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My experience of loneliness really began in childhood when as a student in elementary school I

really struggled with loneliness because I was very shy as a child and even though I

wanted to connect with other kids it was hard for me to do so.

And so each morning when my parents dropped me off to school,

I had this sense of dread.

I didn't want to be alone once again on the playground.

And I certainly dreaded walking into the cafeteria each day,

not knowing if there would be somebody to sit next to.

And that stayed with me for many years, that sense of deep loneliness, but also the shame that came with it because

I never told my parents about those struggles with loneliness because I somehow felt it was

evidence that I was broken or deficient in some way and I was embarrassed.

I was reminded of those childhood experiences when I began my career in medicine

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