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When You Feel Lonely Despite Being Surrounded by People

I am surrounded by people at work and have a full social calendar but I feel profoundly alone because no one really knows who I am underneath.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Surface connection can deepen existential loneliness when authentic intimacy remains absent.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Loneliness and the Desire for Connection?”

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