

2 kinds of loneliness: why we feel alone in a crowd
(Art by Lorenzo Bosi) I have a theory that there are 2 kinds of loneliness. I know this is false because any kind of binary is automatically going to have holes in it. I get it. In the meantime this theory is brought to you by my understanding of the nervous system as well as by watching myself feel so ridiculously alone in moments even though I could make a list of people that love me. In the moment I feel ridiculously alone, "none of those friendships are real. They're pret