About this episode

In this minisode, Lucy Meggeson explores the loneliness of being with people yet feeling unseen and unheard.

Send us Fan Mail In this week's minisode, I explore a different kind of loneliness — not the loneliness of being physically alone, but the loneliness of being with people and still not feeling seen, heard, or valued. I talk about how this can show up as a lack of curiosity about your life (especially as a single, childfree woman), why it can feel so painful even after a “nice” social event, and what psychologists mean when they describe loneliness as a gap between the connection you want and ...

People in this episode

Host: Lucy Meggeson

Topics covered

• loneliness
• social connection
• single life
• childfree women
• emotional pain
• psychology

Keywords

• loneliness
• social events
• connection
• psychologists
• childfree
• emotional pain

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