A deeper dive into loneliness and  chronic pain or illness. 

Another thing the sufferer might do is grieve

Lonliness and chronic illnesses can sometimes intertwine themselves with each other.

If you have ever known someone who might be battling a chronic disease or perhaps you have had one yourself, then you will most likely be able to understand this situation.

Certainly, one of the things that leads the sufferer to a dark place is that after a period of time ⏲️ people can stop calling 📞 or even coming by for a short visit.

They may  feel that after so many years they have become overwhelmed 😕 In the beginning, they were happy to offer a listening ear 👂 but as the sufferers illness showed no sign of stopping 😢  possibly it seems to them  that they have given all they are capable of as far as support. In some ways, even though they love you, ❤️ they have their own lives to lead

In some cases, if the sufferer happens to be a woman 👩 it is a possibility for a husband or boyfriend to leave because they are tired of playing nursemaid. and they want to go on with their lives with someone they can actually do things with.

Perhaps the sufferers’ parents or grandparents or siblings live way out of state, and therefore, they are most likely left out of many holidays.

This can drive the sufferer into a deeper depression. Not only having the challenge of their illness to continde with everything but also having the soul crushing feeling that this abandonment is somehow their fault.

Also.feeling like there is nothing to look forward to anymore 😕

On a personal note 📝 along with the pain, I have taken strong medication for depression and anxiety for most of my life. At some point, after taking these meds for years and years, they began to stop working. Once that happens, you only take them as a necessity to prevent psychiatric drug withdrawal even though they no longer have any medical benefits.

A therapist can sometimes be a useful tool. However, in my experience, therapy tended to do more harm than good. The doctor had no empathy for what I was going through because she had never been in the same position.
Another thing the sufferer can naturally do is grieve and grieve for the things and activities and lives they once had. It can be quite difficult to come to the point of acceptance 😌