A post on loneliness I wrote some time ago. I just listened to an excellent talk by Teal Swan on the loneliness epidemic which I am going to share in a post soon. Alone time is essential for empaths and introverts and as we heal. But pathological loneliness and isolation can be the root of much mental illness, emotional problems and physical maladies as well.
Having experienced a lot of loneliness in my life, and having chosen to retreat and restrict contact with others after a huge trauma and loss, I know the impact long periods of being alone and disconnected can have. The loneliness I am speaking of here is different to solitude which can be a chosen alone time for the purpose of reconnecting inwardly with ourselves. In this post I am speaking more of the lonely isolation that can dog us following the end of painful relationships or as a result of other compounding traumas which cause us to lose our faith in human nature.
When our hearts and souls have been brutalised or traumatised it can be so hard to trust. If we had dysfunctional childhoods we may never have known what relationships are healthy. We may have absorbed the idea that there is something wrong with us, or we may…
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