- People watching, craving contact (visiting a park to feed birds, sitting on the porch)
- Wearing comfort clothes
- Using books, the Internet, or TV to generate a feeling of interaction
- An expression that crumples when people show affection for one another
- A pain in the chest
- A downcast gaze
- Tears, sadness, depression
- Giving an abnormal amount of love and attention to someone or something (daily visits to a neighbor, treating a pet like a baby)
- Bingeing (overeating, hoarding, buying unnecessary items)
- Frequently calling family or friends
- A willingness to talk to strangers just to interact--at the grocery, in the library, etc.
- A disinterest in one's appearance or an abnormal interest in one's appearance
- Slumped shoulders, limp posture
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7 comments:
I hope that you're not feeling lonely today. :/
Thanks for visiting my blog!
Funny emotion for Thanksgiving! I hope there was little loneliness in the world yesterday!
Great stuff here. Thanks!
LOL Jill and PJ--this is my bad. I was just following my list in order, not really thinking about what day it came up on. Being Canadian, I had my Turkey day a month ago so I just didn't clue in.
Thanks for stopping in Laura!
Thanks for this one, my heroine is going through this right now and I couldn't describe how she was physically coping... now I can!
I've just been browsing around because I just found it, and this site is amazing! I know you get told it a lot but praise is praise, right? :)
I felt so lonely myself reading this list. I'm just. Well. This site is excellent. That's all.
Suzy x
Glad it helps, Nat! And welcome, dumpedbyahallucination!
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