February 1, 2010
In
Emotional Health, News
Only the Lonely
“Sometimes I feel so lonely, it’s palpable.” My client, a beautiful young woman with an infectious laugh, interests she’s passionate about, and a circle of friends and family that care for her, doesn’t look like a “lonely” person. And yet loneliness – whether it’s the situational loneliness that comes from too few or too far connections, or an existential loneliness born of awareness of our ultimate and fundamental aloneness in the world - is an experience almost all of us have known, regardless of our circumstances. For some of us, the root of that loneliness is not a lack of appreciation...