Lonely

02

What is the difference between being alone and being lonely?

People often assume that being alone and being lonely is the same thing, the same feeling.

But in reality, there's a significant difference between being alone and being lonely.

Being lonely is that aching feeling that resonates into your chest.

Maybe even in your heart.

That full, constant feeling that follows you around all day and night. It doesn't really matter what you're doing or who you're with.

It's impossible to shake that feeling off.

So fucking impossible that it comes with many side effects:

memories,

insomnia,

confusion.

And maybe even
depression.

It makes you wonder why — why you?
Loneliness is that prominent, gaping hole in your life that just can't seem to be filled regardless of what you do.

Loneliness is the 3am thoughts that haunt your dreams, that haunts her dreams.

But being alone is different. Being alone is a state of being while loneliness is a state of mind.

Being alone is taking a break from life, from all the fuss in the world.

Being alone is sitting alone in your room, reading a book and maybe even enjoying every single minute of it.

Being along is doing all the things by yourself, but also doing them for yourself.

But loneliness?

Loneliness is that type of feeling that makes you want to die. 

It makes her want to die. But she doesn't realize it yet. It's only the beginning.