“I am petrified when I have to spend any time alone in my apartment. I schedule my life so that I spend as little time by myself as possible.”
“I have a long list of phone numbers to call, just in case my panic overwhelms me. My stereo or television is typically blaring so that I am unable to pay attention to what is going on with me. I want so much to fill my inner emptiness.”
“I have a hard time liking myself or thinking I have much value. I look to others for my security, yet I never really find it. In my therapy I am learning to stay with being uncomfortable with myself long enough to face some of my fears.”
If you are claiming that you are not feeling lonely right now because you say you have many friends, please answer yourself why you have so many friends if you are not feeling lonely.