If you are reading this article, it means you have fallen into the deep dry well of loneliness and are desperate to come out of it. Your willingness to come out of this well is a positive sign of recovery. Just read ahead and you will find some real good tips for coping with loneliness. Loneliness can be any of two types, physical loneliness or emotional loneliness. Physical loneliness can be a situation when you are left alone in a jungle, left alone home or left alone in office and now feeling bored. The second type of loneliness is one when you are not feeling like mixing with people around you and are confined to your own thoughts. You do not want to let anyone in nor want to let yourself out of your inner solitude.

Some times loneliness can be good as it provides you the opportunity of self assessment or taking a faire assessment of the situations or problems to find a way out of it.  Sometimes people seek this loneliness for similar reasons. However extended loneliness, self or forced, can harm your mental and physical well being and may even do life long damage on emotional or physical grounds. Therefore, it is not good to confine yourself to extended loneliness. You must make efforts to break the shell and meet the world around you. Here are 10 tips for coping with loneliness.

1.      Phone a Friend – Friendship is the most promising relation on earth. Not only for humane being but even other animals respect this relation the most. We are straying out of the topic. Sorry! I just want to say that if you are left alone at home or office just give a call to your friend and you will certainly be able to get rid of bore loneliness.

2.      Books & Magazines – Books are also the best friend of men, and women too. If you have been left lonely at home or office try to find out a book or magazine from somewhere. If you do not find it in desk or drawers, just order one to nearby store or fetch one yourself. If you are often left alone or this is part of your life, you can think of collecting good books and novels from wherever you can.

3.      Get a Pet – You must have heard how faithful pet animals can be for their owners. They make the best friend if you know how to deal with them. Just get your favourite pet home and it will be there to help you out of loneliness.

4.      Have a Hobby – There are always some things which you want to do endlessly. It can be painting portraits or landscapes, writing poems or stories, crafting sculptures, playing piano or just anything else. If you know your passion, keep the things ready so that you can use it when you need it. It is an important tip for coping with loneliness.

5.      Get organized – if your loneliness is an occasional gift of your spouse or family members. You know there are already a lot of things at home that you wanted to look into but had been avoiding for long because you were not getting time to do it. So why not now! Take it up! Arrange the things on your desk, wardrobe, room or house that really need to be arranged.

6.      Go Garden – Yep! The only bad thing with this concept is that you should have a garden at the first place. So if you have got a garden there is a lot to be done there for example your grass needs a cut, trees awaiting pruning, plants are looking for manure and soil needs digging. Go ahead! These things will be enough to weed your loneliness out.

7.      Repair it – There must be some things in your house that are broken or out of order now. A mixer, grinder, juicer or just a leaking tap and something alike that has been awaiting repair for long time but, despite of your wife’s several scolds, you had not been able to look at. Do it now!

In this age of super computers, a lot of new ways have emerged to your rescue when you feel lonely. It has become imperative to mention few of these things in this list of 10 tips for coping with loneliness.

8.      Television & Radio – There are hundreds of channels airing thousands of programs and movies every hour. There certainly going to be some of your taste and interest. Just put on the idiot box and see what scene you can join in. Likewise, Radio can also play a party in solitude.

9.      Internet – This is next but the best way to let your loneliness out. There are many interesting websites containing videos, stories, articles and information. The way you have found this article. Just open your PC, connect to internet and you will hardly realize a dint of loneliness.

10. iPods & Cell Phones – This is the most upcoming mantra to beat the beast. There are many things you can do with your iPods. There is music, and there are video games. There is a long list of numbers that is waiting a review and removal of unwanted ones.

These were the 10 tips for coping with loneliness but the eleventh hour tip is to do not drown in the dirty well of loneliness, give your self a hand out, and always ask yourself now what?

Picture- Dima Bushkov

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