 You are not the only beating heart in this room full of people, yet you feel lonely. If you experience this, here are some tips from psychotherapist Gina Mafa to help you cope. Accept your feelings. When you're feeling lonely, do you try to suppress your emotions? Here's the thing, it's not a sign of weakness or failure to feel lonely, it just means you're human. Treat your depression. Depression and loneliness have a mutual association. One promotes the other. If you have depression from loneliness, please reach out to a medical professional to talk more. Call an old friend. You can use loneliness by finding a way to connect with people who bring you joy. You need people with whom you can be your authentic self-around. Nobody is ever truly alone in their loneliness. Many other people feel lonely at any given moment. We become connected when we recognize that loneliness is a shared human experience.