{"id":100586,"date":"2018-12-04T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/?p=100586"},"modified":"2023-03-07T19:54:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:54:13","slug":"feeling-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/feeling-alone.htm","title":{"rendered":"Always Feeling Alone In a Crowd? 7 Real Reasons Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_100588\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4617130106_d2b00e63bf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100588\" class=\"wp-image-100588 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4617130106_d2b00e63bf-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"feeling alone\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4617130106_d2b00e63bf-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4617130106_d2b00e63bf.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/4617130106_d2b00e63bf-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gareth1953\/4617130106\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" \">Gareth Williams<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #333399;\">by Andrea M. Darcy<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>You have tried all the advice.<\/strong>\u00a0You <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/how-to-exercise-more.htm\">joined a gym<\/a>, attend groups of people who have the same interests as you, make an effort to attend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/is-dealing-with-difficult-colleagues-affecting-your-mental-wellbeing.htm\">work events<\/a>. Maybe you even live with a partner.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>But you are feeling more alone than ever. <\/strong>How is it possible?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\">[Feel like the pit of loneliness inside is going to eat you alive? Need to talk to someone who understands, fast? <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/harleytherapy.com\/?utm_source=Harley%20Therapy%20Blog&amp;utm_content=Mid%20Post\">Book an online therapy session<\/a><\/span> today at a price you can afford, be talking as soon as tomorrow.]\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Why am I feeling so alone all the time?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Deep rooted feelings of loneliness are often nothing to do with the present but everything to do with the past.<\/strong> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Let\u2019s look at possible reasons you<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/i-feel-so-alone.htm\"> feel so alone<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\">1.You are afraid of real intimacy. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A deep, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/how-to-overcome-loneliness.htm\">endless feeling of loneliness<\/a> happens because we are<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/fear-of-intimacy.htm\"> afraid of intimacy<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>We are not talking romantic intimacy here. We are talking about letting others see <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/how-to-listen-to-yourself.htm\">the real you<\/a>, complete with\u00a0your fears and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/worry-and-anxiety-difference.htm\">worries<\/a>, hopes and dreams. This involves being vulnerable. And if you have a fear of intimacy, just reading that would have given you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/worry-and-anxiety-difference.htm\">anxiety<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\">2. You have no idea how to connect with others. <\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_100587\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100587\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-100587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/3948724485_792b1af70d-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"I feel so alone\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/3948724485_792b1af70d-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/3948724485_792b1af70d.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/3948724485_792b1af70d-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-100587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jdhancock\/3948724485\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" \">JD Hancock<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Not everyone finds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/connecting-with-people.htm\">connecting to others<\/a> easy. It\u2019s sadly not something they <\/strong>teach at school, and if you grew up in a family environment where there was connection, you might not have had it modelled to you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You might, say, have grown up with a parent with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/what-is-social-anxiety-disorder.htm\">social anxiety.<\/a>\u00a0Or with older relatives who came from a generation where you keep everything to yourself, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/something-bad-is-going-to-happen.htm\">see others as a threat<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you also struggle with emotions and have been accused of not having any?\u00a0<\/strong>Read our article, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/what-is-alexithymia.htm\">What is Alexithymia<\/a>?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\">3. You didn\u2019t get<\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\"> prope<\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\">r<\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\"> attachment. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/attachment-theory-bowlby.htm\">Attachment theory<\/a> believes that, in order for a child to grow up into adults who feel safe and comfortable forming bonds with others? <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #666699;\">We need to have had a caregiver in the first years of life we could rely on, both to keep us safe, and to love us unconditionally. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>If we didn\u2019t get that, if our caregiver was in any way unreliable, hot and cold, or just not well themselves? Then we can end up with<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/attachment-styles.htm\">attachment issues<\/a>. This includes anxious attachment, where connecting with others is overwhelming. And avoidant attachment, where we feel safer just not even forming bonds at all. Both leave you lonely. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\">4. The parenting you received drowned out the real you. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Perhaps your parent(s) did, on the surface, take care of you and love you. But they didn\u2019t let you<\/strong> be yourself. You were given love only if you lived up to certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/setting-expectations.htm\">expectations<\/a>, or only when your parent was in a good mood. