Can Loneliness Kill You?

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I would say perhaps. Obviously everyone is different.

I don't talk to people much, not because I have no empathy, but because of fear, thanks to many lousy experiences. Yes, I often feel depressed, sometimes believing that hate has always trumped love.

So, if I don't train to be more conscious instead of thinking negatively (automatic addiction), then yes, I may end up dead soon.

Hey Nambo! I'm an Aspie and the mom of an Aspie son and I was wondering if you have anybody to talk to like a mom, child, brother, friend, etc. My son and I are very close friends. We really understand each other and nothing is ever weird or strange to the other. I know that cannot make up for the warmth of a wife or lover, but it really keeps you from becoming overwhelmingly introspective. Having another person you care about to think about and their welfare, you can come out of your head which is very healthy. Also it's sweet to know they care about you too.
I know internet friends are never the same as a live person, but if I can ever lend you my ear, I would be glad to. From one 'oldie' to another.

Thats a lovely and caring first post, which should really be about you and people would respond by saying Welcome to Wrong Planet", you must be very caring and conciderate.
I am blessed to have a social job, its the permanently empty house that gets me down, especially weekends.
I have a couple of fiends I have remained friends with since school, one I see for the occassional weekend, the other lives a way away now, none of us could or ever would talk about things like lonelyness however.

No real family, a lot of half brothers and sisters scattered around Europe, I was never close to my mother as she put me in childrens homes, though it was worst when I wasnt.

My only hope is God but he does seem to have quite high standards for exceptance, standards I can never meet, so dispair of that one hope as well.

by the way,

WELCOME TO WRONG PLANET

so far it has failed to kill me. that is mainly because i have learned how to be my own best friend. having a realdoll would be even better but until i win the lotto that ain't happening. the main thing that keeps me going is the knowledge that i chose this lifetime in advance, and that if i shirked my karmic responsibility to complete this lifetime to the best of my ability, then i'd have to live it [or something unpleasantly like it] again sometime in the future, so i'd rather get it done and overwith this time, however unpleasant.

I suppose in some mundane way, I've managed to deal with loneliness though not perfect at it yet, I've managed to get by...