Emotional Loneliness

Everyone is aware of social loneliness. We see lots of people who don’t have enough social interaction. So it was fascinating to learn that there is such a thing as emotional loneliness, which is even more wide spread. In fact, in the textbook it says the majority of people face this loneliness at some point in their life. Emotional loneliness is having fewer intimate relationships than you desire. I think I’ve struggled all my life especially in high school with this. I was always in a large group of friends at school. I knew lots of people and they knew me. But for some reason I wasn’t happy. I didn’t feel comfortable around any of them. I think that is why all I wanted to do during those years was to stay home with my family. I didn’t feel so alone in my family because that is where I had intimate relationships. It is nice to have pinpointed the reason for my unhappiness so I can know how to fix it. I know now that I need more intimate relationships in my life and I can try harder to form those.