Understanding Loneliness

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Loneliness and disquiet hollow people out, making it harder to find meaning and value.

People struggling with addiction often experience this emptiness.

The emptiness or hollowness may hold important lessons for us.

Many of us in the United States report feeling empty or hollow. Sometimes couched as loneliness, dissatisfaction, disconnection, depression, disquiet, or weariness, it seems as if more people are struggling with a lack of meaning and purpose in their lives. They may be doing all the same things in their lives, but it feels more like just going through the motions.

Many might find it hard to generate genuine care about others and even their own selves. It takes too much focus and effort, or so it seems. We just can’t summon the energy to care enough to do anything that might change things.

Our thoughts and feelings echo in that........

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