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Everything worth your time on the question: Am I under-connected, or under-known?

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Am I lonely: talk it through

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Samaritans

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Free, confidential, any time, whether or not you are in crisis.

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Mind

Reliable, and specific about what to say when you make the appointment.

Clear information on mental health, treatment options and how to ask for help.

Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection

John Cacioppo

Cacioppo treats loneliness as a signal rather than a defect, in the way hunger is a signal. That reframing changes what you do about it.

Loneliness: The Experience of Emotional and Social Isolation

Robert Weiss

Weiss separated social loneliness, having too few people, from emotional loneliness, having nobody who knows you. It is the distinction most people are missing.

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