Loneliness in Modern Life

🪞 Elvida’s Mirror Box On Loneliness in a Numb World Your browser does not support the audio element. Yesterday I scrolled past two short clips. I don’t spend much time on social feeds, but sometimes I look in, just to see the pulse of the world. One clip was of a coach speaking into the camera after turning off the TV: “You cannot make it in life without people around you—without human connection, family, friends, support.” Yet the comments underneath told a different story. Comment after comment whispered the same truth: “But I have no one. I live alone. I can’t find connection.” An entire thread of solitude—confessions of people who never chose to be alone, but who find themselves trapped in it. ...