I Feel Alone and Disconnected

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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The thought of meeting new people makes Mary anxious, but she knows that isolating is no way to live. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Mary, welcome to the program.
0:13.6	Hi, Dr. Lara.
0:15.7	Hi.
0:16.0	Thank you for taking my call.
0:18.1	Hi.
0:19.5	So I've just, I'm calling because I've realized that I, I feel very lonely and
0:27.1	fighting loneliness or trying to overcome being alone, being comfortable with being alone.
0:34.6	Why are you alone? I'm really like... Being alone is kind of voluntary, don't you think?
0:41.5	Well, the choices I've made have brought me here. Yes, divorce. I don't know what you mean.
0:49.4	If I go to an outdoor event where they sell vegetables and I talk to people, I'm not
0:57.3	feeling alone when I'm doing that.
1:01.2	Yeah.
1:02.0	And I agree.
1:03.4	Like, I find that I'll go places where there's people and that that feels comfortable.
1:10.0	But I don't feel like I'm connecting and making friends
1:13.8	in like relationships where I could call someone and spend time. Well, you're 60 years old.
1:20.2	You have not worked on showing people interest in them. What have you been showing interest in for 60 years?
1:35.0	That's a good question. I don't know. I guess I shouldn't say I don't know.
1:39.9	I think that I have always leaned on, oh, I'm an introvert.
1:50.6	And then I think that I was an introvert.
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