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Introverts of Lemmy, what do you do when you feel lonely? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by fastandcurious@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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First time I’ve been feeling lonely this year, ik this is in stark contrast with the time of the year but I wasn’t able to perform in my school annual function (I really wanted to) and for some reason I have been feeling lonely since, what do you do when you feel like this?

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[–] Kayel@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

I hang out with my cats.

People have weird impressions of animal companions, especially cats, because they treat them poorly. You should raise animals like children: learn from a good cat parent directly and read up on evidenced-based books. It's easy to see parallels with poor parenting: intergenerational poor parenting, nuclear families where the grandparents aren't actively engaged in teaching how to parent, absent parents due to capitalisms unending grind.

It takes patience, positive reenforcement, consistency, and commitment. But cats can be best friends.