Anyone else feel completely alone even when you're not? My kids are asleep, wife is upstairs watching tv, I'm sitting in the basement and I just feel empty. Like I'm supposed to be doing something or being someone but I don't know what. Don't want to bother my wife with this again.
That's a different kind of lonely and it's real. You're surrounded by family but you've got nobody to talk to about YOUR stuff. It's like being solo even when you're not alone. I get it especially on nights when work has beaten me down.
Yeah man, the quiet hours after bedtime hit different. You've got all this space and time to think and suddenly all the stuff you've been pushing aside during the day comes up. Have you tried talking to your wife about needing some real connection time?
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I feel this deeply. Kids are down, wife is doing her own thing, and you're just sitting there realizing you haven't had a real conversation with another adult in hours. It's isolating even when you're not actually alone.
That loneliness after bedtime is rough. I try to use that time to do something for myself, not just crash in front of the TV. Sometimes just getting out for a walk helps reset my head. You doing anything to break that feeling or does it just sit with you?