Handling loneliness: Ancient lessons that have worked for me

Abstract

Loneliness is said to be equivalent to smoking a few cigarettes daily. People who have faced loneliness will agree with me that is a feeling which cannot be described in words alone. I have experienced periods of loneliness till my bones with a vacuum created inside the chest and there is nobody in the vicinity to connect with. Even if I go to work, there is not a single person with whom I can connect, and it becomes difficult to connect even with family members even on outings as your connection with yourself is lost.