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We get so busy during the day trying to do different activities, be it studying, research, work, raising a family, and whatever else that you get involved in, to the point that our minds are always busy. Our brain is working over time. Our bodies get stretched beyond measure.

Sometimes we even fail to pause to actually breathe and notice when we are breathing, how we are breathing, even when just naturally breathing. It is important to pause and breathe . 

I'm sharing  herein a technique or some techniques that I believe can help in self  regulation, coping with stressful situation to improve our mental health and general wellbeing and breathing is very important aspect of that.

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Humans have an inborn or innate desire to connect with others, we thrive on connectedness, however, some often find themselves  not only dealing with being alone; but with feelings of loneliness even when surrounded by people.

Loneliness is the state of distress or discomfort that is experienced when there is lack of fulfilment of desire for social connection, or the value of the state of the actual  social connection experience may be failing to meet one’s expectations  e.g: 

 ✨Have you ever been with people and still felt alone and lonely?

- one can be alone and not feel lonely, whilst another could be surrounded by people and feel lonely!

✨ Have you ever felt so lonely in your marriage or relationship ?

Often single people think, If I can find myself a partner I will no longer feel  lonely only to be disappointed when they are not alone, but still feeling lonely 😢 

Reflections:

# Establish what’s creating that inner void and address it.

# How did it get formed?

# Understand that getting into a relationship expecting the other  person to fill the void may lead to you continuing to  experience a deep and pervasive loneliness. 

# Some research  studies have revealed  that loneliness may be a trigger to mental and physical health challenges with possible long-term health problems; emotional diseases (Colbert,2003, Carnegie,1948).

#Similarly, feeling  lack of social connectedness can be a painful experience for some people which may lead to depression, suicide ideation or the actual act of suicide. 

#There are various ways commonly used determine the level of loneliness; to measure the severity of loneliness. In such cases individuals have to respond to question items that targets their range of  feelings or deficits of connection, and such include for example the frequency in: 

• Feeling left out
• Feeling that they lack companionship
• Feeling that they have no friends
• Feeling they have no one to turn to
• Feeling attuned to people around them or lack thereof
• feeling “in tune” with people around them
• Feeling that they are outgoing and friendly
• feeling  they have  people to turn to 
• Feeling all alone

But in the era we live in with hectic lifestyles and  everyone focused on their issues, chasing dreams and living more online, some people have drifted apart or become physically, emotionally and socially unavailable hence creating loneliness for many.

There are  potential health consequences for people who frequently  feel lonely , who lack a social support system and social connections, humans beings are social animals by nature, therefore,  everyone needs increased social connection at personal, family or community level to attain a sense of belonging , in order to not feel lonely.

Though some people may say; I do have friends and family but I still feel so lonely? 

The question is: 

- What’s the quality of those relationships?

- What could be missing which you desire or needs to improve or that has to change?

- How authentic are those relationships?

- What is it that they are not meeting in you?

- Are you free to be yourself in those relationships?

- How comfortable are you in those social connections? 

Remember# It’s not the quantity of connections you have, but the quality, having many friends can never be fulfilling if relationships  are not authentic.  

Similarly, surrounding yourself with people who never see any good in you, or  who  always leave your energy depleted or those that you consider to be your closest friends,  whilst they don’t share the same feelings towards you can make you feel sad.

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