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THE CURE FOR LONELINESS

Dear Neil: I am 24 years old, single and alone. I have found myself withdrawing from other people because I feel this profound sense of aloneness and loneliness, and I can't shake this feeling of isolation. Is there a cure for loneliness?

Lonely in New Mexico

Dear New Mexico: Loneliness begins with you feeling alienated from yourself, and until you reconnect with yourself, you are likely to remain lonely---regardless of your connection to other people.

What You Can Do About Loneliness

NOTE: THIS IS THE SECOND OF A TWO-PART SERIES

Everyone has lonely times.  The loneliness may last for a few hours, a few days, a few months—or you may feel as if you have always been lonely.  Loneliness forever desires contact, and is always defined with feelings of sadness.

The following is a collection of suggestions that are designed to help you reduce feelings of loneliness:

Lonliness Can Be Tackled

NOTE: THIS IS THE FIRST OF A TWO-PART SERIES

Loneliness is always a unique experience.  The word means different things to different people, but for most, a description for loneliness would include words and phrases such as despair, emptiness, incompleteness, devoid of love, not being comfortable with yourself, feeling as if there’s nobody who cares about you, longing for human contact.

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