Being open and vulnerable with your loneliness, sadness and fear can help you find comfort and feel less alone, says writer and artist Jonny Sun. In an honest talk filled with his signature illustrations, Sun shares how telling stories about feeling like an outsider helped him tap into an unexpected community and find a tiny sliver of light in the darkness.
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I am obsessed with sun’s little sketches now
Jonny Sun
• Intimidated, Isolated, Alone
• The Internet, Social Media, Meeting Friends
2:20 Mental Health conversation
3:13 Sharing your imperfection
A communal thing
4:08 Short Story, jokes
I’m trying my best 5:12 Enter, Lol, leave
5:30 How many people have you had your last conversation with?
A growing microcommunity
7:26 The Internet also feels like a yelley, shouty place
8:50 These little moments are “tiny temporary sanctuarys”
Gives a intangible hug
Blessings friend
1:26 Eventually the void started to speak back…
*CTHULLU F’TAGHN*
Cthulhu
The good part of these online spaces: Sometimes you’re lucky and you meet another alien.
And then all of a sudden they want to act human. Ugh hate humans.
This… This touched me so much. I’ve forgotten how it is like to connect with people, be it online or in real life. I am lonely and it is my fault for being so anxious. I know I should do better, but I hardly ever found people with whom I connected and helped me through my loneliness. The end made me cry, really. It hit so deep within…
this talk was extremely touching, so deep and soft…I wish you to connect, and to allow yourself to open up to all the possible connections around you, only waiting for a sign! 🙂
Thank you so much for the kind comments, it matters a lot to me. I’ll try to believe in myself more, but my main fear is that I’m not interesting enough for those people and it often is that way… Cuz… I don’t have much to talk about. Its like wanting to be quiet but also to connect
@Tнє Fσσl maybe you only need to connect to the people that are interested in you, and that will happen more and more, gradually when you allow yourself to open up more…you do not need to be “the life of the party” or the talkative one, it is SO RARE to meet people who can listen, give attention and care, if you really listen to others, that is such a precious quality…and the more you listen, the more you will find your own voice to express when you are ready…do not force yourself, allow yourself to be…rooting for you
It hits me too. Nowadays I try to disconnect myself from social media coz it’s making me anxious too, jealous, sad and alone. I don’t talk much these days coz I don’t know what to talk about with people. It sometimes doesn’t make any sense. It’s hard to connect with humans nowadays.
It has always been hard to connect with people and social media seems to make things worse for a lot of people. On the other hand: now we are talking about serious things, people from all parts of the world. That is awesome! To meet people nearby: I liked music (still do!), joined a choir and met people there. Advantage: they were interested in the same things as I was. Very important! That made conversation easier. You don’t have to be afraid if you are interesting enough. If they are not interested in you, they are not ment to be your friends. I was so afraid to say anything when I was young. And I never did know what to say. Now I do. And when I don’t, I don’t say anything. But now it is my choice. Don’t be impatient! It takes time to learn this, really! It is not a one minute fix. But you can do it! I am sure! Even I could!
Internet = Emotional distance…
Never have i ever found something so relatable!!
Be infinite this ikr! This Ted talk was very enjoyable!
the only thing this talk did was make me feel even lonelier than ever. lol.
I’m hip!!!!!! Nothing like seeing somebody so totally clueless to make a person even more depressed. 🙁
It is because he gave you the solution. And you know that you’re only at first step 🙂
@Павел Ханич he is just parroting the maharishi, but not very well
same
Exactly that was the reason why I created my new FB two days back. 🙂 ☺️
*A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings. Remember that next time you feel alone. — Mandy Hale*
Anybody else when he talks about the void talking back think of the child in Five Nights at Freddy’s?
*you are not alone. I am here*
loneliness is a weapon and it can be a source of my happines. thats my ultimate mantra
“Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it’s better than drinkin’ alone” – Billy Joel
Politics mate, politics…
Posted 3hrs ago, sees 14k views stat…
Yep. Perhaps a lot of people are not alone in watching the same video
At least when people like him are alone they can take solace in the fact that it’s circumstantial and not because they are unlikable. Not relatable to me.
What happens if you find out you prefer solitude and thus no longer feel lonely?