There’s always something very surprising about where, when and how loneliness strikes – despite the stereotypes which tell us it’s an experience reserved for those who live alone orAnd it’s this fact which has made realising that I’m feeling lonely inparticularly hard, because I’m not alone – at all.
As someone who thrives in a city environment, the lack of daily connection with new and unfamiliar human beings – the barista at the coffee shop, the stranger sat next to me on the train – feels more poignant than ever this time around. With the novelty of“There’s no reminder of distance quite like the blurred screen of lost FaceTime signal”is just not the same as seeing my boyfriend or friends face to face.
And while I’m grateful that technology allows me to connect with the people I love, it’s emotionally draining to spend so much of a conversation asking the person on the end of the line whether they can hear you. Lockdown loneliness: “As someone who is a fierce advocate for the power of speaking about mental health, the shame I’ve felt towards my own loneliness has been challenging to unpick.”
Finally, and perhaps most poignantly, I’m finding it hard to talk about the fact that I’m feeling lonely in the first place – something which only makes me feel more alone. As someone who writes about
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