Minisode Ep.209 — The Loneliness Noone Talks About

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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