This is Optimal Living Daily.

Sorry, not lonely.

By Greg Audino of Gregodino.com.

And I'm your narrator, Justin Mollick,

the guy that reads blogs or articles to you every single day of the year.

We're going to get right to it as we optimize your life.

Sorry, not lonely, by Greg Audino of Gregadino.com. This one's going to be tough, and I sure hope it doesn't come off the wrong way. To all the people feeling lonely out there, I love you. I want to understand what's going on with you and support you in your time of need.

But I'll tell you what else, I am fucking on to you. I don't buy it. Unless you've successfully

grasped the fact that loneliness can be temporary, say if you've just moved recently lots of

relationship or are temporarily questioning your social circle, I don't buy that you've done

all that you can do to escape loneliness. I want to be direct with you about this rather than

be sympathetic and treat you like a weakling because I know you're not weak, even if you don't.

To begin, you might notice that twice now I've used the words feeling lonely,

and this is because there's a distinct difference between feeling lonely and being lonely.

Being lonely does not exist, but the pain and trauma tied to loneliness,

which is aggressive enough to severely prolong the feeling of loneliness,

tricks many of us into thinking that loneliness is a state

of being rather than a state of feeling. Loneliness, like all of our feelings, is fleeting.

For those who have allowed it in their lives for a particularly long time, this fact is likely to

have long since been forgotten, and loneliness instead seems to be a lifelong condemnation, as he or she

that feels lonely has such a difficult time finding people that understand them.

This is largely because whether you're feeling lonely or not, it's easy to forget how difficult

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