I've done that before, hugged a pillow, but not because i'm lonely, because my whole heart is getting crushed inside of me (getting crushed into a fine powder status) and when that happens, I curl up and down :l Ain't like grand?
Anyway, onto you. I get where you're coming from, it's not like the world would stop turning if i wasn't here, or if more than 10 people who were outside my family would even notice my absense at school. Not that anyone cares, or has any idea what i'm talking about. The biggest sympathy you ever get from people is pity. No one knows me x_x So i guess we're on the same boat. WELCOME!
I'm horribly lonely so I know where you're coming from. Yesterday morning I woke up cuddling into someone and being cuddled back and it was so, so lovely. Woke up to a kiss too :3 awh. But yeah that isn't usually my life. Most of the time I'm really alone and it's the most horrid feeling. And just when I thought I couldn't possibly be anymore lonely, I fell in love with someone I can't be with.