Loneliness

The Lonely Chapter: “A period in everybody’s journey where they are so different because they’ve started to do new things that they no longer fit in with that old set of friends. But they’re not sufficiently developed that they’ve gained their new set of friends.” – Chris Williamson

A 2021 study revealed that nearly two-thirds of people surveyed believed life was better before social-media platforms, and 42 percent of Gen Z respondents said they felt addicted to social media and couldn’t stop if they tried, even though ‘depressed,’ ‘angry,’ and ‘alone’ were the most common words they associated with Facebook, while ‘missing... See more

“Everyone wants to attend parties, but no one wants to throw them. We just expect them to appear when we need them, like fire trucks. My point is that we are obligated to create the social world we want. Intimacy, togetherness—the opposite of the crushing loneliness so many people seem to feel—are what parties alchemize.” As someone who tends to

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