Thank you for this powerful and insightful story highlighting the adverse effects of loneliness in our mental health. You told the story well and provided helpful tips to deal with it. As you point out meaningful connection is essential for our survival and well-being. I summarized the findings of my research on this topic in an article and add it here as a reference of your valuable story.
I experience loneliness in my younger year for a short and it was awful. But it is fixable and fixing it essential for a fulfilling life. I liked Robert Frost quote of loneliness is the poverty of self. I link my personal story hoping it might be give hope so some people serendipitiously one day.
https://medium.com/sensible-biohacking-transhumanism/loneliness-is-in-the-mind-533588b2498a