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>So you learned to change who you were to things that made<\/strong> your parent happy and gained approval. Over time, this becomes second nature. The real you became so buried that you often, as an adult, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/what-is-self-concept.htm\">question who you are<\/a> at all. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span class=\"s1\">And here\u2019s the thing about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/who-am-i-identity-crisis.htm\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">weak self-identity<\/span><\/a>. I<\/span><span class=\"s1\">t\u2019s hard to connect to what doesn\u2019t seem there, or is constantly changing. So your identity issues can mean others <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/nobody-understands-me.htm\">find you too hard to understand<\/a>. You are left feeling desperately alone. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\">5. You<\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\"> experien<\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\">ced<\/span><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\"> a childhood trauma. <\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_100589\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2299937781_fa6c432522.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100589\" class=\"wp-image-100589 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2299937781_fa6c432522-266x400.jpg\" alt=\"feeling alone\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2299937781_fa6c432522-266x400.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/2299937781_fa6c432522.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lauri_vain\/2299937781\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" \">Lauri V\u00e4in<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>The one thing that can fracture any ability to feel connected to others is<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/what-is-psychological-trauma.htm\"> trauma<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This can include things like emotional, physical, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/what-is-child-sexual-abuse-why-your-definition-might-need-updating.htm\">sexual abuse<\/a>, neglect, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/truth-about-grief-and-bereavement.htm\">losing a parent or loved one<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Children often blame themselves for trauma. So any<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/what-is-childhood-trauma.htm\">childhood trauma<\/a> can mean you not only feel that connecting to others is dangerous, you feel that you are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/why-do-i-feel-so-unloveable.htm\">unworthy of being loved<\/a> anyway. So you unconsciously push others away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\">6. You are addicted to toxic relationships.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/addicted-to-love.htm\">addictive romantic relationships<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/toxic-friends-what-to-do.htm\">toxic friendships<\/a> leave us lonely. When we are always engaged in power struggles, there is no chance for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/authentic-relationships.htm\">real connection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #993366;\">7. You have a personality disorder. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>If you not only can\u2019t connect to others, but you find others <em>impossible<\/em> to understand?<\/strong> And if others in return always call you strange, different, or even belittle you for the ways you think and act? You might have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/personality-disorder-a-help-guide.htm\">personality disorder<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>A personality disorder means you naturally see the world differently than others. Your brain is geared to<\/strong> think in ways that are outside the norm, leading you to behave in ways that are outside the norm. Which can mean you are always an outsider and feel alone. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What can I do if this is me? <\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>If your feelings of loneliness are from deep rooted past issues, talk therapy can help you process your<\/strong> past experiences and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/emotionally-repressed-signs.htm\">repressed emotions<\/a>. You can also learn and practice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/communication-problems.htm\">new ways of relating<\/a> with your therapist. Read our article on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/find-a-relationship-what-therapy-helps.htm\">Types of Therapy That Help You with Relationships<\/a>&#8221; for some ideas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>If you are concerned you might have a personality disorder, you might want to see a<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/psychiatrist-vs-therapist.htm\">psychiatrist<\/a> who can put you through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/a-personality-disorder-diagnosis-helpful-or-a-trap.htm\">diagnostic tests<\/a>. Or talk to a therapist. If they think your suspicion might be right, they can then help you find a psychiatrist. In the mean time, they can help you learn to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/understanding-people.htm\">understand others better<\/a>, and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/how-to-communicate-stress.htm\">communicate in ways that others understand<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Ready to reach out for help and stop feeling so alone? Harley Therapy puts you in touch with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/\">top therapists in London<\/a>, and now across the UK <a href=\"https:\/\/harleytherapy.com\/?utm_source=Harley%20Therapy%20Blog&amp;utm_content=Post%20End\">via our booking platform<\/a>. Not in the UK? <a href=\"https:\/\/harleytherapy.com\/therapists?location_type=skype&amp;utm_source=Harley%20Therapy%20Blog&amp;utm_content=Post%20End\">Book an online therapist<\/a> and talk from anywhere.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7578 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshot-by-laura-e1404338249593-150x150.png\" alt=\"Andrea M. Darcy health writer\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshot-by-laura-e1404338249593-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshot-by-laura-e1404338249593-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshot-by-laura-e1404338249593-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/wp-content\/uploads\/headshot-by-laura-e1404338249593-20x20.png 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Andrea M. Darcy<\/b> is a health and wellbeing writer as well as mentor, trained in person-centred counselling and coaching. Find her on Instagram @am_darcy<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Andrea M. Darcy You have tried all the advice.\u00a0You joined a gym, attend groups of people who have the same interests as you, make an effort to attend work events. Maybe you even live with a partner.\u00a0\u00a0 But you are feeling more alone than ever. How is it possible? 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