Be your own therapist
There are a lot of people who experience this feeling even though they are in a relationship, go out with their friends, or have a big family, and the truth is that loneliness looks different for every single person out there. Nevertheless, in most cases, the feeling of loneliness doesn’t appear suddenly or for no reason, but there is a trigger that changes your perception in a certain way. So, in order to find out what affects your emotions, you can ask yourself a few questions. Sometimes, being your own therapist is the best solution to understand what you feel and the factors that triggered your negative emotions and to accept your condition.
“It’s important to differentiate between situational loneliness and chronic loneliness,” says Bruneau. “Most people feel lonely from time to time, especially in today’s individualistic, independence-valuing, more-single-than-ever-culture. However, if I’m feeling lonely more frequently than usual, I get curious about the shift. Has something changed in my relationships leading me to feel more disconnected? Have I been nurturing my current connections and creating opportunities for new ones that make me feel ‘seen’? Am I intentionally or accidentally isolating [myself]?”
