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When chosen solitude becomes involuntary isolation

I have been telling myself I chose to be alone but I am fifty-two and terrified that I will die without anyone knowing who I really am.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Protective narratives about independence can mask deeper fears of intimacy while creating the very isolation they claim to choose.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Narrative therapy and story-rewriting?”

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