Episode 667: Are You Lonely or Just Under-Connected?
Loneliness and under-connection are not the same thing.
And if you are treating them as the same problem, you may be reaching for the wrong remedy entirely.
In this episode I draw a clear distinction between loneliness, a feeling state, and under-connection, a behavioral condition, and explain why the solution to one is emotional and the solution to the other is practical. I use the analogy of thirst versus dehydration: you can feel one without having the other, and treating them identically misses the specificity that actually helps.
I also share how to tell which one you are dealing with…
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