I'm so lonely I strike up conversations with strangers

I think we've all experienced this special kind of pain at one point. It's when you're walking around outside, especially after being cooped up all day, and most of the people around you are families, or couples, or friends, or siblings...

I find myself striking conversations with random people. It's quick, polite and never enough. I'm starving for human connection.

I'm estranged from my family. I have a couple long distance friends but we rarely talk. They have their own lives and shit to deal with. God knows I tried making new friends at both my old job and new one. I'm always the one who reaches out and the one who offers to meet up to do something but I'm always turned down. I stopped trying.

Talking to people online helps but again, it's not enough.