Due to loneliness, anybody can go to depression, which can cause some major mental health issues.
Depression and loneliness are often two sides of the same coin and creates a negative thought process. Depression often leads to loneliness and vice versa. When someone feels lonely, they tend to create and put themselves in a cocoon, detached from the real one. Loneliness occurs when someone is neglected. Feeling lonely is a common phenomenon and can be experienced by any age or gender. Here are some tips to deal with loneliness in healthiest ways.
Overcoming your emotions: Loneliness triggers because in-explicit emotions gushes through your mind making it difficult to perceive optimistically. Avoid thinking emotionally for a while and keep aside the disturbing thoughts and think of the good things that persist in your life.
Talk a long walk: Seek for solitude for a short period of time in order to develop your own will that can make you feel rejuvenated. Help yourself to change your state of mind by going for a walk or meditating.
Focus on productive activity: You can walk down the street sobbing how lonely and hopeless life you have or you can think of things you are blessed with. Start observing things that mean something in your life and spend time on activities that will prove to be productive.Read your favourite books or indulge yourself in learning something new.
Get some sunlight: Go for a morning walk or jogging, exposure to morning sunlight will increase the level of vitamin D in your body. Vitamin D helps fight depression by giving you energy and relaxing your skin pours.
Laugh it out: As they say laughter is the best medicine, try it in your life. Laughter releases endorphins in our body and lets out the anger and if you are feeling depressed, laughing will help you revive your life.
Physical Exercise: Participate in sports or some physical activity that will help let loose your stress and mental trauma. Involving in such activities will augment sportsman spirit in you, which is essential in our lives.
Beat Loneliness with Music: Listening to the pleasant and joyful music will help reverse your lonely mood. The brain is programmed in such a way that thinking about one bad thing recollects another and music provides a great intervention and breaks this sequence. When you’re concentrating on the music you hear, then it’s strenuous to focus on other negative thoughts. Listening to your favourite music boosts levels of the hormone dopamine. Dopamine makes us excited and motivates us.
Set a Goal: Set an aim as to what you want to achieve in life and work on ideas that would help you progress.
Be Optimistic: Optimism captivates positive energy, and at some or the other point you get what you sow, then why not surround yourself with positivity.
Spend time with loved ones: Loved ones are usually available and may provide an exceptional outlet to be you without worrying of being judged. Welcome your loved ones to comfort you at the times of loneliness, and build a strong companionship with them.
Keep in touch with you own self: Know thyself and for that you need to be in touching with you true self. Meditation or just being silent for sometime everyday can really help in knowing yourself much better.
Let go of things: Curiosity makes things worse. Stop trying to know everything around you that will only make you feel lonely and depressed. Let go of things that bother you and instead focus on making yourself happy.
Forgive and Forget: Grudge and rage does nothing but harms you and what’s the point of doing so? Have a mantra in your life, forgive, forget and move on.
Pop your bubble: Some keep a bubble around them to avoid interaction with anyone but they fail to understand that they are isolating themselves from the world. There is no point in doing so. Socialize a little and reach out a hand to your friends and family.
Love yourself: You should always keep in mind that the best person who knows you is ‘you’. Love yourself for what you are and if required be open to change as well. Self-change will succour you to evolve as a person.