluse now, mainly due to bullying and my health has suffered in the past. I am lucky to have a few freinds and without them I'd probably end up no longer here. I do suffer with bad depression, and have done so most of my life, mainly due to loneliness and bullying. I have twice attempted suicide, and I often feel that will happen eventually. For now I just try to focus on what I have got in life, such as my parents and friends. I never tell people how bad I feel, I can put on a good front infront of other people. If you are lonely out there and reading this just realize that you are NOT alone, honest as there are so many people similar, but most won't admit it! I am one of them.
-- 1/26/2004
-- 1/26/2004
interesting web site
John 2/22/2004
John 2/22/2004
Your site just reaffirmed the sick state of my loneliness,depression & disattachment.
cbende 3/14/2004
cbende 3/14/2004
Sometimes the loneliness just gets too overwhelming. I'll be walking on the beach at the wee hours of the morning just wishing I had that special someone. Added with severe depression, it's hard to get on with my life. Your site was amazing as it described me pretty accurately. Thank you.
lonely cat 4/7/2004
lonely cat 4/7/2004
hi i got this site from one search engine let me see how i can reduce some lonliness from this planet this web site has come with some noble idea great
ashish 4/26/2004
ashish 4/26/2004
This site was very enlightening,I sent this on to others.No problems with download and this site was and is a great help to me.Keep up the good work.
-- 4/27/2004
-- 4/27/2004
The website was very interesting, informative, and organized.
Justin 6/18/2004
Justin 6/18/2004
i suffer from imense levels of lonliness. i see my friends for about six hours every 2-3 weeks. i ring them up but they always are to busy doing other stuff to talk to me. i think they leave me out somtimes or make up lies because they just dont want to go out with me. im 20 years of age and this is supposed to be one of the best times of your life. i have never had a girlfriend but have had a few one night stands. i suffer from chronic facial blushing which makes it hard for me to interact with new people especially with members of the opposite sex. i have tryed getting to know some people but they always seemed to act as though they were better than me and didnt want to hang around with me. i have had a few friends in the past but i found that they were users rather than friends and it happens with every1 i hang out with. i am pleased to know that i am not the only one like this!!! i juat pray i find some true friends that i can see a few times a week and not once every 3 weeks!!! thank you
-- 6/29/2004
-- 6/29/2004
Wow! You did a great job. I am also doing research on loneliness and alienation. It's not easy to find info in Taiwan, it is also a very small country beside China. Thank you. If you have any new and updated info can help me to finish my thesis. It'll be a great help. My thesis concerns about the relationship with depression and loneliness. Thank you!!! Drop me a line!!!!
Jennifer 7/4/2004
Jennifer 7/4/2004
This has indeed chamged my life, what more can I say.
Sabrina 7/15/2004
Sabrina 7/15/2004
I like your wed site it's very interesting and it help me out a ittle bit. I am going throw alot right now and everything seems to be geting wrost I feel alone,your wed site made me feel like am not alone. Thank you!
Jenna 7/18/2004
Jenna 7/18/2004
'Dear Sean
I visited your web in order to find more about the subject of loneliness.
Last year I finished a research about the connection between loneliness & physical activity in group among elderly people.
I liked your web a lot. It is very beautiful & I learned a lot from it.
Talia 8/7/2004
I visited your web in order to find more about the subject of loneliness.
Last year I finished a research about the connection between loneliness & physical activity in group among elderly people.
I liked your web a lot. It is very beautiful & I learned a lot from it.
Talia 8/7/2004
I really appreciate the great advice here. Especially the commentary about finding a hobby and "it's time to move on." That's all the answer a lonely person will ever need. Yep that's the ticket.
Bingo 8/27/2004
Bingo 8/27/2004
have found everything interesting - am writing my ma in psychology on loneliness, and have found your angle very exiting...
thanks for sharing this with us out there...
-- 8/30/2004
thanks for sharing this with us out there...
-- 8/30/2004
it was nice to have a site i could go to to help me feel i am not alone with my feelings of lonliness
sharon d. ENGLAND 9/2/2004
sharon d. ENGLAND 9/2/2004
I jsut want to thank you for this site. I have multiple personality disorder and feel very isolated and lonely. Your articles were very informative and helpful!
Thank you!
Sherry et al. 9/11/2004
Thank you!
Sherry et al. 9/11/2004
congrats on being a friend of lonely
haridas 9/28/2004
haridas 9/28/2004
Wonderful site!
Daria M. 10/4/2004
Daria M. 10/4/2004
I've seen a lot of good suggestions about getting up and getting out of the house to combat loneliness but how do you get started? I know I shouldn't be at home so much but I just can't stand to go places alone!
-- 10/14/2004
-- 10/14/2004
I know I'm not but I feel all alone like
I just want to sit and cry
pam 10/21/2004
I just want to sit and cry
pam 10/21/2004
'I am glad such a site exists. (My further comment just begs expression somewhere on this site!) I have dealt with loneliness since I was a child and it is now my friend. While 80% of the time I am sure I am fine alone, in the other 20% it will swoop down on me suddenly and ask me what I am doing not sharing my short life? I have no answer except that I have tried. To share this facet with this person, and that facet with that person (as no one person would share everything of course and too many cannot share anything, thinking I am an oddity.) But still I, whatever that whole jewel is, remain buried in the earth, while they have continued on. I do exist (and have learned to love the existence!); but shouldn't I, with others, ever shine?
Laitaine 10/31/2004
Laitaine 10/31/2004
Lonliness is the time when we learn the silence inside and we can be a better soul, and human, it's the breif monent of a lesson that needs to be learnt, so that we can move from the past in to the future whilst living in the present.
Angel 11/6/2004
Angel 11/6/2004
Was very happy to find your website.
-- 11/10/2004
-- 11/10/2004
Hi,
I have read the longer version about loneliness, and I found it really helpful.
I am an undergrad in psych and soc at wilfrid laurier university in Waterloo, ontario and am planning to go through grad school, as well.
I was wondering what program are you in?
I assume it is psychology, but what kind.
You are doing a great job. Keep it up.
-- 12/23/2004
I have read the longer version about loneliness, and I found it really helpful.
I am an undergrad in psych and soc at wilfrid laurier university in Waterloo, ontario and am planning to go through grad school, as well.
I was wondering what program are you in?
I assume it is psychology, but what kind.
You are doing a great job. Keep it up.
-- 12/23/2004