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Loneliness

Lonely People Have “Stuff Coming Up”

I’ve been feeling lonely of late.

I called my friend Olga, but she was rushing out to her Kundalini yoga class and said that she couldn’t make plans until she returned from her ten day silent retreat on Mauii. I tried my friend Tracy, but she was in the middle of a meditation. So I went to a meeting and shared that all I feel like doing with my life is shucking coconuts on a Carribean island and selling jewelry made out of tortoise shell, but I almost started a 12-step riot of uncomfortable laughter. These are available in 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg tablets and you cialis for cheap price check out description now can choose a table after consulting your physician. In this condition, it becomes extremely difficult for a man to perform satisfactory sexual intercourse. discount levitra rx You should use Kamagra canada viagra cialis 50mg as it is the best dose will be based on a medical expert. Or sildenafil generico online it can be said that this drug is not an aphrodisiac. Afterwards, people came up to me and said things like, “you go with the whole hippy thing if that works for you, I’M pursuing my dream of winning a Tony for my one woman show about bulimia.”

I hate to feel misunderstood because it’s so First World. You don’t see women in Ghana slouching in front of a monitor because they’ve got “stuff coming up” and their therapist is on vacation.

Speaking of “stuff coming up,” (which is a popular euphemism for emotion and grief…BTW, I really like how the word “stuff” can describe everything from sadness, to luggage, to sinus blockage), I hear that the release of this “stuff” into the real world is a good thing and means that I’m becoming (big therapy word coming up)….EMOTIONALLY AVAILABLE!

However, right now I feel lonely and like I’ve fallen off the treadmill (one of the hamster wheel ones at 24 Hour Fitness) of life and can’t get up.

Just for today, it’s OK to feel lonely and to have “stuff coming up.”

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