That’s the hell of it, but if you feel lonely at a base level, I suggest you try to find or start community events. You’d be amazed how effective Meetup is.
I don’t really have a way to deal with that. I have my own issues, but I do fight past them to try being social whenever I can. The biggest thing I can say is to find groups who do voice & video chats more often.
IDK about ‘loneliness epidemic’, but ‘lonely’ IS my normal.
I do communicate with some friends more than once a week, but none of them even live in the same city as I do.
That’s the hell of it, but if you feel lonely at a base level, I suggest you try to find or start community events. You’d be amazed how effective Meetup is.
I have health issues that get in the way of in-person-socializing.
I don’t really have a way to deal with that. I have my own issues, but I do fight past them to try being social whenever I can. The biggest thing I can say is to find groups who do voice & video chats more often.
Depends where you are, seems to be a pretty US-based thing. Here it is all weird stuff.