[Serious] Reddit, how do you deal with feelings of loneliness and worthlessness?

Reading is how I deal with both of those things. It's much better than a passive form of solo time passing such as watching TV/movies, as it requires my participation to narrate the pages to myself in my head. That makes me not feel so lonely because I get to inject myself in to whatever I am reading, be it fiction or biography, and if I really am looking for something more than just an escape, one of the many books that may fall in the self help category, because, well, they assist in me helping myself. That will generally lead me in the direction of not feeling so worthless, and give me enough motivation to get back to taking at least one small action towards what I enjoy doing and working towards bettering whatever my current situation may be. If I'm feeling bummed out about not having made the kind of progress towards my creative endeavors as I'd like, I'll pick up one of my many books I have on those areas and enjoy reading about joys of the craft, and eventually hit on something that inspires me to try something. Feeling bummed about a personal relationship mishap or even failure? I'll pick up one of my many books on subjects regarding relationships and communication and tools to improve them or new ways to engage. There's a book out there for everything! And usually very, very good ones at that.

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