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How do you deal with the reality of loneliness? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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What I mean is, how do you deal with the logical conclusion that no one can ever truly be relied on and that you can always find yourself alone with no support?

Or do you disagree with this conclusion and think that some people can be relied on and that you can know that you won't end up alone?

And if you are alone, how do you deal with the inherent human yearn for others when you know that you can never truly rely on them?

Edit: To clarify, I am talking about personal relationships and not about professional or paid help.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

People ca be relied on up to the point they can handle. You can't expect someone who is barely getting by on an hourly job for example to take off work for some emergency or for someone living with a roommate to take you in without getting the roommates ok. There are plenty of people that I know that would love to help me in a variety of ways that are just not really feasible. I know there are friends I have had and we live in different states and such that likely remember me fondly as I do them. Heck I even have a brother not to far away and we help each other some but we both are married and our first repsonsibility is to our spouse and family. We do what we can. But yeah in the end we mostly die alone as others go before or after us. If we don't die alone its usually a pretty horrible thing.