How were you lonely and sad? Is there a difference between loneliness and being alone? How has recovery helped to relieve these feelings?
Eric and Spencer explore loneliness, sadness, and recovery guided in part by these questions.
- Definitions.
- Sad, despair, isolated, grief, loss,
- How did you deal with (or not deal with) sadness before recovery?
- What brought you sadness?
- What other emotions went with it?
- How did you act?
- When were you lonely?
- What other emotions went with it?
- What was your “self-talk” when you were lonely?
- How did you act?
- How has your recovery changed this?
- How is being lonely different from being alone?
- Did you used to resist being alone?
- How has that changed?
We made reference to a couple of articles from Psychology Today.
The Surprising Antidote to Loneliness
A previous episode on Hope (episode 65) was mentioned.
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Music from the show
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles: The Tears of a Clown
Martin Garrix and Dua Lipa: Scared to be Lonely
Train: I'm about to come Alive
Our “bumper” music is Teleportationism by Mad Hugs. Our thanks to the artist for permission to use it.