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How to find meaning in extreme isolation

I am eighty-three and all my friends are dead and my children live far away and I spend whole days without speaking to another human being and I wonder what the point is of still being alive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Outliving one's entire social world creates existential loneliness that questions the value of continued existence.

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.