>>13133306Statistically, people have been spending less time with their friends since the 60s and the percentage of people who feel extremely lonely has really risen. In addition, the number of relationships (friendships and otherwise) people have that they consider to be close or meaningful has, on average, fallen by a HUGE amount.
So you're still probably pretty lonely, but at least you know it's more of a widespread social thing, and not so much your fault like you might have thought. Also there are a lot of other people out there who are lonely, so meeting and getting close to people might not be as hard as you once thought.
I dunno if that really helps, but it sometimes makes me feel better.
