How often are you lonely?

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Just comparing notes, I guess...

I go between the two extremes of not caring for people, being perfectly happy on my own, and feeling lonesome.

There are times when I feel perfectly happy on my own, and then there are times when my psyche decides to remind me of how much it despises that state of being, telling me I should be with people in general/somebody in particular in order to make it go away.

When I am alone, most of the times I feel happy and do not feel alone. There are some times, but that's occasional. I feel more alone when I am in a big group, or in an activity being more around people than I normally am.

i never feel lonely. of course, never having felt otherwise, i can't give a full perspective.

It depends on what you call lonely.

I have many acquaintances I call friends: mostly housemates and former roommates. They treat me with respect. We sometimes go out to eat together or party together, but few of them share my interests, like drawing and dancing. Few of them have strong philosophical or political opinions, so they don't really talk about it.

I interact with people a lot, but there are few of them who I feel I can relate to. I'm pretty lucky overall.

I feel lonely quite often, but I find that happens whether I spend time with others or not. It seems as if I have a pretty low social need - and then only certain people can fill it. I can spend 8 hours with a group of people and still feel empty, lonely, and just annoyed. Or I could spend one hour talking to a good friend, someone I really connect with, and I won't be lonely again for weeks.

At other times I can be completely alone for days at a time and it feels refreshing and almost as if I've "recharged". I'm used to feeling lonely (I picked 50% of the time), but I find that it's often more aggravation than it's worth to find a fulfilling way to spend time with people.

I only get lonely when I see romantic couples which makes me wish I wasn't single.

Other then that I can usually keep myself busy enough through out the day so that I dont feel lonely.

I usually get lonely almost every evening.

I do meet people once in a while but I am alone most of the time. It's also easier to do math along and other activities I enjoy.

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.

I feel lonely sometimes, its usually when i see a couple of my close friends from high school who are married, and have kids. I only phone them from time to time but its hard to do due to anxiety. I feel happiest when im got my head buried in books, i love to learn.

I feel lonely when I'm attracted to someone and she isn't with me. Otherwise, rarely.

Hardly ever. And when I do, it's usually just for a few hours.

You don't have to be alone to be lonely. I feel lonely though I'm not alone, which makes being alone fairly easy.

I used to feel alone all the time... Now I have lots of friends inviting me to do things all the time, which helps a lot, but sometimes I still feel really disconnected from everyone. I've learned to accept it though. Part of being human is that no one will ever know what it is like to be you, and you will never know what it is like to be anyone else. We are all born alone, and we all die alone, in the end, but that doesn't mean special connections can't take place in between, and I try to cultivate those the best I can, with mixed results. On the whole, though, I find it's worth it to reach out.