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Fear of Being Alone – How to Let Go of Your Anxiety and also Locate Peace

There are very few certainties in this life. There are days when I don’t know if my life is real at all. The one thing I am certain about is that when it is time to leave this earth, we leave alone. If you have a fear of being alone, take heart, you aren’t alone. Feelings of being all by yourself overcome you if you allow them to.

Being by yourself should be something we enjoy. You know, like the peaceful moment you have in your kitchen in the morning, drinking your first cup of coffee. Long-term loneliness and being alone is something different. The problem is that being alone isn’t about being without someone or not. There are times when we can be with someone and still feel alone.

The fear of being alone – 10 things to comfort you when you fear being alone

We were created as social creatures by design. Meant to protect each other and to survive, we are wired to want others around. A fear of being alone sometimes does the exact opposite. Due to losing my husband, there are times when I know my fear of being alone pushes people away. A neediness and a restlessness in my soul that makes people uncomfortable.

When I am fearful of being alone, these 12 things comfort me. I hope they do the same for you…

#1 You only need one. I tell my children all the time that you only need one person in your life that you can depend on. Often, we think life is like Facebook where you need a long list of contacts and “friends” to make you feel whole and like you aren’t alone.

#2 You are capable of standing on your own two feet. Even if, God forbid, you are alone, you have two legs and are capable of making it alone. Sometimes we fear being alone because we don’t feel the power that we have within us.

When I was told that my husband had terminal cancer and I realized I was going to be “alone,” I freaked out. What I found was that when forced to stand on my own two feet, I was capable. Was I happy about it? No. I lost my best friend.

#3 Being alone doesn’t make you feel lonely, it comes from within. Aloneness doesn’t come from not being with someone. There are many times when we can be in a relationship with one or many, and still feel alone. The worst is when you are in a relationship and feel alone, or fear being alone and not enjoying what you have. To live in the moment, stop thinking that anyone else makes you feel less alone.

#4 Relish times when you can be quiet with your own thoughts. Sometimes the fear of being alone comes from the fear of being with us. If you are okay with who you are, then you should be okay with being alone.

#5 There is always someone new around the corner. Every time I lost a friend or loved one in my life, there has been someone there to help me. Whether it is the kindness of a stranger or just someone who pops in to be a friend and just as quickly pops out, it is almost as if angels are sent to us to make us feel less alone when we need them most.

Stop being afraid of losing people in your life and recognize that we aren’t here forever, that is just a fact. If you lose people, you can be sad and miss them, but that doesn’t mean that you will be alone.

#6 If you want to, there is always someone new to meet. Sometimes our fear of being alone is self-sabotaging. I find when I am fearful of being alone, I push the most important people away from me. It is almost as if I push someone away, then they won’t have the opportunity to hurt me. But, in the end, I hurt myself and perpetuate the feelings of loneliness.

#7 You can’t control if people leave, but you can control if you choose to reach out to people. Sometimes the hardest part about living is when you realize you have no control over anyone or thing but yourself. You can’t control if someone disappears out of your life.

You have two choices to make once you recognize that sad reality. You either choose to reach out to people, or you shut yourself up tight. You control reaching out, even if you can’t control people leaving you whether they want to or have to.

#8 Have you truly ever been alone in your past? Have you truly ever been alone in your life? You might have lost someone, and that made you feel alone. But, alone, like out in the woods or out on a real island?

#9 What does “alone” mean? I have six kids, so there is never a time when I am “alone.” But, alone doesn’t really mean physically alone. It means you feel like you don’t have anyone who cares. You are probably completely unaware that you have many people who love and care for you because you focus on the wrong people or not those who scream for your attention.

#10 How can you be alone with so many people around you? Again, there are billions of people on this earth. How on earth could you ever be alone? Alone, without the people you currently have in your life, maybe. Alone, as in “alone” never, that is all on you.

 

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