Loneliness Is How You Feel About Your Relationships

Loneliness is an issue of perception. When we aren't near others, but we feel we have strong connections, that's solitude. That's a positive. That's me time. But when we don't feel those strong connections, nervo science actually shows that our brains scan for threats twice as fast. If you don't think help is coming, you need to be on the lookout for danger. It's not terribly conducive to happiness.

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