Loneliness can be a really painful experience. Many suffer through lonely feelings on a daily basis. This can seem to be an experience that is never ending.

Sufferers of loneliness often wonder how is it that they are feeling so down and dejected when there are so many others out there in the world who are alone, but do not seem to be so lonely. They may wonder how anyone survives through the horrid feelings of loneliness.

Some people experience terrible loneliness even though they are not even alone. What could possibly be the root cause of this?

There are many theories on this subject and many people suffer differently and for different reasons.

For some, loneliness only comes when they have something or someone in particular that they are missing. For others, loneliness comes whenever they are alone at all.

Loneliness can be a lack of just being comfortable in one's own skin.

Loneliness can also be a feeling of having something or someone snatched away for whatever reason. The huge change of having someone with you every day to having no one there can be dramatic.

For some, they do not mind at all when they are suddenly without a partner. Others handle this matter much differently. Typically any who are experiencing extreme loneliness are certain that no one else knows exactly what they are going through. Not necessarily that no one else has experienced it. However, whether anyone understands specifically what they themselves are experiencing is a different matter.

When you have spent time with someone who has brightened your world and seemed to make it a different place, it can make the space within which they are absent, seem very bleak.

Some have the ability to visualize and hold that one person's memory in their mind so intensely, that they almost feel as if that person were still right there beside them. This can decrease the sense of loss. For others, they must remind themselves to do this in order to feel some ethereal relief from their pain. Photographs may help with this.

Photographs may also be a trigger to stay in a depression. Generally speaking, the only way to get past loneliness is to begin making new memories that start to cloud out the old ones. To have daily activities that consume the mind is also another effective way to help with loneliness.

If loneliness is too intense or too long-lasting, an individual may need to seek the help of a therapist who can assist them with working through whatever is in their minds that is making them so uncomfortable with the alone time that they have.

Why would someone feel completely alone within a crowded room? Being around other people is not the same as connecting to others and feeling that sense of fulfillment that friends and loved ones can bring.

When someone is too involved in an unhealthy obsession over their emotional struggles, they often have no room in their conciousness within which to let others in.

Overwhelmment by feelings of loneliness has caused many to commit suicide. It can be such a painful experience that seems to nag and nag and the sufferer wishes above all else in their life that that pain no longer exist.

Often times people may believe that they are lonely, when in fact, something else entirely is bothering them. It may be the lack of an associate to share with and dialogue with to determine what the real problem at the moment is, that causes this extreme feeling of loneliness.

Those who suffer from feeling lonely often feel fine one moment and horribly lonely the next.

Passionate lovers who feel as though they have devoted their souls to one another often feel intense loneliness when their mate is not around.

The question is how to handle this loneliness.

If in the case of the passionate lover whose mate is still devoted to them, the sufferer of loneliness must attempt to continually readjust their focus so that they realize that they will be with their loved one again soon and that in the meantime, the healthiest thing that they could do for both of them is to remain productively active. Sometimes rest is simply needed.

Loneliness can sometimes make it difficult to sleep by creating insomnia. Usually though, this is more than loneliness and the actual problem has not yet been touched upon.

There is hope out there for the lonely one. It is a personal struggle that must be fought. But it is a struggle that can be won.

Working to be productive, mixed with resting and enjoying some form of activity that is beneficial and considered to be fun by the lonely person is important. When in the wretched state of loneliness, the motivation to do these things will be lacking.

This is why a person suffering from this must act their way into right thinking, rather than think their way into right acting. This is the only way to conquer the beast of loneliness.

Patience is required no matter what the experience is. Patience is a bloodline that the lonely of humanity must drink from if they are to release their demons successfully.