George Orwell poignantly captured the essence of profound loneliness – not as the absence of people, but the absence of understanding: “The most terrible loneliness is not the kind that comes from being alone, but the kind that comes from being misunderstood. It is the loneliness of standing in a crowded room, surrounded by people who do not see you, who do not hear you, who do not know the true essence of who you are. And in that loneliness, you feel as though you are fading, disappearing into the background, until you are nothing more than a ghost, a shadow of your former self.”This kind of loneliness can afflict anyone – even those surrounded by others, where the outer appearance masks an inner turmoil of feeling unseen and unknown.…
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Joy! (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025