ALL ONE COMMUNITY
loneliness project | Kaneohe, Hawaii
Over 60% of adults in the United States report feeling lonely. Young adults between the ages of 18 and 22 are the loneliest age group. People who feel socially isolated are more likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors like smoking and drinking alcohol excessively.
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My Mission
to admit that sometimes I am alone and it is hard, but I realize there are others who might be alone too, like me. It is my mission to see them. So in a way I am not alone.
The Story
The Devil is speaking...that was what I heard or what I thought I heard. It was not that internal voice where you kind to just speak to yourself. This was an external voice coming from outside me.
It turns out I live with Schizophrenia. Just the word schizophrenia is scary and misunderstood, but either way for the next 11 years was filled with only struggles. I felt alone, watching all my friends move forward with their lives, having a spouse and kids.
But one day I was talking with a friend and mentioned my inability to be alone, and he simply said me too, and he has a wife and kids. So then I realized it was more than a Schizophrenia thing, or a success thing, everyone has felt lonely at one point or another.
Why This?
Just bored I guess. I felt alone and wanted to connect with other people, kind of like find my tribe. Also I was interested in other peoples perspectives, like what is loneliness to them and what causes loneliness.
Do they too, try to stay busy or distract themselves because they do not want to feel lonely. Am I running away from that feeling. Is loneliness a natural feeling, or is there something wrong with me.
Fear and love push me into doing many different things. Is the fear of being lonely directing what I do and how I spend my time. Does it affect my peace of mind. Am I controled by it.
On a side note I thought people would feel less alone, if they heard stories from other people who felt lonely, and to realize they are not the only one, and that many people from all walks of life are somtimes lonely.