Thank you for writing this meaningful and beautiful piece. I know this feeling well, as I experienced it in my younger years when I chose to leave my family to pursue my studies. Loneliness for me went beyond sadness—it brought a sense of emptiness that I later understood as anhedonia. Fortunately, I found ways to cope with it effectively.

I summarized it as a story in 2021. I link it for intersted readers.

https://medium.com/sensible-biohacking-transhumanism/loneliness-is-in-the-mind-533588b2498a