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Being Around People Is Making You More Lonely

Being Around People Is Making You More Lonely

The Hidden Epidemic Nobody Is Talking About

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Darshak Rana
Mar 21, 2025
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Last Friday I was at this party. Nice apartment, decent music, free-flowing drinks. All the ingredients for a good night.

I knew maybe half the people there. The rest were strangers who smiled politely when we made eye contact across the kitchen island.

And I felt miserable.

Not because anything was wrong. Not because I wasn't welcome.

But because standing there, apple juice in hand, watching everyone talk and laugh and take selfies, I felt like I was behind glass. Like I could see everything happening but couldn't actually touch it.

Maybe you know exactly what I'm talking about.

That weird, hollow feeling when you're physically surrounded by people but feel completely alone. That suffocating sensation that somehow feels worse than actually being by yourself.

If this hits home, I want you to know something:

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