The Fear of Being Alone

I am sure that many have experienced the same feelings I have, in fact I am positive they have. What feelings? you ask. The fear of being alone, makes a great song title especially sung by Reba McEntire. However we all have had that same exact feeling sometime in our lives.

Even now I think about how sad and afraid I'd be if i was alone. I think women fear it more than men do. Isn't that why we women surround ourselves with friends? so we won't be entirely alone. Being alone is one thing, but what about dying alone? we are all meant to have some one to love and some one to die with or at least be with for the rest of our lives. yet so many of us die without anyone to uphold what we have accomplished. I know that no matter what we were never meant to be alone. we choose to be alone or with some one.

Loving them is a whole other ball game however. We confuse our feelings somehow and mix them up with other feelings. I believe that is why some of us have emotional breakdowns because we are so wrapped up in our feelings that we break down and actually feel them all at once. In fact I believe that depression is an onset of these feelings...we want to feel wanted yet when everyone ignores us and no one pays attention to us we tend to start feeling bad. now I'm not saying this in a professional way because I am not a professional I am just voicing my point of view.

So please don't assume that I'm right without consenting your therapist first. what I am really trying to say is lonliness hurts as much as anything else. thank you.